Tips To Improve Your Pull-Ups

Pull-ups are your best friend when it comes to attaining the highly coveted V-shaped back. There’s absolutely no doubt about it. Pull-ups can certainly widen the back muscles (lats) and since the back represents the largest muscle group in the upper-body, it pays to have them well developed as a wide pair of muscular lats can provide the illusion of size to your overall physique (even if other parts of your body are considerably lagging).

Unlike other back exercises like rows, pull-ups are relatively hard to perform. Most beginners loathe this exercise even though they are fully aware that performing consecutive pull-ups is the key to having a Boeing jet lats. The key word here is consecutive. Many beginners tend to steer clear of this exercise simply because they are not capable of accomplishing the typical 7 to 10 consecutive reps like they normally do with rowing exercises such as the dumbbell one-arm rows or barbell bent-over rows.

Yes, pull-ups are hard. No…Scratch that, they are extremely hard to perform. That being said, one should never shy away from this excellent back exercise, just stick with it for awhile and you will get the hang of it. The following tips were a great deal of help to me as they really improve my pull-up workout. Try it out!

1) Practice makes perfect

Practice, practice, practice.  The only way for you to get better at pull-ups is to keep performing them every time you train your back. Always incorporate pull-ups in your back routine until you get accustomed to the exercise that you can finally bang out 7 to 10 consecutive reps with ease. Basically, you should treat pull-ups as your main back exercise.

2) 1 rep a week progression

A great way to improve your pull-up is to shoot for slow and steady progression by adding 1 rep to your total set every week (training your back muscles with intensity once a week is more than enough to trigger muscle growth). In order to make this a success, you have to set a target on how many reps do you want to ultimately achieve. After setting your target, try to adding a single rep every time you perform pull-ups.

3) Maintain a good mind-muscle connection

A good mind-muscle connection should be in order to avoid over-emphasizing the biceps when performing this exercise. Yes, pull-ups do help develop the biceps as well because they act as a synergist during most back workouts, so keep in mind that the main aim of this exercise is to build your upper back and widening your lats to monstrous proportions therefore, your back should mostly feel the brunt.

4) Do negatives pull-up

Negatives pull-up is a terrific way for beginners to greatly improve their pull-ups. Heck, I started out with negative pull-ups too, within 10 weeks; I was able to dish out 8 to 10 full and unassisted reps which I thought was rather okay considering the fact that I could never muster more than a couple of reps previously.

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