Some good basic advice given to you. Take advantage of it.
And don’t forget about the wheels!
Some good basic advice given to you. Take advantage of it.
And don’t forget about the wheels!
Get yourself a pair of lifting straps called flexolate that you would use for seated rows and pulldowns. They will take the stress off your hands and arms and put that stress on your back. Looks like you have good genetics. Use a Nautilus pullover if you have access.
[quote]jay rhine wrote:
Get yourself a pair of lifting straps called flexolate that you would use for seated rows and pulldowns. They will take the stress off your hands and arms and put that stress on your back. Looks like you have good genetics. Use a Nautilus pullover if you have access.[/quote]
Not the biggest fan of straps. I’m sure more advanced guys can find some useful applications, but at the beginning and intermediate stages it seems like people are better off working on technique and overall development.
Thank you guys have been using these tips
thanks a ton
Just wanted to give my two cents on pull ups. I do them frequently as part of a Fitness Test.
You can build up to one pull up by starting with exercises that mirror the motion of the pull up at a lesser intensity. When I’ve helped people learn to do pull ups before, these exercises helped:
A) Lat Pulldown – You won’t have to be doing body weight lat pulldowns in order to achieve a pull up.
B) “Negative” Pull Up – use a box or chair to jump up to the top position of a pull up. Hold for a second, and then slowly lower down (with control). Then jump back up to begin the next rep.
C) Neutral Grip Pull Up – if your gym has neutral grip pull up handles, begin with those. Most people are stronger in the biceps than in the back. Using a neutral grip gives a mechanical advantage to the biceps, so that they can take more of the work.
Note: do neutral grip pull ups until you can do at least 3x3 with neutral grip. Then progress to supinated (palms facing you), which starts to move the mechanical advantage back to the lats. You will probably drop back to 3x2. Increase sets if necessary.
Once you can do 3x3 with supinated grip, progress to pronated (palms facing away) grip. This grip confers the greatest mechanical advantage to the back. Again, you might lose reps.
After that you’re in the money! Keep working until you can consistently do 3x5. Then, if you’re very serious about improving your pull ups, check out “The Armstrong Pull Up Program”.
Hope this helps!
Guys theres no nautilus pullover available…can I use dumbells I been using them and I simply love the stretch on lats…not sure if its the lats or serratus…I mean serratus is also strained
[quote]bigkid_india wrote:
Thank you guys have been using these tips
thanks a ton[/quote]
What kind of progress have you made?
Rows and pull ups are sufficient for substantial back development. I don’t know why people in this thread have made it more complicated than that. You don’t need pullovers.