I was in the gym the other day and one of my good friends happened to be in there as well. He was doing some pull ups which is great because pull ups are easily one of the most powerful exercises you can do.

Being friends, I was outright ripping on him for not lowering all the way. He was keeping a very generous bend in his arms. That got me thinking about how he is cheating the results he could be having.

The pull up is a classic pull exercise.

The two fundamental forms of the pull up are...

1. over hand grip (normal pull up)
2. under hand grip (chin up)

The over hand grip pull up will work your triceps more and your deltoids while the chin up grip will work the biceps more.

But what do you do if you can't do a single pull up, like the majority of people?

Contrary to fitness pros advice... I recommend you build up the primary muscles strength by using an assisted pull up machine. Granted you will be ignoring your stabilizer muscles, but you will build some strength so you can start doing real pull ups pretty fast.

I have successfully training people and started them on the assisted machine and now they can whip out 8 to 10 pull ups. It only took about 1 month or so.

This will really work your lats and depending on how you grip the bar, it will really work your arms. Probably the best synergistic work it done by the abs.

Your abs will keep your body from swinging. When you first begin doing pull ups, not using the assisted machine, you will probably be surprised to find yourself swinging back and forth.

Stability will come with your stabilizer muscles, mainly the core, become strong enough to stop you. That is why the pull up is so darn good! You get a full body burn and maximum calorie burn too!

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