pull ups - Page 2 - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

**hackskii** · 22-09-2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by RAIKEY

nice one Scott!!
i do the same with seated calf raises ...
i imagine trying to push my toes through the floor...rather than lift the wieght
sometimes a different mental apraoch really does help dunnit??

Nice one Raikey, never thought of that one but that makes alot of sense.

byronio · 28-09-2005, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RAIKEY

1. strap yourself to the bar
2. hang loosely and let your body weight stretch you out.
3. now get your chest as high as you can to the bar but......
4. WITHOUT bending your elbows!!
5. you should feel all the effort in the full length of your lats !

Thanks. Pull ups was always just something I wasn't good at, but there are so many other ways to work lats at the gym, I didn't sweat it.

But, I moved my family to the mountains.....I have a 2 mile long driveway, live a good distance from any town that might have a gym, and since I work from home, I don't go to town any more than I have to.

I have weights and bars and all that, but no gym means not many ways to work lats except pull ups.

Anyway, all that to say thanks for the tip. I am having a hard time raising my arms above my head today.