Great advice. If you are a beginner, this could definitely double your pullups. If your advanced, you might get 1 or 2 more reps. That doesn't sound like a lot but believe me, when you're doing 30+ strict pullups, it can take weeks or months just to add 1 or 2 reps. So this video is gold.
What does being flexible have to do with claiming that I can go from 13 pullups today to 26 pullups tomorrow. Bs is bs, even if coming from a contortionist
The tip about not unloading at the bottom completely is of paramount importance. I went from 1 pull up to 10-12 range but injured my shoulders bc I would hang incorrectly like trevor showed. Did not understand why I was developing so much pain in my anterior shoulder til now. Makes so much sense. Thank you for making this video!
This is the best pull-up tutorial I've ever watched on TH-cam. I just started prioritizing pull-ups to get beefier wings. I weigh 230 but feel much more confident I'll be able to master them after watching this vid. I am guilty of the shoulder/ear problem in the bottom of the movement.
You are THE MAN! I could not do a pull-up for the life of me even though I do workout daily. I try every day and after watching this I got on the bar and did 10! This is huge for me because I know how important they are. Now, I can start making progress to where I can build up from 10! Thanks brother!!!
I can't wait to try this. I've been doing a pullup challenge for the last 3 weeks and I don't feel like I'm getting any better. After watching this I realize I'm doing everything wrong.
Wow, that was a super helpful video. I'm just starting to build back my pull-ups now at age 73 / 6'3" / 216 lbs. Your system is working fantastically. I'm also using it for dips. So far, real good. I'm also going to use it for push-ups using rings. Being able to see light clearly at the end of the tunnel has done wonders for my enthusiasm and self-confidence. You described beautifully the proper body positioning and kinetics for pull-ups. You're in sinct with the gymnasts I follow on TH-cam. My problem is that at 6'3", there are no bars high enough in any of the gyms around here to where I can actually assume that position, especially with pointed toes. This is a real problem I'm yet to solve.
71 yrs old here, was doing 7 pullups in my 50's, 9 chinups. Now after four surgeries, back down to 4-5. Goal is 7 again at 215. Looking forward to trying Smashwerx's ideas.
Proper stance (can't stress this enough) pushup is the gateway to pullups. Plus its easier to learn body rigidity and form sustainment in horizontal position exercises. Pullups is the next level.
I quit going to the gym a long time ago and I have decided to become a master of my bodyweight training at home. It looks like I am very far away from that goal. I am doing all kind of mistakes, thank you so much for sharing this information. Please, do the same for dips and push ups.
This guy knows his stuff. He saved my shoulders when I started doing the exercise it hurt like hell precisely where it was suppose to hurt. Now, you got to do the exercises as it will not happen over night but do it every morning and night and within a month you will be glad that you did. Thank you!
Trevor I’ve been following you for years and I’ve been on and off with fixing my bum right shoulder but enough is enough and the past 3 months your videos on YT and IG have significantly improved my shoulder mobility, stability, flexibility, and strength! I just want to say thank you for everything and I’ll get back to you when I can start lifting again with no pain! Please keep the videos coming!!! Much love! ❤️
Really like this video, thanks for sharing this. I’ve hit a barrier in the number of pull-ups I can do and I can see now areas to focus on and improve.
These are the cleanest and most beautiful, picture perfect pull-ups I have every witnessed. I have seen ABSOLUTE trash from people who claim they can do 25, 30, etc… pull-ups. The first 3 are decent then the chin either doesn’t go over the bar or they don’t come all the way down with arms straight. Thank you so much for sharing!!!! Subbed!
