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How to Pullup #08 - Beginner 5 Parkour Tutorial. [083]
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Isometric training can be an effective way to enhance your pull-up performance, especially if you're looking to build endurance and stability. This tutorial dives into isometric exercises specifically focused on the pull-up, a popular upper body strength movement. By engaging in these holds, you can target specific positions along the pull-up path, helping you to develop muscle endurance and better manage lactic acid buildup during workouts. Whether you’re just starting or looking to reinforce your pull-up routine, this method is both adaptable and efficient.

To begin your isometric training, find a sturdy pull-up bar and decide on specific positions to hold. Start with the bottom of the pull-up in a dead hang—grip the bar tightly and hang there for as long as you can. After you've gotten comfortable, move to the middle position; you can use a box or a step if needed. For these holds, focus on squeezing your muscles and maintaining stability. You can then progress to the top position of the pull-up, holding for set intervals. Aim to stay in each position for around 10 seconds initially, and feel free to mix in intervals from various spots along the pull-up's path to develop endurance over time. Remember, the duration and the position you choose can be adjusted based on your comfort level.

In summary, isometric training for pull-ups is a fantastic way to boost your muscular endurance without solely focusing on strength. By holding different positions, you can reinforce specific muscle fibers crucial for pull-ups while also acclimating your body to lactic acid buildup, which is particularly beneficial for activities like parkour. Although this technique might not significantly enhance your pulling strength on its own, it can serve as a valuable complement to your overall training regime, making it easier to tackle those challenging pull-ups in the long run.

Highlights:

  • Start by practicing dead hangs to build foundational grip strength.
  • Vary your hold durations and positions to enhance muscular endurance.
  • Use isometric training as a supplement to your regular strength training for pull-ups.
Note: This video summary is generated by AI from the video transcript and may not always be accurate.

