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How to Pullup - Pulling Variations.
How to Pullup #36 - Pulling Variations Parkour Tutorial. [111]
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Video Details

If you're looking to enhance your upper body strength and functional movement, exploring different types of pull-ups can significantly boost your fitness routine. Traditional pull-ups and chin-ups are excellent for building back and arm muscles, but they can also be adapted to better suit activities like parkour where grip and climbing techniques are essential. In this tutorial, we will delve into various pull-up variations and their benefits, making your workouts much more versatile and engaging.

To get started, you want to familiarize yourself with the basic grip. The traditional pull-up grip involves your palms facing away, which helps in developing strength through the lats and back. However, switching to a chin-up grip, where your palms face towards you, allows your biceps and chest to take on more of the load. Once comfortable with these, you can experiment with alternative grips, such as placing your hands in different positions on the bar to mimic real-world climbing scenarios. Additionally, techniques like the swing-up and skin-the-cat provide a more dynamic approach to pull-ups, integrating a playful aspect while also working on your strength.

In conclusion, mastering a variety of pull-up styles will not only make your workouts more enjoyable but will also translate into improved performance in functional movements like climbing and parkour. Incorporating exercises like the muscle-up into your regimen can serve as an advanced goal, as it requires a strong transition from pulling to pushing. So, whether you're a beginner or looking to level up your training, exploring these different pull-up variations can really enhance your overall physical capabilities.

Highlights:

  • Experiment with traditional pull-ups and chin-ups to build strength effectively.
  • Incorporate variations like the swing-up and skin-the-cat to add fun and challenges to your training.
  • Aim for advanced exercises like the muscle-up to enhance your overall functional strength.
Note: This video summary is generated by AI from the video transcript and may not always be accurate.

