Comments on: A Guide to Pull Ups | Learning and Progressing https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/ Healthy and Strong at Home with Kettlebells Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:45:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Educate to Motivate:Fitness Reads | CrossFit Tidal Wave https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/310994 Tue, 02 May 2017 02:48:11 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-310994 […] Bret Contreras My Battle With Disordered Eating by Nia Shanks Strong and Useless by Zach Even Esh A Guide to Pullups by Marianne Kane Dave Tate talks about triceps How to Squat Deeper by Joe Meglio Blood and Chalk- Volume 11 by Jim […]

]]> By: FWF: Marianne Kane, Get Glutes, and more (Free Workout Fridays) « Home Fitness Geek https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/35524 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:17:11 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-35524 […] workouts. Under Tutorials, choose from kettlebell or bodyweight exercises. (Check out A Guide to Pull Ups for a great tutorial and detailed description.) There’s also a Workouts menu which […]

]]> By: Bonnie https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/32854 Tue, 28 May 2013 14:53:49 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-32854 I watched this video back in January or febuary when I first wanted to do chin ups/pull ups. I am happy to report I can do sets of 5-6 with underhand & neutral grip and 2-3 overhand. Your instruction helped me a lot, at 48 I had never learned proper technique & I don’t believe I had ever done one ever. Thanks for the great video.

]]> By: PULL UPS TRAINING https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/31274 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:44:11 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-31274 […] I also will follow tips and trick that Marianne shares on her site MyomyTv.com (video bellow as […]

]]> By: My Journey to a Pullup | https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/27475 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:56:11 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-27475 […] Want to start your pull-up journey? See a great progression instruction here. […]

]]> By: Marianne https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/15284 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:07:43 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-15284 In reply to Laurie.

That’s fantastic Laurie!! Really well done 🙂 Big internet high-five !

]]> By: Laurie https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/15277 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:37:57 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-15277 In reply to Marianne.

Marianne,
I can finally do 2 full chin ups from a dead hang. Yea me!!! Thanks so much!!!
Laurie

]]> By: Tribute To The Top 100 Hardest Body Weight Exercises Of All Time | A Shot of Adrenaline - Higher Performance | Higher Existence https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/13188 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:47:55 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-13188 […] Click Here for a Tutorial On Pull Ups […]

]]> By: Let’s Get Specific | Prana Physical Therapy https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/9971 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:25:33 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-9971 […] I am proud to say that I have been getting strong! I set a goal for myself back in May that I would be able to get across the monkey bars at the playground (“You mean like this, Mom?” my 13 year old said as she easily went back and forth a few times……..) Yes, like that. Most of you know that I was a competitive swimmer for all of my growing up years, and even made the travel team as a freshman at a D1 school. I had a seriously strong upper body. I looked forward to the Presidential Physical Fitness Test every year, because I couldn’t wait to school almost everyone at the pull ups (except for you, Karl Torchia, because you were the man!) I could bang out at least 15 pull ups without breaking a sweat. So, it was a shock to me a few years ago when my kids started doing the monkey bars, and I jumped right up to show them how it was done, and couldn’t hold myself up on the bar. Uh-oh. I guess I had more important things to do, because I just never tried again. Until last spring. I was ready to commit to my goal. I started out slowly, just hanging on the bar. Then, I got to where I could do 1 or 2 rungs before I had to drop down. And I kept practicing all summer long, until I finally did it all the way across! Yea! And then I thought, well, maybe I can do chin ups, too. So I started working on chin ups (palms facing me). I began with negative chin ups, jumping up and then slowly lowering myself down, and progressed to one leg assisted chin ups. I tried a pull up (palms facing away) once in a while, but struggled more with those. I kept at it until I could do one real chin up from a dead hang. And, now I can do 5 chin ups in a row! It feels great! But, I still can’t do a single pull up. I try every time, but I can’t get it. And so, I forget about it and do my 5 chin ups. I finally sat down to think about it this morning, and then sent a text to my buddy, Mike Fitch. It was an intelligently crafted message that went like this: “Dude, why are pull ups so much harder than chin ups? My biceps can’t seriously be stronger than my lats! What’s the deal?” Mike, ever the professional, explained it like this: “Well, according to most, a chin up is performed with the palms facing you, which allows for full engagement of the biceps (since the hands are supinated) with the addition of the brachialis and brachioradialis. The teres major and lats are both engaged, with a shorter lever arm, as they pull against the humerus. This tends to be easier for some people. The pull up allows for less help from the biceps (your main elbow flexor) and since the arms are horizontally abducted, you are at a mechanical disadvantage. However, it’s all about specificity, so if you train more chin ups than pull ups, your chin ups will be easier. I train pull ups more often, so the reverse is true for me.” I was good on the anatomy and kinesiology, but it was common sense that I had not applied to my problem! It makes sense that if you want to get better at doing pull ups, you have to do pull ups! I just wasn’t thinking of it in that way, because every time I tried to do a pull up, I couldn’t, and I just did chin ups instead, thinking that it would carry over. It is a good lesson to apply to all of our training and fitness: If you want to be able to do __________, go out and try to do lots of ___________! Even if it’s hard, just start, and then keep on trying until eventually you master the movement. That’s how I did it with the monkey bars and chin ups, and I bet it would work with the pull ups, too. Of course, we often need to break our goals down into manageable parts, so here are 2 videos I have found very helpful to get started with my pull ups: The first is from Mike’s website http://www.globalbodyweighttraining.com/eight-steps-to-perfect-chin-ups/ and the second is from Marianne, a founding member of a new group called “Girls Gone Strong.” Check out their Facebook page – these ladies are taking strength training for women to the big time! http://www.facebook.com/GirlsGoneStrong https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/ […]

]]> By: Marianne https://myomyfitness.com/a-guide-to-pull-ups-learning-and-progressing/#comments/9921 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:54:56 +0000 https://www.pullupacademy.com/myomytv.com/?p=4336#comment-9921 In reply to June.

Thanks so much for the feedback June. I am really pleased for you and your new goal. Even better that you are stronger at pull ups than you thought 😀 Great Job!!

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