This is gold! I’ve been confused and frustrated with pull ups for years! It’s my weakest point exercise! I’ve had shoulder pain and tendonitis too. I’m going to start again! 👍
I don’t know how this channel came up on my feed but over last 2 days I’ve been watching 4-6 hours of your videos. Luv the content and realism. Straight forward real dude. I would be encouraged to go to a boot camp with this dude and learn in a outdoor setting. Since Covid home workouts and calesthetics have been my focus and this channel seems to provide a wealth of knowledge. I’ll try some of these fixes in the next few day’s and see if it works
The que I've always heard whether on bench push-ups or pull-ups, is to externally rotate the hands. Twist and break the bar. Same for squat, rotate the feet externally sets the acl into integrity and when slack shows up it pushes yoir knees to the side 😊
Hi This is De from Kuwait I was watching your pull ups program I don’t think you have any idea about how much you helped me with your pull ups training program Thank you a million times Really thanks
Outstanding tutorial. I’ve always been pretty good at pull-ups, but I learned a lot from this video. I’ve been making some mistakes. You are an excellent instructor. Thank you.
I don't really agree with Trevor on dead hangs being bad since it's widely recommended to do them for shoulder health. Not to mention many people start out trying to do pull ups by doing scapula pull ups, which is dead hang and then depress scapula into an active hang. I'm 185lbs, not really heavy, but not lite either. I do drop down to a dead hang for most of my reps. I did get a shoulder pain from pull ups. I have a bad habit of pulling up right when I grasp the bar and I think I did some of those without first depressing the scapula to an active hang before pulling up. I usually do each rep for a set at a slow tempo, but sometimes I go at a faster tempo and I think when I do that, some of my reps I probably started pulling up as I am depressing the scapula. I have since made sure that I have depressed the scapula before pulling up and if I do a faster tempo, I just go down to an active hang. My shoulder pain is mostly gone and have returned to doing pull ups for over a week now.
I can feel feel the muscles let go when I hang. Everything he says makes sense to me I watched videos that said to hang to fix shoulder impingement. I'm sticking with Trevor's advice and not hanging to low.
Thank you. You are a true strength coach. I am 10 weeks out of shoulder surgery however I have carried a bad injury for over 10 years. 10 years older and 28llbs heavier and much weaker. 2 pull ups at the moment but I will adhere to your principles here. It’s very frustrating for ex Royal Marine PTI who used to be extremely fit and strong. 🙏🏻
You didn't mention slight over grip of bar which I find helps me and I noticed you do it too. Just rolling the hands forward a little so your wrists are slightly bent helps a lot.
Thanks for all these videos! I can’t believe the timing you released this right when I’m beginning my pull up journey. My challenge is my height to pull up bar so it’s a more intense core workout as well. You’re the best. Cheers!
Thank you for the breakdown. I struggle with hand strength on the bar and loose grip well before I can max put reps. I look forward to trying out some of these tips. You have a new subscriber. 😀
2:07 I would like to see him do that “all day” These tips are pretty good for ensuring consistent quality reps, with proper technique which will produce better results with progressive overload overtime as compared to inconsistent, crappy technique pull-ups. But I would guess that for most people, the reason they are performing crappy pull-ups in the first place is because they lack the strength and skill to perform any quality repetitions. They just need a regression of the exercise and time to build up strength with proper form (Ex/ band assisted pull-ups). In reality these cues make the exercise harder for most people by ensuring there is no compensation with other musculature or modified technique. No one would be doubling their reps by TOMORROW with these technical cues. They would be more likely to cut their reps in half... Which is definitely better because they are using better technique! But the title and claims are pretty misleading. Adjusting your grip, keeping a stable torso, and cueing some bar-bending aren’t doubling anyone’s reps.
It's just a figure-of-speech. Supposedly he can do 100 pullups in a row, so I'm sure throughout a day he could probably do a thousand, which I think could qualify as doing them "all day". P.S. People always use figures-of-speech that tend to exaggerate the truth, but they do so to make the point more clear.
Now i can see all the mistakes I used to do during pull ups, and how funny they looked🤣. Thanks for the hacks 👏 I'm quiet excited to try it tomorrow 🤩😁
Seriously these tips are really helpful !! Please make a video to avoid callous, palm skin pain and tears, coz at the end these callous hinders our performance.