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in this episode beginner option number
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five we're gonna have a look at some
4.62
pull-up isometrics so the idea with the
7.71
isometric training is that we're going
10.349
to pick a spot down the path of the
14.219
pull-up so you can start at the top
16.77
somewhere in the middle
18.39
down towards the bottom you are then
21.539
gonna try to hold your body in that
23.82
position for a period of time and this
26.67
is what the isometric training is going
29.07
to be so let's start with the isometrics
31.349
and with the very first one we're just
33.51
gonna focus on the bottom dead hang
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position first we're gonna put our hands
38.399
on the bar squeeze nice and tight and
40.77
you're just gonna hang at the bottom and
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you're just gonna hold this position for
46.05
as long as you possibly can so the next
49.44
thing is that you can start at the top
52.02
or work your way down at any position
54.149
and again we're just holding our body in
57.42
that position to get used to having our
60.21
arms in that contracted state and
62.69
spending time there so let's go for the
65.67
middle section and you don't have to
67.92
jump up into it you can use a box or
70.47
some steps and the idea is you're going
72.51
to put yourself in the position that you
74.61
would be at so we're going to squeeze
76.59
squeeze and hold and then you just hold
80.49
this again for as long as you can and
82.71
again let's have a look at the top
84.54
position so again I'm going to use the
86.34
steps I'm going to have a look at being
88.439
at the top here
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and calm down okay there are actually
96.56
two variables that we can change here
98.72
the first one is the position that we
101.96
are going to place ourselves on the path
104.479
for the pull-up that you can start at
106.88
the top or the bottom or go to the
109.19
middle or anywhere in between the second
112.67
variable is the length of time you're
114.71
going to hold that position you can
117.08
start at the top hold that for 10
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seconds you come down then you go to the
121.64
middle you hold that for 10 seconds you
123.86
come down and you repeat you could do
126.259
that for three points five points
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however many points you want to do for
131.6
as long as you want to do it now this
134
means that again this is very very
136.28
scalable it means that you could
138.68
actually make this exercise very very
140.87
difficult or you can make it easy by
144.05
just starting with the dead hang and
146.18
getting used to hanging off the bar only
148.93
so at the other end of the scale making
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this very difficult
153.68
is quite easy the way we do that is just
157.489
increase the period of time and the
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number of points on the bar so you can
162.019
start at the top you could start for 30
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seconds you come down 10 percent of the
166.489
way you hold that for another 30 seconds
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you come down 20 percent of the way you
170.959
hold that for another 30 seconds and you
172.82
couldn't prolong this for as long as you
175.489
want or as many points on the bar as you
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want so as you can see this becomes very
180.44
difficult or super easy by just putting
184.43
somebody on the bar and holding the bar
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looking at the positives and negatives
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of this the number one positive of this
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type of training is the fact that you
193.82
can put yourself into the hardest
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positions that are hardest for you
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so if there is any point along the path
201.41
that you find particularly hard what you
204.68
can do is focus just on that one part
207.98
and get into it using the stepladder and
210.92
hold that position and that is going to
213.14
reinforce your muscles to getting used
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to being in that position the second
217.97
great thing is primarily you just really
220.97
need a bar and potentially a wall or a
223.67
box or something to climb up onto to get
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into the
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but really all you need is a bar get up
230.599
and started with this exercise thirdly
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this is superb exercise training for
237.319
endurance and lactic acid tolerance
240.98
training now what that means is you are
243.799
focusing more on the length of time
247.12
being on the bar rather than getting
250.549
used to strength training so there's
253.04
going to be a difference between
254.18
strength training and endurance training
256.479
this is gonna be focused more on
258.889
endurance training so you're trying to
261.59
get used to the amount of time being on
263.75
the bar
264.55
the second thing lactic acid tolerance
268.099
training is when you start doing
270.53
exercise when you start doing this type
272.57
of training a lactic acid is a byproduct
274.729
of your muscles doing the work and
277.509
getting used to the amount of lactic
280.55
acid before you drop is actually a great
283.19
way of training too and then this
285.139
tolerance of learning how to get used to
287.63
the lactic acid in the muscles and
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before you drop off of the bar is
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awesome especially when it comes to
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parkour let's have a look at some of the
296.659
things that this type of isometric
298.849
training is not so well fitted for the
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first one is essentially you could tell
305.479
that we're not really doing any pulling
307.789
again so the pull is what we really want
311.33
to be focusing on and isometric holds is
314.479
not going to be working that pulling
317.06
chain rather stabilizing chain and we
321.229
want to focus more on that pull we're
324.08
actually not doing so much strength
326.449
training as I mentioned earlier we're
328.43
doing endurance muscular endurance and
331.4
lactic acid tolerance training which are
334.159
different from strength training pure
337.31
strength training is where we are trying
340.039
to increase our tolerance of the stress
344.27
that we are putting on our body and
345.919
we're trying to increase the contraction
348.949
of our muscles now if we're not doing
351.62
the contraction with this type of
354.11
training that we are not going to be
356.029
increasing our strength and we are
358.52
definitely working in gear
360.529
it's based training by just holding our
363.139
body on this position so if you're
365.659
looking to get stronger with the pull-up
367.909
this one is not going to be the most
371.029
beneficial for you
372.559
there is definitely other types of the
374.959
pull-up that we've gone through that is
376.789
gonna be better to getting stronger so
380.139
wrapping up this is a great exercise to
383.119
get started we only need the bar we're
387.079
just working more towards near endurance
389.809
side of things not quite so much the
392.029
strength stuff but it is definitely a
394.849
good way of training and it's something
397.579
that I always throw into my training as
399.529
well to supplement any pulling training
402.679
that I am actually doing
411.8
you
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in this episode beginner option number

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five we're gonna have a look at some

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pull-up isometrics so the idea with the

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isometric training is that we're going

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to pick a spot down the path of the

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pull-up so you can start at the top

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somewhere in the middle

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down towards the bottom you are then

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gonna try to hold your body in that

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position for a period of time and this

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is what the isometric training is going

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to be so let's start with the isometrics

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and with the very first one we're just

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gonna focus on the bottom dead hang

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position first we're gonna put our hands

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on the bar squeeze nice and tight and

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you're just gonna hang at the bottom and

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you're just gonna hold this position for

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as long as you possibly can so the next

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thing is that you can start at the top

