(video) Pull Up Form Tip – Eye Position
Published: Mon, 04/15/24
Pull ups are one of the best all-around moves for increasing your upper body strength and overall fitness level.
They are a natural movement pattern of human beings!, not to mention basic and old-school.
When it comes to cranking out more, small form tips like the one we cover in today’s video can make a huge difference.
Today’s tip is about your eyes – that is, where you are looking during the exercise – and how that impacts the position of the rest of your body during the movement, the muscles you end up activating, and the “rhythm” you get into during your set.
-> (video) Pull Up Form Tip – Eye Position
Watch the video, try the tip in your next pull up workout, and let me know how it helps!
– Forest Vance
Master of Science, Human Movement
Certified Personal Trainer
KettlebellBasics.net
PS – If you're stuck and can't seem to make progress towards your pull-up goals, odds are you're
performing exercises that will NOT improve your ability to perform more pull-ups.
Exercises such as:
- Lat Pull Downs
- Band-Assisted Pull-Ups
- Machine-Assisted "Gravitron" Pull-Ups
- Bodyweight Rows
Do NOT have much, if ANY, carry-over to actually helping you to do more pull-ups.
(Don't get me wrong - these are fine exercises in their own right, and I use them regularly in my programs!... it's just
important to know they they are not necessarily going to help you do more pull-ups, if that is your goal.)
If you want to improve your pull-ups, here's what I recommend you try instead:
-> the "Physique Zero" Pull Up Progression Method
It's called the "Physique Zero" Pull Up Progression Method, and it's actually a free BONUS program you get when
you pick up a copy of the Physique Zero course.
Here's how it's set up:
1 - You "test out" at the beginning of the program. This helps you set a starting point, as well as a goal for
the end of the routine.
2 - You pick the "phase" to start at, depending on if you are just getting started, more intermediate,
or even more advanced. There are 10 levels total to progress through.
I followed a very similar routine, that used basically identical principles, to take my pull up total from 6
to 13 in about 10 weeks, leading up to the last Tactical Strength Challenge I competed in.
If you are looking to do more pull ups, this is a great resource I recommend you check out...
plus, you get a full at-home bodyweight strength program to go with it!
Details and order now at the link below:
-> "Physique Zero" Pull Up Progression Method + Full 12-week Bodyweight Strength plan