Great video! I would say only thing missing is talking about keep wrist neutral. I personally was rolling wrist and it led to forearm injury. Too many people roll wrist trying to squeeze every bit of pull. As you said those muscles are not designed to support your full body weight.
sounds like good advice. I tore something between my shoulder blades years ago doing pull ups with 15lbs weighted belt. now years later after not returning to the gym I can only do assisted . I know my form is sh*t but never got decent advice until now. my right should makes a sandy crunch sound as I go up too.
On hack #2 you talk about squeezing the bar together and say not like a pec deck as you demonstrate what a pec deck would look like to me. Just a little confused by that tip and explanation otherwise I’m loving your vids man keep them coming! They are really helpful!
1st if your doing any type of pull up regularly you're in the 1% club. 2nd everyone has different bodies types different needs. 3rd as a life long pull up dude at age of 55 both shoulders went out. i researched and went close grip on all exercises and self healed shoulders. cheers
Thanks so much. I will put this into practice together with your other pull up progression tips on increasing the reps. Those already do part of the trick.
Excellent timely tips. I observed I was shrugging my shoulders at the bottom and fixed that. I think form is a function of strength so form will improve as ones strength improves as well. Your tips are excellent and can be incorporated over a few weeks not in one day
Trevor, just to let you know that your videos help me a great deal. Especially the muscle pain recovery ones. Huge respect and appreciation for taking the time to put all this great content together for free. May you get back much more in return my friend. 💪💪💪
All I have during the gym lockdown BS is a doorway pullup bar and a green strap. Your pullups are AMAZING. Funny for many years I thought pullups we only for skinny/very lean guys - you know - the ones that pump them out at the gym. NEVER do I see a beefy dude doing them. Until now. Damn - will make a point of doing four assisted sets a day for a while. I can only do maybe 2-3 reps without a green heavy band.
this really works, I went from 1 to 2 pullups in one day,
😂😂😂beastmode ! Easy buddy !💪🥴
I went from 0 to 2... that's up like....infinite percent , right?
With a 12 hr rest between the two reps? LOL. But hey, I see a lot of 'challenges that use a "per day" goal. I have no doubt that it works.
😂
I do three sets of eight! My lower chest is my target. My goal is to pull to my waist.
Great advice. If you are a beginner, this could definitely double your pullups. If your advanced, you might get 1 or 2 more reps. That doesn't sound like a lot but believe me, when you're doing 30+ strict pullups, it can take weeks or months just to add 1 or 2 reps. So this video is gold.
Have watched tonnes of pull-up tutorials, this is one of the best
This guy is one of the FEW muscle guys that is still flexible - so I trust he knows what he's talking about here
What does being flexible have to do with claiming that I can go from 13 pullups today to 26 pullups tomorrow. Bs is bs, even if coming from a contortionist
I can't believe I've been doing this wrong for 30 years. Instant improvement. Almost doubled my reps! Thanks Trev
This has to be the most valuable video on pullup technique on the internet.
The tip about not unloading at the bottom completely is of paramount importance. I went from 1 pull up to 10-12 range but injured my shoulders bc I would hang incorrectly like trevor showed. Did not understand why I was developing so much pain in my anterior shoulder til now. Makes so much sense. Thank you for making this video!
Why is hanging bad for shoulder health? The opposite is true. It relieves impingement
This is the best pull-up tutorial I've ever watched on TH-cam. I just started prioritizing pull-ups to get beefier wings. I weigh 230 but feel much more confident I'll be able to master them after watching this vid. I am guilty of the shoulder/ear problem in the bottom of the movement.
You are THE MAN! I could not do a pull-up for the life of me even though I do workout daily.
I try every day and after watching this I got on the bar and did 10!
This is huge for me because I know how important they are.
Now, I can start making progress to where I can build up from 10! Thanks brother!!!
I can't wait to try this. I've been doing a pullup challenge for the last 3 weeks and I don't feel like I'm getting any better. After watching this I realize I'm doing everything wrong.
