Pull Up Progression...Not TODAY Bear!!! 

Novice 5:50 Intermediate 9:13 Advanced 13:30 You're welcome :)

Haha that bear scene 😂😂😂

I would use bands over friends, they do their job they don't talk back they don't borrow money.... friends are overrated

I admire your iron will and impeccable self control, demonstrated at 7:18 - that laser focus on the upper back is impressive

*I. PULL-UP TIPS* *Tip #1* - Squeeze the bar as hard as possible (just like in the OHP, Farmer's Walk, Squat...) *Tip #2* - Breathe and brace like in the Deadlift/Squat. Perform as many pull-ups as possible with the first breathe you took; if you need more air, take it either at the top of the pull-up or in motion of the pull-up (NOT AT THE DEADHANG). *Tip #3* - Lean back, & open your hips by crossing your bent legs *Tip #4* - Do NOT go to failure/your Rep Max/Max Effort set *II. PULL-UP PROGRESSIONS* *For 0-3 rep pull-ers (novice)* a. Band-assisted _the way he suggests them_ b. Partner-assisted c. _Jumping_ negatives d. Re-bound rep method (jump to the top, hold for 1 sec, drop yourself *somewhat controlled*, use the elastic energy to complete one full rep; in total it's 1 & 1/2 reps) e. (Do not use pull-up assisted machine) *For 3-10 rep pull-ers (intermediate)* a. GTG b. Weighted negative c. Weighted singles-triples d. Pyramid style ( _use at the end of DL and OHP day_ : 10 pull-ups, 10 decline/wall HS pushups, then 9/9, 8/8, 7/7... 1/1. Then, when it's easy, go _also_ the way up: 2/2, 3/3... 10/10), e. "Month Challenges" method (day 1: 1 rep, day 2: 2 reps... day 30: 30 reps), f. "Month Challenges x2" method (day 1: 2 reps, day 2: 4 reps... day 30: 60 reps). *For >10 rep pull-ers (advanced)* a. Weighted pull-ups on OHP day (week 1: 5 sets x 5 ramping, week 2: 6-8 sets x 3 ramping, week 3: bodyweight conditioning [use the pyramid style, this time: 20/20, 15/15, 10/10, 15/15, 20/20]. After week 1-3, repeat this cycle 2 more times; then test out)

whens the building social skills video (how to make friends) video come out. I need friends lol

Lmao when he started kicking his legs tryin to get the "Last pull-up".... earned a subscriber here

Dude your arms are sick. I know in one of your previous vids you stated you don't care about your physique. Steve Gentili said something that made sense to me " you only compete a few times a year the rest of the time you have to walk around in this body why not make it look as good as possible".

Great Video Brian! I was in chemo when this video came out...that cost me ~30lbs of muscle. It's taken a very long time to get some of my strength back. I used to hit 12-14 pull-ups back in 2016. My grip strength is still lacking due to some nerve damage from chemo, but I am progressing. I'm finally able to do a few pull-ups again, and figured I should relearn some cues to help. This video has it all!

Brian! Your videos are great! Not sure why you don't have more subs but you definitely got one with me. You're extremely well spoken and your editing has it's own personal style that keeps me engaged.

I had to log back in and thank you for the tips. Your info made chin ups soooo much easier. The leaning back and act as if it's a row made all the difference. Thanks brother!

It's exactly what he said. Just started doing weighted pull ups, they make regular pull ups ez mode.

could listen to you all day. some great advice on your channel! just love learning new stuff even after many years into this sport.

quite possibly the best channel ive ever been on brother - thank you

Holy shit this channel is awesome. You couldn't make something clearer in a video. Tip #4 before you got into the novice, intermediate and advanced stuff is going to save me time and make me gains. thank you

This guy's content is actually so good. Watching from the UK

This video cracked me up. And great info! You're so awesome, Brian!

Hey man, wanted to say a big thank you! all your videos are gold and have really inspired me to get back into the gym and start my fitness journey again. keep up the good work! Regards from the UK.

Nice beard Brian! You are honestly the best youtuber on my subscription list right now, keep at it! I love the empowering atmosphere, and going to NeverSate is definetly on my bucket list!

Just watched you on mark bells mark bells powercast and man you are on genuine guy. I wish I had stumbled upon your channel sooner, you're a great RU-vidr and a total badass and I hope to see you reach the top of the RU-vid fitness community soon! Keep it up man much love from Stockton, Ca.

