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.
0.12so being one of the last videos in the1.92series we're going to have a look at3.72some of the variations of things you can5.91do with the pull-up so at the beginning9.12of the series we were talking about grip11.25and we've been doing our pull-ups in14.219this position so our hands facing this16.89way the whole time the reason being that19.619this is a lot more functional than doing22.41this way and what I mean by that is24.48within parkour and movement26.849you cannot grip walls or the tops of29.67walls like that okay you can only climb32.969up onto walls and things this way if you36have a bar then fine you can do it this38.16way but getting your chest up is gonna40.8be hard doing it this way it's much much43.53better to do it this way this is gonna46.14be a lot more helpful so as you can see48.75here with the chin up the hands are51.149going to come in a lot closer this way53.43and you can see my elbows are tucked all55.949the way in and it's gonna be very58.32difficult to using the lats to do the61.14pole you're gonna find that the traps63.539the top part of your back up here and66.18the short head of the bicep and the68.49chest is going to do a lot more the work70.619however you're probably gonna find that73.38doing your chin-ups this way it's gonna77.25be a little bit easier you're gonna find79.439that actually you're gonna be able to81.57pull a little bit more and things will84.36tend to be slightly easier so let's have87.36a go with the chin up88.59so we're going to hang from here again90.329dead hang at the bottom91.68Paul tie as we can and come back down so96.78now we've gone into the chin-ups and100.02this is what we call a supinated grip so103.56supinated is this way pronated is this106.89way now if we start thinking about what111.03our hands are doing we can actually113.1start playing with different grips now116.28as you become more functional and being119.28able to climb on things of different121.259weird grips and whatnot you can start124.799looking for them so in this position126.479here actually instead of over here we130.5can put our hands one on here and what133.29we can133.59do is actually I could put one hand on135.72here okay so this is going to be a137.91completely different grip but you might139.86find within parkour141.45there's a situation you're climbing up144.42something and this is the only way that145.739you can pull up now getting used to147.959these different weird grips is really150.629handy again we said it in the assistance152.73work this is something that we can play154.89with you know in our own time so I'm157.53going to grip here grip here and I'm159.9gonna hold pull up and down now another165.299variation of pulling is kind of fun a168.209lot of people we enjoyed doing it and169.95it's a little bit complicated172.819technically to begin with getting your175.62head around it is a little bit178.11frustrating sometimes but this is called180.69the swing up and the idea is that we183.78actually we're still gonna require a185.519little bit of a swing but a lot of187.86momentum is gonna be involved here and189.87what we're gonna do is actually come on192.75the outside of the bar okay so you might196.17not see my whole body movement above the200.1bar but the idea is that you're gonna202.769grip and then you're going to bring your204.84knees up and then you're trying to get207.329your waist to touch the bar and then you210.72flip and swing all the way around okay213.75so let's give this a go make sure that216.78you come up around and down so the swing226.62ups can be very useful when it comes to230.209getting a little bit of pulling action232.47involved and actually it's a lot more235.889fun to get used to doing the swinging238.019and having a bit of fun on the bar241.19another favorite type of movement you243.989can do that is going to focus more on246.299hanging and a slight dead hang position249.54but you're going to be moving in that252.299dead hang position so the thing that255.03it's cause got a very weird name but256.47it's called skin the cat now the idea259.56with this is again you're gonna dead261.599hang at the very bottom and we're going263.7to bring our knees up and the eye265.76here is gonna go through the gap between268.55the bar and our body now it's probably271.88best that if you've never done this273.77before is to have somebody underneath276.17you to be wary of