You’re doing PULL-UPS WRONG #pullups #calisthenics #tutorial

I'm going to teach you guys how to do a proper pull-up. 100% the correct proper way to do it. I'm going to show you the common mistakes that beginners make and show you exactly what a perfect pull-up should look like. The pull-up is a staple technique with calisthenics. It is one of the fundamental calisthenics workouts that you can do to build that back. Secondary muscle groups worked on a pull-up are the biceps, your forearms, and your grip. Stick around until the end of the video and i'll give you some beginner tips if you struggle with your pull-ups and how you can do some stuff to get you there let's discuss technique so when you grip the bar you want to make sure you get a deep solid grip you don't want to be hanging on with your fingers you want to get your hand all the way around that bar and hold it tight you don't want to grab it and hang down like this make sure you get the hand all the way around and get a solid grip on that that bar. Now the second piece of advice and probably the best piece of advice is to pull properly engaging and using your back muscles. And I'm going to show you exactly what I mean. The number one mistake I see with pull-ups is people pulling with a protracted scapula with a rounded back. So they're grabbing and they're trying to muscle their way up with just their arms. Instead, you need to engage your back and get that scapular retraction. So it should look like this. Picture yourself pulling the bar to your chest rather than pulling it to your face. it should look like this. Scapular retraction, pull to your chest until your chin clears the bar all the way back down. Scapular retraction, pull. This way, I'm engaging my lats and my back more and relying less on my arms and not putting unnecessary strain on my shoulders like this. This is not how you want to do your pull-ups like this. Right here. Boom, boom. What about the body? Should your core be engaged or should it be relaxed? Your core should definitely be engaged for a pull-up so you don't want to have your lower body kind of just loose and hanging there you want to have it stiff and controlled so avoid doing it like this don't have your legs just flopping around and pulling up rather engage your core get that proper setup boom boom if you find yourself struggling with pull-ups but you are confident in the easier variations I have a get your first pull-up in eight weeks program on my site check it out if you're interested it has helped hundreds already get their first pull-up, it could probably help you too. Don't give up. Keep practicing. Keep working on it. And before you know it, you'll be knocking out pull-ups like it's nothing. And eventually, even more advanced stuff like the muscle-up. Like always, thank you guys for watching. Don't forget to like, subscribe, hit that bell for the notifications so you don't miss any of the new videos. Let's go.