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0.12
so being one of the last videos in the
1.92
series we're going to have a look at
3.72
some of the variations of things you can
5.91
do with the pull-up so at the beginning
9.12
of the series we were talking about grip
11.25
and we've been doing our pull-ups in
14.219
this position so our hands facing this
16.89
way the whole time the reason being that
19.619
this is a lot more functional than doing
22.41
this way and what I mean by that is
24.48
within parkour and movement
26.849
you cannot grip walls or the tops of
29.67
walls like that okay you can only climb
32.969
up onto walls and things this way if you
36
have a bar then fine you can do it this
38.16
way but getting your chest up is gonna
40.8
be hard doing it this way it's much much
43.53
better to do it this way this is gonna
46.14
be a lot more helpful so as you can see
48.75
here with the chin up the hands are
51.149
going to come in a lot closer this way
53.43
and you can see my elbows are tucked all
55.949
the way in and it's gonna be very
58.32
difficult to using the lats to do the
61.14
pole you're gonna find that the traps
63.539
the top part of your back up here and
66.18
the short head of the bicep and the
68.49
chest is going to do a lot more the work
70.619
however you're probably gonna find that
73.38
doing your chin-ups this way it's gonna
77.25
be a little bit easier you're gonna find
79.439
that actually you're gonna be able to
81.57
pull a little bit more and things will
84.36
tend to be slightly easier so let's have
87.36
a go with the chin up
88.59
so we're going to hang from here again
90.329
dead hang at the bottom
91.68
Paul tie as we can and come back down so
96.78
now we've gone into the chin-ups and
100.02
this is what we call a supinated grip so
103.56
supinated is this way pronated is this
106.89
way now if we start thinking about what
111.03
our hands are doing we can actually
113.1
start playing with different grips now
116.28
as you become more functional and being
119.28
able to climb on things of different
121.259
weird grips and whatnot you can start
124.799
looking for them so in this position
126.479
here actually instead of over here we
130.5
can put our hands one on here and what
133.29
we can
133.59
do is actually I could put one hand on
135.72
here okay so this is going to be a
137.91
completely different grip but you might
139.86
find within parkour
141.45
there's a situation you're climbing up
144.42
something and this is the only way that
145.739
you can pull up now getting used to
147.959
these different weird grips is really
150.629
handy again we said it in the assistance
152.73
work this is something that we can play
154.89
with you know in our own time so I'm
157.53
going to grip here grip here and I'm
159.9
gonna hold pull up and down now another
165.299
variation of pulling is kind of fun a
168.209
lot of people we enjoyed doing it and
169.95
it's a little bit complicated
172.819
technically to begin with getting your
175.62
head around it is a little bit
178.11
frustrating sometimes but this is called
180.69
the swing up and the idea is that we
183.78
actually we're still gonna require a
185.519
little bit of a swing but a lot of
187.86
momentum is gonna be involved here and
189.87
what we're gonna do is actually come on
192.75
the outside of the bar okay so you might
196.17
not see my whole body movement above the
200.1
bar but the idea is that you're gonna
202.769
grip and then you're going to bring your
204.84
knees up and then you're trying to get
207.329
your waist to touch the bar and then you
210.72
flip and swing all the way around okay
213.75
so let's give this a go make sure that
216.78
you come up around and down so the swing
226.62
ups can be very useful when it comes to
230.209
getting a little bit of pulling action
232.47
involved and actually it's a lot more
235.889
fun to get used to doing the swinging
238.019
and having a bit of fun on the bar
241.19
another favorite type of movement you
243.989
can do that is going to focus more on
246.299
hanging and a slight dead hang position
249.54
but you're going to be moving in that
252.299
dead hang position so the thing that
255.03
it's cause got a very weird name but
256.47
it's called skin the cat now the idea
259.56
with this is again you're gonna dead
261.599
hang at the very bottom and we're going
263.7
to bring our knees up and the eye
265.76
here is gonna go through the gap between
268.55
the bar and our body now it's probably
271.88
best that if you've never done this
273.77
before is to have somebody underneath
276.17
you to be wary of whether you let go of
279.35
the bar or not because you're going to
281.12
you're going to be upside down so from
284.36
here you you hang giving a bring up come
289.46
through and down so from this position
294.14
you can now pull back and come back to
301.46
the beginning we talked about having
304.25
different grips so we were in the corner
305.87
there playing with how our hands are
308.42
going to be placed but something else
310.49
you can think about is what you're
312.74
actually climbing on to so walls bars
317.27
these are the common things that we use
319.25
to climb up on but outside you can climb
322.94
on any type of weird overhang or tree
327.53
branches or things like that that are
330.29
just weird and have strange kind of
333.83
configurations and this is going to make
336.41
you super functional when it comes to
339.26
having to need to climb on anything that
341.93
you need to I'm sure you've seen on
345.23
YouTube and on the telly that there is
348.02
also a lot of type of athletics and
351.38
calisthenics on the bar and especially
354.41
with groups like bar stars and these
356.96
kinds of guys that do a lot of different
359.75
variations on the bar now again this is
362.72
stuff you can play with there are things
365.09
like l-sit positions and doing pull-ups
367.88
in l-sit position where you're hanging
370.67
but your legs are out in front or you
373.61
can do arches
374.93
so you're got wide wide grip and you
378.86
come up to one side and then you go to
381.14
the other or you can go across and lots
383.48
of different variations now again this
385.91
is going to help with utilizing lots of
389.27
different muscle groups and it means
391.22
that especially with the systems work
393.17
this is going to help with that pull-up
395.27
doing a little bit of research on
397.37
YouTube and just doing some
399.69
on pull-up work calisthenics and some
402.96
different bar style groups they are
406.23
gonna give you a lot of variations when
408.39
it comes to all these different types of
410.34
pull-ups and I recommend just going on
412.8
there and having a look at some things
414.36
that you can try the final variation and
417.69
this is something that we haven't talked
420.57
about very much and it is probably the
424.08
most important of all and that is the
427.5
muscle up so the muscle up is the final
430.86
variation and the idea with the muscle
433.38
up is that you are going to end up in
436.2
this position so you're gonna pull pull
439.08
pull and continue up until you're on top
442.29
of the bar now this is far more advanced
446.64
than a pull-up or a chin-up and it is
450.48
going to require a lot of extra training
453.69
because it requires a pushing action as
455.73
well and generally the middle section of
458.19
the pull-up is transferring from the
460.47
pull to the push that's the hardest part
463.11
now the thing is about the muscle up is
465.6
is super functional it is something that
469.29
is very very handy because it allows you
472.56
to get up onto things where you only
474.87
need your arms you don't need your legs
477.21
on you don't need to use elbows or
479.43
anything else you can just pop up on top
481.95
of something just by using your arms now
484.8
this is something you want to be
486.3
thinking of as a potential goal for
489.03
future stuff on top of the pulling but
492.51
getting used to doing the strength
494.19
training of the pull is very very handy
496.95
because it's going to translate into the
499.35
muscle up work later on so there you
502.02
have it
502.59
a load of variations things that you can
505.14
play around with research into and maybe
507.93
add into your training
516.979
you
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so being one of the last videos in the

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series we're going to have a look at

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some of the variations of things you can

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do with the pull-up so at the beginning

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of the series we were talking about grip

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and we've been doing our pull-ups in

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this position so our hands facing this

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way the whole time the reason being that

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this is a lot more functional than doing

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this way and what I mean by that is

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within parkour and movement

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you cannot grip walls or the tops of

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walls like that okay you can only climb

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up onto walls and things this way if you

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have a bar then fine you can do it this

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way but getting your chest up is gonna

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be hard doing it this way it's much much

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better to do it this way this is gonna