whether you let go of279.35the bar or not because you're going to281.12you're going to be upside down so from284.36here you you hang giving a bring up come289.46through and down so from this position294.14you can now pull back and come back to301.46the beginning we talked about having304.25different grips so we were in the corner305.87there playing with how our hands are308.42going to be placed but something else310.49you can think about is what you're312.74actually climbing on to so walls bars317.27these are the common things that we use319.25to climb up on but outside you can climb322.94on any type of weird overhang or tree327.53branches or things like that that are330.29just weird and have strange kind of333.83configurations and this is going to make336.41you super functional when it comes to339.26having to need to climb on anything that341.93you need to I'm sure you've seen on345.23YouTube and on the telly that there is348.02also a lot of type of athletics and351.38calisthenics on the bar and especially354.41with groups like bar stars and these356.96kinds of guys that do a lot of different359.75variations on the bar now again this is362.72stuff you can play with there are things365.09like l-sit positions and doing pull-ups367.88in l-sit position where you're hanging370.67but your legs are out in front or you373.61can do arches374.93so you're got wide wide grip and you378.86come up to one side and then you go to381.14the other or you can go across and lots383.48of different variations now again this385.91is going to help with utilizing lots of389.27different muscle groups and it means391.22that especially with the systems work393.17this is going to help with that pull-up395.27doing a little bit of research on397.37YouTube and just doing some399.69on pull-up work calisthenics and some402.96different bar style groups they are406.23gonna give you a lot of variations when408.39it comes to all these different types of410.34pull-ups and I recommend just going on412.8there and having a look at some things414.36that you can try the final variation and417.69this is something that we haven't talked420.57about very much and it is probably the424.08most important of all and that is the427.5muscle up so the muscle up is the final430.86variation and the idea with the muscle433.38up is that you are going to end up in436.2this position so you're gonna pull pull439.08pull and continue up until you're on top442.29of the bar now this is far more advanced446.64than a pull-up or a chin-up and it is450.48going to require a lot of extra training453.69because it requires a pushing action as455.73well and generally the middle section of458.19the pull-up is transferring from the460.47pull to the push that's the hardest part463.11now the thing is about the muscle up is465.6is super functional it is something that469.29is very very handy because it allows you472.56to get up onto things where you only474.87need your arms you don't need your legs477.21on you don't need to use elbows or479.43anything else you can just pop up on top481.95of something just by using your arms now484.8this is something you want to be486.3thinking of as a potential goal for489.03future stuff on top of the pulling but492.51getting used to doing the strength494.19training of the pull is very very handy496.95because it's going to translate into the499.35muscle up work later on so there you502.02have it502.59a load of variations things that you can505.14play around with research into and maybe507.93add into your training516.979you
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 so being one of the last videos in the 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 series we're going to have a look at 3 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:08,000 some of the variations of things you can 4 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000 do with the pull-up so at the beginning 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,000 of the series we were talking about grip 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,000 and we've been doing our pull-ups in 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:19,000 this position so our hands facing this 8 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,000 way the whole time the reason being that 9 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,000 this is a lot more functional than doing 10 