How I Unlocked 25+ Consecutive Pull-Ups

Throughout all the years I've been working out, bodyweight exercises have always lied at the core of my routines. The pull-up, beyond being one of the best compound upper body bodyweight exercises, has always been my favorite bodyweight movement. Ever since I was 12 years old, I've been doing daily pull-ups, building all the way up to 60 pull-ups a day as of last summer. I've gone from being able to do 10 consecutive strict pull-ups to 25 plus as shown in this recent video in just over a year. In this video, I'm going to break it down into three simple concepts. First, as with all disciplines, repetition reigns. As mentioned, I've been incorporating pull-ups into my daily routines for three years, building up to at least 50 pull-ups a day every single day, typically split into sets of 10. If you don't do this, your lack of simple repetition may be holding you back. Try to build pull-ups, or if you don't have access to a pull-up bar, push-ups into your daily schedule. For example, as I do, immediately after waking up, perform a set or two. This will lay the foundation from which your pull-ups can flourish. Second, focus on developing individual muscles, which, when combined with a daily foundation of pull-ups, can help you take your pull-up skills to a new level. Basically, build the muscles through resistance training and other forms of muscle building, then teach them how to work together in compound movements on the bar every day. The muscles you should focus on working are the deltoids, most of the large back muscles, and biceps. If you find one group is more developed than the other, work the other two. Some great exercises to target the previously mentioned muscles are the anterior deltoid raise, the barbell row, and the hammer curl. Performing several sets of these exercises several times per week, combined with daily pull-up practice, can take your pull-up game to the next level. Before moving on to step number three, I have a quick message. Our goal is to hit 2000 subscribers by 2021, and I put a lot of effort into this channel, so please consider subscribing. Third, if your pull-up max is plateauing, change it up. As you know, your body is built to adapt, and an endless amount of pull-ups, although extremely beneficial, does have its limits. So, vary your pull-up workouts in a way that still develops your core pull-up skills, but works your muscles in a slightly different way. Pull-up variations, as well as various other calisthenics bar skills, are the perfect way to do this. Some of the best pull-up variations to try are the explosive pull-up, typewriter pull-up, wide grip pull-up, and the towel pull-up. Some great calisthenics skills to work on, which will also help you in your pull-up journey, are the muscle-up, back lever, and the one-armed pull-up. That's it for this video. We have covered three tips which allowed me to do more than 25 consecutive strict pull-ups, and hopefully you can do as well, or even better than me. Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you in the next video.