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be a lot more helpful so as you can see

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here with the chin up the hands are

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going to come in a lot closer this way

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and you can see my elbows are tucked all

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the way in and it's gonna be very

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difficult to using the lats to do the

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pole you're gonna find that the traps

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the top part of your back up here and

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the short head of the bicep and the

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chest is going to do a lot more the work

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however you're probably gonna find that

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doing your chin-ups this way it's gonna

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be a little bit easier you're gonna find

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that actually you're gonna be able to

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pull a little bit more and things will

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tend to be slightly easier so let's have

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a go with the chin up

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so we're going to hang from here again

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dead hang at the bottom

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Paul tie as we can and come back down so

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now we've gone into the chin-ups and

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this is what we call a supinated grip so

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supinated is this way pronated is this

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way now if we start thinking about what

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our hands are doing we can actually

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start playing with different grips now

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as you become more functional and being

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able to climb on things of different

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weird grips and whatnot you can start

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looking for them so in this position

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here actually instead of over here we

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can put our hands one on here and what

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we can

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do is actually I could put one hand on

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here okay so this is going to be a

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completely different grip but you might

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find within parkour

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there's a situation you're climbing up

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something and this is the only way that

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you can pull up now getting used to

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these different weird grips is really

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handy again we said it in the assistance

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work this is something that we can play

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with you know in our own time so I'm

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going to grip here grip here and I'm

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gonna hold pull up and down now another

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variation of pulling is kind of fun a

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lot of people we enjoyed doing it and

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it's a little bit complicated

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technically to begin with getting your

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head around it is a little bit

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frustrating sometimes but this is called

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the swing up and the idea is that we

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actually we're still gonna require a

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little bit of a swing but a lot of

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momentum is gonna be involved here and

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what we're gonna do is actually come on

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the outside of the bar okay so you might

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not see my whole body movement above the

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bar but the idea is that you're gonna

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grip and then you're going to bring your

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knees up and then you're trying to get

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your waist to touch the bar and then you

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flip and swing all the way around okay

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so let's give this a go make sure that

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you come up around and down so the swing

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ups can be very useful when it comes to

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getting a little bit of pulling action

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involved and actually it's a lot more

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fun to get used to doing the swinging

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and having a bit of fun on the bar

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another favorite type of movement you

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can do that is going to focus more on

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hanging and a slight dead hang position

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but you're going to be moving in that

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dead hang position so the thing that

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it's cause got a very weird name but

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it's called skin the cat now the idea

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with this is again you're gonna dead

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hang at the very bottom and we're going

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to bring our knees up and the eye

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here is gonna go through the gap between

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the bar and our body now it's probably

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best that if you've never done this

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before is to have somebody underneath

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you to be wary of whether you let go of

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the bar or not because you're going to

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you're going to be upside down so from

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here you you hang giving a bring up come

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through and down so from this position

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you can now pull back and come back to

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the beginning we talked about having

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different grips so we were in the corner

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there playing with how our hands are

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going to be placed but something else

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you can think about is what you're

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actually climbing on to so walls bars

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these are the common things that we use

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to climb up on but outside you can climb

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on any type of weird overhang or tree

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branches or things like that that are

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just weird and have strange kind of

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configurations and this is going to make

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you super functional when it comes to

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having to need to climb on anything that

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you need to I'm sure you've seen on

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YouTube and on the telly that there is

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also a lot of type of athletics and

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calisthenics on the bar and especially

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with groups like bar stars and these

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kinds of guys that do a lot of different

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variations on the bar now again this is

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stuff you can play with there are things

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like l-sit positions and doing pull-ups

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in l-sit position where you're hanging

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but your legs are out in front or you

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can do arches

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so you're got wide wide grip and you

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come up to one side and then you go to

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the other or you can go across and lots

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of different variations now again this

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is going to help with utilizing lots of

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different muscle groups and it means

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that especially with the systems work

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this is going to help with that pull-up

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doing a little bit of research on

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YouTube and just doing some

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on pull-up work calisthenics and some

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different bar style groups they are

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gonna give you a lot of variations when

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it comes to all these different types of

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pull-ups and I recommend just going on

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there and having a look at some things

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that you can try the final variation and

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this is something that we haven't talked

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about very much and it is probably the

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most important of all and that is the

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muscle up so the muscle up is the final

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variation and the idea with the muscle

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up is that you are going to end up in

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this position so you're gonna pull pull

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pull and continue up until you're on top

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to get up onto things where you only

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need your arms you don't need your legs

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on you don't need to use elbows or

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anything else you can just pop up on top

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of something just by using your arms now

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thinking of as a potential goal for

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future stuff on top of the pulling but

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getting used to doing the strength

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muscle up work later on so there you

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a load of variations things that you can

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add into your training

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you