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,000 this way and what I mean by that is 11 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,000 within parkour and movement 12 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:32,000 you cannot grip walls or the tops of 13 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:35,000 walls like that okay you can only climb 14 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,000 up onto walls and things this way if you 15 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,000 have a bar then fine you can do it this 16 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,000 way but getting your chest up is gonna 17 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,000 be hard doing it this way it's much much 18 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:48,000 better to do it this way this is gonna 19 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,000 be a lot more helpful so as you can see 20 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,000 here with the chin up the hands are 21 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 going to come in a lot closer this way 22 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,000 and you can see my elbows are tucked all 23 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:00,000 the way in and it's gonna be very 24 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,000 difficult to using the lats to do the 25 00:00:61,000 --> 00:01:06,000 pole you're gonna find that the traps 26 00:00:63,000 --> 00:01:07,000 the top part of your back up here and 27 00:00:66,000 --> 00:01:10,000 the short head of the bicep and the 28 00:00:68,000 --> 00:01:12,000 chest is going to do a lot more the work 29 00:00:70,000 --> 00:01:16,000 however you're probably gonna find that 30 00:00:73,000 --> 00:01:19,000 doing your chin-ups this way it's gonna 31 00:00:77,000 --> 00:01:21,000 be a little bit easier you're gonna find 32 00:00:79,000 --> 00:01:23,000 that actually you're gonna be able to 33 00:00:81,000 --> 00:01:26,000 pull a little bit more and things will 34 00:00:84,000 --> 00:01:28,000 tend to be slightly easier so let's have 35 00:00:87,000 --> 00:01:29,000 a go with the chin up 36 00:00:88,000 --> 00:01:31,000 so we're going to hang from here again 37 00:00:90,000 --> 00:01:36,000 dead hang at the bottom 38 00:00:91,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Paul tie as we can and come back down so 39 00:00:96,000 --> 00:01:42,000 now we've gone into the chin-ups and 40 00:00:100,000 --> 00:01:46,000 this is what we call a supinated grip so 41 00:00:103,000 --> 00:01:50,000 supinated is this way pronated is this 42 00:00:106,000 --> 00:01:52,000 way now if we start thinking about what 43 00:00:111,000 --> 00:01:56,000 our hands are doing we can actually 44 00:00:113,000 --> 00:01:59,000 start playing with different grips now 45 00:00:116,000 --> 00:01:60,000 as you become more functional and being 46 00:00:119,000 --> 00:01:64,000 able to climb on things of different 47 00:00:121,000 --> 00:01:66,000 weird grips and whatnot you can start 48 00:00:124,000 --> 00:01:69,000 looking for them so in this position 49 00:00:126,000 --> 00:01:72,000 here actually instead of over here we 50 00:00:130,000 --> 00:01:73,000 can put our hands one on here and what 51 00:00:133,000 --> 00:01:75,000 we can 52 00:00:133,000 --> 00:01:77,000 do is actually I could put one hand on 53 00:00:135,000 --> 00:01:79,000 here okay so this is going to be a 54 00:00:137,000 --> 00:01:80,000 completely different grip but you might 55 00:00:139,000 --> 00:01:83,000 find within parkour 56 00:00:141,000 --> 00:01:85,000 there's a situation you're climbing up 57 00:00:144,000 --> 00:01:87,000 something and this is the only way that 58 00:00:145,000 --> 00:01:89,000 you can pull up now getting used to 59 00:00:147,000 --> 00:01:91,000 these different weird grips is really 60 00:00:150,000 --> 00:01:94,000 handy again we said it in the assistance 61 00:00:152,000 --> 00:01:96,000 work this is something that we can play 62 00:00:154,000 --> 00:01:99,000 with you know in our own time so I'm 63 00:00:157,000 --> 00:01:104,000 going to grip here grip here and I'm 64 00:00:159,000 --> 00:01:107,000 gonna hold pull up and down now another 65 00:00:165,000 --> 00:01:109,000 variation of pulling is kind of fun a 66 00:00:168,000 --> 00:01:112,000 lot of people we enjoyed