Wow, that was a super helpful video. I'm just starting to build back my pull-ups now at age 73 / 6'3" / 216 lbs. Your system is working fantastically. I'm also using it for dips. So far, real good. I'm also going to use it for push-ups using rings. Being able to see light clearly at the end of the tunnel has done wonders for my enthusiasm and self-confidence.
You described beautifully the proper body positioning and kinetics for pull-ups. You're in sinct with the gymnasts I follow on TH-cam. My problem is that at 6'3", there are no bars high enough in any of the gyms around here to where I can actually assume that position, especially with pointed toes. This is a real problem I'm yet to solve.
54 year older here, still working on my first pull up. I learned a lot. thanks!
60 years old. I can do 1pr 2 but if I use a band for assistance I can get 10
71 yrs old here, was doing 7 pullups in my 50's, 9 chinups. Now after four surgeries, back down to 4-5. Goal is 7 again at 215. Looking forward to trying Smashwerx's ideas.
Proper stance (can't stress this enough) pushup is the gateway to pullups. Plus its easier to learn body rigidity and form sustainment in horizontal position exercises. Pullups is the next level.
Im amazed at how little I knew about pullups this vid is amazing
I quit going to the gym a long time ago and I have decided to become a master of my bodyweight training at home. It looks like I am very far away from that goal. I am doing all kind of mistakes, thank you so much for sharing this information.
Please, do the same for dips and push ups.
Man this is the most informative pull-up video I’ve seen. Watched so many workouts but this by far is the most helpful thank you so much.
This guy knows his stuff. He saved my shoulders when I started doing the exercise it hurt like hell precisely where it was suppose to hurt. Now, you got to do the exercises as it will not happen over night but do it every morning and night and within a month you will be glad that you did. Thank you!
Trevor I’ve been following you for years and I’ve been on and off with fixing my bum right shoulder but enough is enough and the past 3 months your videos on YT and IG have significantly improved my shoulder mobility, stability, flexibility, and strength! I just want to say thank you for everything and I’ll get back to you when I can start lifting again with no pain! Please keep the videos coming!!! Much love! ❤️
Really like this video, thanks for sharing this. I’ve hit a barrier in the number of pull-ups I can do and I can see now areas to focus on and improve.
These are the cleanest and most beautiful, picture perfect pull-ups I have every witnessed. I have seen ABSOLUTE trash from people who claim they can do 25, 30, etc… pull-ups. The first 3 are decent then the chin either doesn’t go over the bar or they don’t come all the way down with arms straight. Thank you so much for sharing!!!! Subbed!
The best video about improving pull-ups on the internet.
This is gold! I’ve been confused and frustrated with pull ups for years! It’s my weakest point exercise! I’ve had shoulder pain and tendonitis too. I’m going to start again! 👍
The subtleties mentioned here are game changers 😀 Thanks
Going to try this out on tomorrow’s workout. Looking forward to it, looks be a lot of good pointers here
I don’t know how this channel came up on my feed but over last 2 days I’ve been watching 4-6 hours of your videos. Luv the content and realism. Straight forward real dude. I would be encouraged to go to a boot camp with this dude and learn in a outdoor setting. Since Covid home workouts and calesthetics have been my focus and this channel seems to provide a wealth of knowledge. I’ll try some of these fixes in the next few day’s and see if it works
Say what you want but Trevor for years, has always devoted his time to helping people get better 🙏🏼💪🏽
Great tutorial! This guy knows exactly what he is talking about and explains it well.
I tried chest to bar at home
Apparently my ceiling isn’t high enough 😅😅
Darn good tips thanks! Got a doorway bar coming this week and hope I can do more than dangle!
The que I've always heard whether on bench push-ups or pull-ups, is to externally rotate the hands. Twist and break the bar. Same for squat, rotate the feet externally sets the acl into integrity and when slack shows up it pushes yoir knees to the side 😊
Outstanding advice.
Hi
This is De from Kuwait
I was watching your pull ups program
I don’t think you have any idea about how much you helped me with your pull ups training program
Thank you a million times
Really thanks
Outstanding tutorial. I’ve always been pretty good at pull-ups, but I learned a lot from this video. I’ve been making some mistakes. You are an excellent instructor. Thank you.
