Where should our legs be when we do pull-ups or chin-ups?

Asked by: Michael Crawford

Where should your legs be when doing pull-ups?

And do what I'm showing you here bend your knees put them back behind your body you cross your feet and now feel the position of the lats.

Do you cross your legs when doing pull-ups?

As you start, you cross your legs and flex your knees. This gives you a bad movement pattern with a hollow back and a lot more wiggling. You can easily avoid this mistake by performing the pull-up with your legs forward, or buy a higher pull-up bar.

Why do my legs go forward when doing pull-ups?

If you’re moving your legs forward while pulling yourself up, it’s a way to “cheat” a little bit on the movement. You’re using the momentum of your legs swinging up to help you pull yourself up.

What do you do with your legs when doing chin ups?

So you get your pull-up bar you bend your knees you can either keep your your ankles just next to each other you can cross your ankles. Again you're going to contract your your glutes and your thighs.

How do you properly pull-up?

How to Do Pullups

1. Grab The Bar. Grip it about shoulder-width apart. …
2. Hang. Raise your feet off the floor by bending your knees. …
3. Pull. Pull yourself up by pulling your elbows down to the floor. …
4. Pass The bar. Pull yourself all the way up until your chin passes the bar. …
5. Repeat.

Should you go all the way down when doing pull-ups?

In other words, pull your shoulders down and back before you bend your elbows to pull-up. This puts us in a far more efficient position. By not using our back and shoulder muscles fully, over the long run we’ll be weaker and at a higher risk for injury.

Is 10 pull-ups good?

If you can perform 15 or more pullups in a single set before failure, doing a few sets of 10–12 pullups without going to muscular failure is probably safe to do every day.

Are Slow pull-ups better?

If you’re working towards your first pull-up, recovering from an upper body injury, or can’t do more than 3-5 strict pull-ups in a row, slow pull-ups are better as they can help you build more shoulder and lat strength. Fast pull-ups are better for developing more power in the upper body, but they aren’t for beginners.

How low do you have to go for a chin up?

Bend your knees as much as you need to so that your chin is just above the bar. Move your feet off of the chair and hang in this position for 30 seconds or as long as you can. After 30 seconds, lower yourself back down until your arms are straight.

Is 12 chin-ups good?

To build prowess in your biceps and back muscles, use chin-ups as part of a workout progression. Once you can pretty readily do 12 to 15 chin-ups, move to multiple sets with 10 reps in each set. For a few weeks, do two sets of 10 chin-up reps.

Is 20 chin-ups good?

If you do pullups like I just described, 20 in a row is a great standard to aim for. The vast majority of guys can’t do that. If you get to 20 reps, it tends to be a game changer for your upper body strength.