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or work your way down at any position

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and again we're just holding our body in

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that position to get used to having our

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arms in that contracted state and

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spending time there so let's go for the

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middle section and you don't have to

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jump up into it you can use a box or

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some steps and the idea is you're going

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to put yourself in the position that you

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would be at so we're going to squeeze

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squeeze and hold and then you just hold

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this again for as long as you can and

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again let's have a look at the top

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position so again I'm going to use the

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steps I'm going to have a look at being

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at the top here

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and calm down okay there are actually

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two variables that we can change here

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the first one is the position that we

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are going to place ourselves on the path

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for the pull-up that you can start at

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the top or the bottom or go to the

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middle or anywhere in between the second

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variable is the length of time you're

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going to hold that position you can

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start at the top hold that for 10

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seconds you come down then you go to the

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middle you hold that for 10 seconds you

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come down and you repeat you could do

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that for three points five points

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however many points you want to do for

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as long as you want to do it now this

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means that again this is very very

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scalable it means that you could

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actually make this exercise very very

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difficult or you can make it easy by

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just starting with the dead hang and

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getting used to hanging off the bar only

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so at the other end of the scale making

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this very difficult

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is quite easy the way we do that is just

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increase the period of time and the

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number of points on the bar so you can

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start at the top you could start for 30

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seconds you come down 10 percent of the

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way you hold that for another 30 seconds

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you come down 20 percent of the way you

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hold that for another 30 seconds and you

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couldn't prolong this for as long as you

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want or as many points on the bar as you

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want so as you can see this becomes very

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difficult or super easy by just putting

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somebody on the bar and holding the bar

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looking at the positives and negatives

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of this the number one positive of this

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type of training is the fact that you

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can put yourself into the hardest

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positions that are hardest for you

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so if there is any point along the path

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that you find particularly hard what you

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can do is focus just on that one part

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and get into it using the stepladder and

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hold that position and that is going to

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reinforce your muscles to getting used

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to being in that position the second

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great thing is primarily you just really

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need a bar and potentially a wall or a

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box or something to climb up onto to get

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into the

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but really all you need is a bar get up

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and started with this exercise thirdly

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this is superb exercise training for

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endurance and lactic acid tolerance

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training now what that means is you are

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focusing more on the length of time

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being on the bar rather than getting

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used to strength training so there's

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going to be a difference between

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strength training and endurance training

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this is gonna be focused more on

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endurance training so you're trying to

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get used to the amount of time being on

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the bar

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the second thing lactic acid tolerance

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training is when you start doing

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exercise when you start doing this type

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of training a lactic acid is a byproduct

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of your muscles doing the work and

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getting used to the amount of lactic

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acid before you drop is actually a great

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way of training too and then this

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tolerance of learning how to get used to

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the lactic acid in the muscles and

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before you drop off of the bar is

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awesome especially when it comes to

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parkour let's have a look at some of the

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things that this type of isometric

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training is not so well fitted for the

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first one is essentially you could tell

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that we're not really doing any pulling

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again so the pull is what we really want

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to be focusing on and isometric holds is

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not going to be working that pulling

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chain rather stabilizing chain and we

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want to focus more on that pull we're

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actually not doing so much strength

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training as I mentioned earlier we're

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doing endurance muscular endurance and

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lactic acid tolerance training which are

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different from strength training pure

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strength training is where we are trying

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to increase our tolerance of the stress

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that we are putting on our body and

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we're trying to increase the contraction

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of our muscles now if we're not doing

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the contraction with this type of

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training that we are not going to be

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increasing our strength and we are

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definitely working in gear

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it's based training by just holding our

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body on this position so if you're

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looking to get stronger with the pull-up

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this one is not going to be the most

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beneficial for you

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there is definitely other types of the

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pull-up that we've gone through that is

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gonna be better to getting stronger so

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wrapping up this is a great exercise to

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get started we only need the bar we're

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just working more towards near endurance

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side of things not quite so much the

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strength stuff but it is definitely a

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good way of training and it's something

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that I always throw into my training as

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well to supplement any pulling training

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that I am actually doing

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you