doing it and 67 00:00:169,000 --> 00:01:114,000 it's a little bit complicated 68 00:00:172,000 --> 00:01:117,000 technically to begin with getting your 69 00:00:175,000 --> 00:01:120,000 head around it is a little bit 70 00:00:178,000 --> 00:01:123,000 frustrating sometimes but this is called 71 00:00:180,000 --> 00:01:124,000 the swing up and the idea is that we 72 00:00:183,000 --> 00:01:127,000 actually we're still gonna require a 73 00:00:185,000 --> 00:01:129,000 little bit of a swing but a lot of 74 00:00:187,000 --> 00:01:131,000 momentum is gonna be involved here and 75 00:00:189,000 --> 00:01:135,000 what we're gonna do is actually come on 76 00:00:192,000 --> 00:01:139,000 the outside of the bar okay so you might 77 00:00:196,000 --> 00:01:142,000 not see my whole body movement above the 78 00:00:200,000 --> 00:01:144,000 bar but the idea is that you're gonna 79 00:00:202,000 --> 00:01:146,000 grip and then you're going to bring your 80 00:00:204,000 --> 00:01:149,000 knees up and then you're trying to get 81 00:00:207,000 --> 00:01:153,000 your waist to touch the bar and then you 82 00:00:210,000 --> 00:01:156,000 flip and swing all the way around okay 83 00:00:213,000 --> 00:01:165,000 so let's give this a go make sure that 84 00:00:216,000 --> 00:01:169,000 you come up around and down so the swing 85 00:00:226,000 --> 00:01:171,000 ups can be very useful when it comes to 86 00:00:230,000 --> 00:01:175,000 getting a little bit of pulling action 87 00:00:232,000 --> 00:01:177,000 involved and actually it's a lot more 88 00:00:235,000 --> 00:01:180,000 fun to get used to doing the swinging 89 00:00:238,000 --> 00:01:183,000 and having a bit of fun on the bar 90 00:00:241,000 --> 00:01:186,000 another favorite type of movement you 91 00:00:243,000 --> 00:01:188,000 can do that is going to focus more on 92 00:00:246,000 --> 00:01:192,000 hanging and a slight dead hang position 93 00:00:249,000 --> 00:01:194,000 but you're going to be moving in that 94 00:00:252,000 --> 00:01:196,000 dead hang position so the thing that 95 00:00:255,000 --> 00:01:199,000 it's cause got a very weird name but 96 00:00:256,000 --> 00:01:201,000 it's called skin the cat now the idea 97 00:00:259,000 --> 00:01:203,000 with this is again you're gonna dead 98 00:00:261,000 --> 00:01:205,000 hang at the very bottom and we're going 99 00:00:263,000 --> 00:01:207,000 to bring our knees up and the eye 100 00:00:265,000 --> 00:01:211,000 here is gonna go through the gap between 101 00:00:268,000 --> 00:01:213,000 the bar and our body now it's probably 102 00:00:271,000 --> 00:01:215,000 best that if you've never done this 103 00:00:273,000 --> 00:01:218,000 before is to have somebody underneath 104 00:00:276,000 --> 00:01:220,000 you to be wary of whether you let go of 105 00:00:279,000 --> 00:01:224,000 the bar or not because you're going to 106 00:00:281,000 --> 00:01:229,000 you're going to be upside down so from 107 00:00:284,000 --> 00:01:233,000 here you you hang giving a bring up come 108 00:00:289,000 --> 00:01:241,000 through and down so from this position 109 00:00:294,000 --> 00:01:244,000 you can now pull back and come back to 110 00:00:301,000 --> 00:01:245,000 the beginning we talked about having 111 00:00:304,000 --> 00:01:248,000 different grips so we were in the corner 112 00:00:305,000 --> 00:01:249,000 there playing with how our hands are 113 00:00:308,000 --> 00:01:252,000 going to be placed but something else 114 00:00:310,000 --> 00:01:256,000 you can think about is what you're 115 00:00:312,000 --> 00:01:258,000 actually climbing on to so walls bars 116 00:00:317,000 --> 00:01:262,000 these are the common things that we use 117 00:00:319,000 --> 00:01:267,000 to climb up on but outside you can climb 118 00:00:322,000 --> 00:01:269,000 on any type of weird overhang or tree 119 00:00:327,000 --> 00:01:273,000 branches or things like that that are 120 00:00:330,000 --> 00:01:276,000 just weird and have strange kind of 121 00:00:333,000 --> 00:01:278,000 configurations and this is going to make 122 00:00:336,000 --> 00:01:281,000 you super functional when it comes to 123 00:00:339,000 --> 00:01:284,000 having to need to climb on anything that 124 00:00:341,000 --> 00:01:287,000 you need to I'm sure you've seen on 125 00:00:345,000 --> 00:01:291,000 YouTube and on the telly that there is 126 00:00:348,000 --> 00:01:294,000 also a lot of type of athletics and 127 