For the longest time I thought bench was what made my shoulders hurt... I discovered it was actually pull ups.
My shoulders used to ache from them as I’m getting ready for ocs. It eventually went away with a week or two of reduced activity
I don't really agree with Trevor on dead hangs being bad since it's widely recommended to do them for shoulder health. Not to mention many people start out trying to do pull ups by doing scapula pull ups, which is dead hang and then depress scapula into an active hang. I'm 185lbs, not really heavy, but not lite either.
I do drop down to a dead hang for most of my reps. I did get a shoulder pain from pull ups. I have a bad habit of pulling up right when I grasp the bar and I think I did some of those without first depressing the scapula to an active hang before pulling up. I usually do each rep for a set at a slow tempo, but sometimes I go at a faster tempo and I think when I do that, some of my reps I probably started pulling up as I am depressing the scapula.
I have since made sure that I have depressed the scapula before pulling up and if I do a faster tempo, I just go down to an active hang. My shoulder pain is mostly gone and have returned to doing pull ups for over a week now.
I can feel feel the muscles let go when I hang. Everything he says makes sense to me
I watched videos that said to hang to fix shoulder impingement. I'm sticking with Trevor's advice and not hanging to low.
Same. I see now
This is such a succinct, complete, info dense video. Well made. Thank you!
Thank you Trevor. Your the man.
Good info. Going to give it a shot.
Best pull up break down I've ever seen. Let's get it!
Thank you very much
This is a briliant video!
Thank you. You are a true strength coach. I am 10 weeks out of shoulder surgery however I have carried a bad injury for over 10 years.
10 years older and 28llbs heavier and much weaker. 2 pull ups at the moment but I will adhere to your principles here.
It’s very frustrating for ex Royal Marine PTI who used to be extremely fit and strong. 🙏🏻
You didn't mention slight over grip of bar which I find helps me and I noticed you do it too. Just rolling the hands forward a little so your wrists are slightly bent helps a lot.
That's just for grip if u have weaker grip . What also works is place ur thumb beside the first finger so they r all at the top
Wow, I love the more I learn about perfect technique.
Thanks for all these videos! I can’t believe the timing you released this right when I’m beginning my pull up journey. My challenge is my height to pull up bar so it’s a more intense core workout as well. You’re the best. Cheers!
Great video! 👍 Thanks
Thank you for the breakdown. I struggle with hand strength on the bar and loose grip well before I can max put reps. I look forward to trying out some of these tips. You have a new subscriber. 😀
EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Saving someone's shoulders bro! They will appreciate this thank you!
2:07 I would like to see him do that “all day”
These tips are pretty good for ensuring consistent quality reps, with proper technique which will produce better results with progressive overload overtime as compared to inconsistent, crappy technique pull-ups.
But I would guess that for most people, the reason they are performing crappy pull-ups in the first place is because they lack the strength and skill to perform any quality repetitions. They just need a regression of the exercise and time to build up strength with proper form (Ex/ band assisted pull-ups).
In reality these cues make the exercise harder for most people by ensuring there is no compensation with other musculature or modified technique.
No one would be doubling their reps by TOMORROW with these technical cues. They would be more likely to cut their reps in half...
Which is definitely better because they are using better technique! But the title and claims are pretty misleading. Adjusting your grip, keeping a stable torso, and cueing some bar-bending aren’t doubling anyone’s reps.
This. 100% agree
@@VallaMC 👌
Exactly
Word. Good advise from his side but misleading promises..
It's just a figure-of-speech. Supposedly he can do 100 pullups in a row, so I'm sure throughout a day he could probably do a thousand, which I think could qualify as doing them "all day".
P.S. People always use figures-of-speech that tend to exaggerate the truth, but they do so to make the point more clear.
I needed this so much
Me too 🤣
Great video!! Actually probably the best one I've seen on increasing pull ups, thanks!
Explanation: great. Imma try it in my workout tomorrow. Thanks brotha.