Not TODAY Bear!!! :D once again, real good video! Cheers and please keep these coming.

Not today Bear!! Holy crap my tummy hurts from laughing so hard. Ive done the slow lower ones for pull ups and I can now do 3! Awesome video man!

Thank you so much man, best channel for building pure strength.

this was an awesome video. I'm a bigger guy who has always struggled with pull ups. Saw the video, followed the instructions, busted out my first unassisted pull ups. So pumped. keep up the videos and work.

Your comic timing is genius my friend ! Thanks for bringing great tips and humour into our lives. Love the channel.

Great advice Brian and the use of the band on the racks is genius. I’m way overweight and so stronger in all other lifts pull-ups are a bastard, this will help. Thank you

Love the videos! I've been using a lot of your techniques and I've seen the results. Thanks again

Awesome stuff Brian, you're an inspiration as an athlete and as a human being. I just watched your video about those guys with missing limbs doing deadlift pr's. Gave me a solid lesson in not being a p****y when I train. keep it up my man.

Brian, weighted pull ups are probably my favourite exercise. After seeing that you do parallel grip rather than pronated I thought I would give is a try. My elbows haven't felt so good in years!! Also my setup for parallels was my farmers handles hung over the top of my squat rack...the fat handles made them horribly difficult...but today I was in a commercial gym for the first time in ages and of course the parallels were normal circumference handles. I nearly smashed my teeth on the first rep because I went so fast!!! Huge benefits from fat handle pull ups! Thanks!! Keep beasting it and inspiring others!

Excellant video Bro it deffantly made my morning when the Bear came after you and you muscled up to the top but I gotta start doing pull up's and are very motivated to do so now. Thank's for the excellant tip's have never seen a pull up video that was so helpful.

Really good content Brian, keep up the good work!

Your advice has always been super helpful -- great video like always, man

Always good advice, proven through trial and error. Another thumbs up well deserved to the nicest man on RU-vid 💪👍

This will help a tremendous amount of Marines improve their PFT score. Thank you for providing exceptional content.

Funny intro! Your videos are always great as hell my man!

Free extremely useful content with an element of comedy & ends with a positive message... What more can a person ask for? Thanks again!

Real good video; keeping it funny doesn't put me to sleep like other instructors. Brian presents himself very well. 👍👍💪

I've been stuck forever on weighted pull ups with a 25 lb plate for around 6 reps. With a 45 I could get one, maybe two on a good day. I watched this video and started doing sets of 5 bodyweight pull ups 3 or 4 times throughout the day every day. Yesterday I hit the weighted pull ups again and was shocked to nail a set of 4 with the 45 lb plate. I did a second set and got 4. On my third set I got three good ones and one to about nose level before I gave out. Seriously, Brian, I cannot thank you enough for this. Following your advice for about a week helped me crush a plateau I've been stuck at for almost a year!

Most informative and in depth pull up progression out there! Thanks

ohh gosh, this guy is priceless. "if you don't have any friends you've got to work on your social skills", the bear scene. . and you even explain the pull up progression, so the title makes sense Lol. kudos mate, you earned one more subscription

The power of the pull up can not be over stated. Great vid.

This was extremely useful! I'm currently stuck at being able to do 12-13 strict pull-ups when I'm energetic or 6-7 after a session with heavy squats or deadlifts. Will apply this video now.

Few months ago I came across this video I was in novice category then and now I am back again for tips for intermediate pull ups...(I can do 10 regular pull ups for full range of motion from dead hang right now )(same for neutral grip pull ups) thanks Brian this really helped a lot!

Awesome! Now I have an actual plan to work these in! The content never stops rolling in. Keep em' comin'! We need a video dedicated to core exercises. That GHR movement from the last video was sick.

Just subscribed and this is probably the best pull up video I've ever seen! Cheers big man

you never disappoint with your content, Brian. 😃

Funny part is that I've known this for such a long time. And only now after hearing this from you, I started actually do this. And you know what? It works. So thanks a million!!!

Can't believe you are already at 32k! 100,000 is right around the corner😁. Keep up the great videos man!

New subscriber. Love the videos so far. Keep bringing great content.

My new favorite you tuber!

Fantastic information! You rock, dude.

great information, definitely in the intermediate class, just started using weighted pull ups a few weeks ago and definitely believe they have helped. I also stopped direct arm work other than dips, pull ups & barbell rows.

Bring you are the best. Keep bringing the videos.