00:00:351,000 --> 00:01:296,000 calisthenics on the bar and especially 128 00:00:354,000 --> 00:01:299,000 with groups like bar stars and these 129 00:00:356,000 --> 00:01:301,000 kinds of guys that do a lot of different 130 00:00:359,000 --> 00:01:304,000 variations on the bar now again this is 131 00:00:362,000 --> 00:01:307,000 stuff you can play with there are things 132 00:00:365,000 --> 00:01:310,000 like l-sit positions and doing pull-ups 133 00:00:367,000 --> 00:01:312,000 in l-sit position where you're hanging 134 00:00:370,000 --> 00:01:314,000 but your legs are out in front or you 135 00:00:373,000 --> 00:01:318,000 can do arches 136 00:00:374,000 --> 00:01:320,000 so you're got wide wide grip and you 137 00:00:378,000 --> 00:01:322,000 come up to one side and then you go to 138 00:00:381,000 --> 00:01:325,000 the other or you can go across and lots 139 00:00:383,000 --> 00:01:328,000 of different variations now again this 140 00:00:385,000 --> 00:01:330,000 is going to help with utilizing lots of 141 00:00:389,000 --> 00:01:332,000 different muscle groups and it means 142 00:00:391,000 --> 00:01:335,000 that especially with the systems work 143 00:00:393,000 --> 00:01:337,000 this is going to help with that pull-up 144 00:00:395,000 --> 00:01:339,000 doing a little bit of research on 145 00:00:397,000 --> 00:01:342,000 YouTube and just doing some 146 00:00:399,000 --> 00:01:345,000 on pull-up work calisthenics and some 147 00:00:402,000 --> 00:01:347,000 different bar style groups they are 148 00:00:406,000 --> 00:01:350,000 gonna give you a lot of variations when 149 00:00:408,000 --> 00:01:352,000 it comes to all these different types of 150 00:00:410,000 --> 00:01:354,000 pull-ups and I recommend just going on 151 00:00:412,000 --> 00:01:356,000 there and having a look at some things 152 00:00:414,000 --> 00:01:360,000 that you can try the final variation and 153 00:00:417,000 --> 00:01:363,000 this is something that we haven't talked 154 00:00:420,000 --> 00:01:366,000 about very much and it is probably the 155 00:00:424,000 --> 00:01:370,000 most important of all and that is the 156 00:00:427,000 --> 00:01:372,000 muscle up so the muscle up is the final 157 00:00:430,000 --> 00:01:375,000 variation and the idea with the muscle 158 00:00:433,000 --> 00:01:378,000 up is that you are going to end up in 159 00:00:436,000 --> 00:01:382,000 this position so you're gonna pull pull 160 00:00:439,000 --> 00:01:386,000 pull and continue up until you're on top 161 00:00:442,000 --> 00:01:390,000 of the bar now this is far more advanced 162 00:00:446,000 --> 00:01:393,000 than a pull-up or a chin-up and it is 163 00:00:450,000 --> 00:01:395,000 going to require a lot of extra training 164 00:00:453,000 --> 00:01:397,000 because it requires a pushing action as 165 00:00:455,000 --> 00:01:399,000 well and generally the middle section of 166 00:00:458,000 --> 00:01:402,000 the pull-up is transferring from the 167 00:00:460,000 --> 00:01:405,000 pull to the push that's the hardest part 168 00:00:463,000 --> 00:01:409,000 now the thing is about the muscle up is 169 00:00:465,000 --> 00:01:411,000 is super functional it is something that 170 00:00:469,000 --> 00:01:414,000 is very very handy because it allows you 171 00:00:472,000 --> 00:01:416,000 to get up onto things where you only 172 00:00:474,000 --> 00:01:418,000 need your arms you don't need your legs 173 00:00:477,000 --> 00:01:421,000 on you don't need to use elbows or 174 00:00:479,000 --> 00:01:424,000 anything else you can just pop up on top 175 00:00:481,000 --> 00:01:425,000 of something just by using your arms now 176 00:00:484,000 --> 00:01:428,000 this is something you want to be 177 00:00:486,000 --> 00:01:432,000 thinking of as a potential goal for 178 00:00:489,000 --> 00:01:434,000 future stuff on top of the pulling but 179 00:00:492,000 --> 00:01:436,000 getting used to doing the strength 180 00:00:494,000 --> 00:01:439,000 training of the pull is very very handy 181 00:00:496,000 --> 00:01:441,000 because it's going to translate into the 182 00:00:499,000 --> 00:01:442,000 muscle up work later on so there you 183 00:00:502,000 --> 00:01:445,000 have it 184 00:00:502,000 --> 00:01:447,000 a load of variations things that you can 185 00:00:505,000 --> 00:01:450,000 play around with research into and maybe 186 00:00:507,000 --> 00:01:450,000 add into your training 187 00:00:516,000 --> 00:01:458,000 you