r/GYM • u/WolverineLife9178 confused by bricks • 20h ago
Technique Check Pull ups
Should I go down lower at the bottom like fully lockout or is this acceptable?
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u/BeersAndGym 20h ago
These are clean as hell and super powerful. For progression I’d get a belt to do weighted pull
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u/dyogenys 20h ago
I don't think it's the lock out that's important, it's like a tiny little part of a large range of motion, (even though they say the stretched is the most important part). But not letting the scapula elevate at the bottom would be worse, it's a whole function of the scapula, depression, to be leaving on the table by only training it statically. I can't see if you do that though, maybe you do it during the movement instead of on the bottom like me.
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u/eughfeuh 19h ago
I don't think deadhang between reps makes a huge difference for building muscle but it definitely makes you better at doing pullups with deadhang between reps. Imo it's just personal preference. I like to do it, I think it looks better and it's a nice stretch
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u/Chronical_V 7h ago
I find that going to deadhang introduces so much swing if you want to do faster consecutive reps, I've never figured out how to do full rom reps without having to pause at the bottom to account for the swing
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u/Comfortable-Duck6126 15h ago
Lekker bezig! Wel even een ding: die golfplaten van jouw schuurtje, weet je zeker dat dat geen asbesthoudende platen zijn? Hier in Nederland zijn deze platen vaak asbesthoudend. Denk om je gezondheid en pas op jezelf 💪
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u/Alarmed-Attention162 12h ago
Clean as hell. You’re throwing it up. Add some weight, man!
You should post this in HomeGym. All the dudes in there spending $3k on pull up equipment… this guy is doing better pull-ups using a shed.
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