00:35 dead. Good job 😂

Amazing content my friend. Really trying to ramp my weighted pulls/chins for my one arms. Subbed for sure!

This is great Brian - my GF has been trying to accomplish a pull up for a while now and without me to spot she's been seeing very limited progress on the assistance machine. You've gained a new fan!

Thanks for this! I needed some guidance on transitioning from an intermediate level, to advanced. Also, the lean-back tip is gold imo.

Started super setting pull ups with bench and miraculously no more shoulder problems. Thank you for all the info.

GOD BLESS BROTHER. awesome video. thank you. haven't done weighted pull ups in long time so IS TIME... WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT ELEVATION NEVERsate

Damn man, you deserve more subscribers! Great channel

4:12 REPS 4 JEEZUS

"Remember the bear" *zooms in* "I'm watching you boy" 😂😂😂

This is good stuff! I've been doing sets of 1 (maybe 1 and a half), because that's all I could do.. Tonight, I'm doing sets of 3 just by focusing on these tips. Sweet!

This is great! I'm a total pull up noob and I really want to incorporate them into my workout. I was *this* close to buying a couple of (alarmingly expensive) resistance bands to help me out. Luckily I found this video just in time! I'l definitely give your methods a shot!

fantastic video like always

Dude, you broke it up in to the categories.......smarter than the average BEAR! Clever, clever content dude! I bench and row above my bodyweight but my pull ups have always sucked!!!! I'll try your method and check back in man, seriously, your videos are on point!

Brilliant timing. My pull-ups need urgently to be improved! Thanks man. I'm encouraged. Mission accomplished.

IM SO glad you just talked about the exponential cut in rep ability after failure!!! OMG I thought I was just a bag of suck at PUs!!!! yay!

Great video Brian, most people would charge for this kind of information. Keep up the great work!

Great info Brian. Thanks brotha!

Awesome video and your form is epic. Subscribing

Brian it's ok. friends are overrated.

Awesome vid, man. It'd be cool if you had one for weighted calisthenics in general ie. pushups, sit-ups as well as pull-ups. Trying to make my own program here soon to boost muscular endurance w/o sacrificing too much strength/power.

4:35 Luigi off of Super Mario Bros! Haha awesome video Brian!

Oh my god, why did I wait so long to watch this. Hilarious 😂🤣😂🤣😂

Thanks for making this video..Shall be greasing the groove..

Damn, this vid was so funny! Great content Brian!

Awesome video, great content to strive for ✌️🇨🇦

Great info brian as always..

Cool man! Great description! I can get 10 hammer grip style. (Fat 240) I never heard some of those tips! I will be using them! Thanks again Brian for all the great (free!) tips!

Really informative video!

The bear 🐻 is something else 😂 thanx for the tips 💪🏻

Great video, man! I really like your channel both for its informative content as well as the humorous side :-) I was wondering what do you think about progressing your pull ups towards the unilateral variations, i.e. one arm chin ups and one arm pull ups, rather than adding more weight to the bilateral version? Would that yield similar results? Thanks and take care!

Awesome video- I’m 54 and haven’t been able to do a pull-up in yrs- until I watched this- So pull-ups good but now I need to work on friends

I have a foot in both camps. Appreciate this video!

Big respect from Greece :) Brian you rock.

Best video you have done. Thank you!

This was awesome!

I went from the first camp two the second. It takes hard work, most things do. Keep grinding

Love it, thanks man

I think you and Alan Thrall are the only channels that I listen to for training advice lol. Started to finally focus on pull-ups because of you. I used to hate pull-ups (mostly because I sucked at it...). Got a 45 lb strict pull-up today. Not much, but progressing alot because of the advice you give and actually love pull-ups now. All my big compound lifts have been increasing since listening to you. I'm glad your channel has been blowing up since Alan introduced you about half a year ago P.S. Please expand and make a NEVERsate gym in Southern California!

Your advice got me from 0 pull ups to 4 pull ups in a month. Leaning back was huge for me. So thanks man, you're awesome.

Excellent video

Great advice as always

Haha the not today bear skit had me dying

Damn your videos are awesome.

I love the black and white side bar interjections

The comment about not going to failure is so true! I thought it was just me being so weak. I even go extremely weighted for small reps for several sets but if I do one failure set on the first set of body weight, I'm done for the day.

you are my favorite person on RU-vid

1st saw you on Allan channel, then on ST..gonne though several of your old videos... I approve ... you convince me to try one of you program with giant sets...keep it up