Now i can see all the mistakes I used to do during pull ups, and how funny they looked🤣. Thanks for the hacks 👏 I'm quiet excited to try it tomorrow 🤩😁
How did you go!
Seriously these tips are really helpful !!
Please make a video to avoid callous, palm skin pain and tears, coz at the end these callous hinders our performance.
Great content. Love the random ‘I’m gonna go get some dinner’ at the end too
excellent advice. Love your channel!
Trevor Bachmeyer for president!
Great video! I would say only thing missing is talking about keep wrist neutral. I personally was rolling wrist and it led to forearm injury. Too many people roll wrist trying to squeeze every bit of pull. As you said those muscles are not designed to support your full body weight.
Good tips 👍 thanks
Love your content..keep up the excellent work...you inspired me to create my own TH-cam channel!
Very informative, Coach. I've always done the "dead hang" version, but will try to incorporate your advice here.
Awesome tips, as soon as my tendonitis calms down I will be giving this a go
Thank you from Sweden for the video , will try today at the gym.
Damn man, simple!!! I already see the improvements. Good info!
sounds like good advice. I tore something between my shoulder blades years ago doing pull ups with 15lbs weighted belt. now years later after not returning to the gym I can only do assisted . I know my form is sh*t but never got decent advice until now. my right should makes a sandy crunch sound as I go up too.
On hack #2 you talk about squeezing the bar together and say not like a pec deck as you demonstrate what a pec deck would look like to me. Just a little confused by that tip and explanation otherwise I’m loving your vids man keep them coming! They are really helpful!
1st
if your doing any type of pull up regularly you're in the 1% club.
2nd
everyone has different bodies types different needs.
3rd
as a life long pull up dude at age of 55 both shoulders went out.
i researched and went close grip on all exercises and self healed shoulders.
cheers
Great tutorial ! Thank you 🙏🏽
Really excellent video, thank you!
it is true. thanks👍for tips
When I first followed this I did a chest to bar for the first time in my life. Today , four days later, I did ten. Unbelievable!!!
Brilliant video
Great tips, thank You! Keep doing good work.
Thank you for the tips. Much easier and I got my chest to the bar
Good stuff brother!!💪🏼✌🏼👍🏼
one of the best video of all time to teach pull ups...💥💥💥
Excellent video 👍👍👍
This is the best pull up video I've ever seen
Thanks so much. I will put this into practice together with your other pull up progression tips on increasing the reps. Those already do part of the trick.
This video is a great reminder of mind-muscle connection.
great tutorial
Gotta try this
Thanks man!
Great presentation, awesome energy. Trying it right now!
Excellent. Thanks
Thank you as always
That was really interesting. Thankyou.
Thanks man! I'm gonna work on this!
very smart stuff, thanks
That’s great information! Thank you sir 🙏💪👏👏
Excellent timely tips. I observed I was shrugging my shoulders at the bottom and fixed that. I think form is a function of strength so form will improve as ones strength improves as well. Your tips are excellent and can be incorporated over a few weeks not in one day
Very good explanation thank you 👍
Yo my bruv, thanks man literally works no cap
Trevor is Awesome and his videos are true to the point.
This man is arguably the best Trainer/ Physio in the World 🌎
Love you Dude! RESPECT
Trevor, just to let you know that your videos help me a great deal. Especially the muscle pain recovery ones. Huge respect and appreciation for taking the time to put all this great content together for free. May you get back much more in return my friend. 💪💪💪
All I have during the gym lockdown BS is a doorway pullup bar and a green strap. Your pullups are AMAZING. Funny for many years I thought pullups we only for skinny/very lean guys - you know -
the ones that pump them out at the gym. NEVER do I see a beefy dude doing them. Until now. Damn - will make a point of doing four assisted sets a day for a while. I can only do maybe 2-3 reps without a green heavy band.
Thanks a lot!!
Good job man well explain
You sir are a legend !
Amazing video like always!
Thank you!
Nice hacks, thanks!!