oh shit all this time i could do 10-15 reps of chin above bar pull ups and i was trying to progress to high pull ups/muscle ups, needless to say i failed but after watching this video i realized i was lacking the basic strength. from today onwards im gonna work my way upto chest to bar pullups and perfect it before moving on. appreciate the video 🙏
@@OGTennyson finally mastered chest to bar, i can do 12-15 reps of chest to bar pullup and chinup at 80kg bodyweight. i also acquired enough pulling strength to progress to a muscle up with a lil bit swing, currently trying to do a muscle up without using too much swining
@@OGTennyson yeah its been nearly a year since i last commented here, i fixed my diet and training split after months of trial and failure, found the sweet spot at 4days/week split. i put on 25kg since then (i started at 55kg) still pushing to greater heights. although i moved on from calisthenics for a bit and focused on weight training strictly. broke the 100kg bench and 30kg weighted dips few weeks ago
I’m doing body by rings by fitness FAQ at the moment, and I’m doing most of the exercises with feet planted, but progressing to banded work is going to be a game changer for me! Thanks for making the process of progression so clear! X
THIS IS WHAT I NEED! I can do 10-15 reps of normal pull-ups but I couldn't figure out for the life of me what I was doing wrong. Why I couldn't get my chest to touch the bar. Thank you so much! Will definitely try this one out!
This is a great video. It shows a very clear progression from basic scapular mobility and control all the way up to a full strict chest to bar pull-up. I have watched a lot of videos on pull-ups but I think this one is the first that I've seen that puts all of the pieces together and gives the athlete a very clear idea of what they should focus on to progress to the next phase.
So I've been working out for years. I never really tried to muscle up or anything, all I ever wanted was to be in good shape. Pull-ups is something I've been doing for years. I literally just learned I can't do a proper pull up... My form is not bad I've watched tons of videos on proper form. I can control the reps and not swing or anything. I am just extremely weak on the last few inches it's crazy. I just can't bring my chest up that high. I am strong on any other part of the movement. But I had no idea this was not enough. I will try to go back to inverted rows to build the necessary fundational strength. Thank you for the eye opener.
@@GymnasticsMethod , Brother can you pls tell how do I fix my rounded shoulders??? It disturbs my chest gains while doing push-ups and because of shoulders rounding automatically while doing pull ups, my shoulders are hurting after back day. Pls help me 😭.
My friend, I do not know your name, nor do you mine, yet I am forever grateful for the generosity you've displayed by sharing this video with us FOR FREE. Just the first 15 seconds alone provides a trove of information in the display of your body movements; and the exercises are the icing on the cake. God bless you.
Every time I see someone do c2b pull ups I totally make the same move in my brain and I almost feel it as if I'm doing the move, I love this skill! Same for hand balancing skills :) It's funny how your brain really learns this stuff and after a while it becomes so ingrained that you can even feel other peoples moves. (At least those that you have already achieved yourself.) Good job teaching the world the importance of c2b! Cheers 😊
@@GymnasticsMethod Brother can you pls tell how do I fix my rounded shoulders??? It disturbs my chest gains while doing push-ups and because of shoulders rounding automatically while doing pull ups, my shoulders are hurting after back day. Pls help me 😭.
@@yesntyesnt for pull-ups: from a deadhang pull your shoulder blades down and together and then perform your pullup, keeping them like that. And maybe work on mobility ie with butchers block, shoulder dislocates and stuff.
I like the way you do pull ups, completely straight body no cheating, good reps, unbelievable physique! Although talking about my pull ups I use chest pull ups mostly in 2 ways: one is hollow body pull ups where I hit the bar around my nipples area and I use this for muscle ups training type, or by doing completely retracted pull ups where I am completely arched. If I go for a traditional vertical pull up I might reach the high but I find difficult to hit the bar with the chest.
I can do 2 CTB pull-ups and my way of progression is lat pulldowns with 2 seconds pause. Of course, lat pull down is not the same thing as a pull-up but the advantage is small weight increases.
I'm following your style now, prioritizing technique , I'm training my lower traps and rotator cuff muscles and paying more attention to my weak points. My muscle ups feel easier and more controlled now. I still want to improve range of motion and re learn my pull ups, to be able to do strict muscle ups and ring muscle ups.
Hello. Thanks for the video, it was very educational. I would need to do regressions then. I'm not able to do a chest to bar pull up yet and I was wondering why I couldn't progress in my weighted pull ups and I found your video. I will upgrade in a month if I get any results. For the moment, I will start with Australian Pull-ups and probably I have to reduce the weight in the Lat Pulldown to achieve the chest to bar movement.
Honestly Im amazed by the number of gyms Ive been to where the pull up bar (if theres one) is so close to the ceiling that you barely can to the chin-over-the-bar pull-up. Those designing these gyms need to watch this channel 😂
Use the damn broomstick! Before this video I used to pull up +15 kg, strenght was not a problem, but it felt imposible to touch the bar with my chest. I watched this video and start using the broomstick. Literaly, after two days using it, I touched the bar with my chest! In my case was the lack of coordination who pushed me back from getting it. In a nutshell, use a broomstick and train your strenght.
Thank you Adam this video is simply great👌 I hoping if and when time permits to make a step by step progression video on how to perform the pancake the G. M way.🤞
@@GymnasticsMethod Brother can you pls tell how do I fix my rounded shoulders??? It disturbs my chest gains while doing push-ups and because of shoulders rounding automatically while doing pull ups, my shoulders are hurting after back day. Pls help me 😭.
I always just assumed my forearms were too long. I don't know why. When I tried it with leg assistance on a lower bar I can easily do it. It's clearly a strength issue. I will train this with proper loading and progression now.
I just learned it in a harder way, I mean not applying any beginner approach like chest to broom stick, chest to bar Inverted rows. I just made a correction in my technique by arching my back a little, Yes it was very hard at beginning regular pullups went from 10 to 4 while using this method lol. now I can do 10 chest to bar or arched back pullups easily.
Thanks so much for this video. Do you have suggestions on proper execution of the pull-up with a door frame pull-up bar? I notice that when I do pull-ups outside on a high bar, I seem to be able to do more with better form (maybe not all the way to my chest though). But at home during the winter, I train with a door-frame bar. It's not as high so I have to tuck my legs somehow to get a full extension. It seems more difficult to be in good form and get good reps. I struggle to do 5 reps x 4 sets. Maybe you could make a video about this? Thanks!
Great video. Thanks for that. Just one question here: how do you tight your core during these pull ups? Are you activating posterial pelvic tilt as in the case of push ups ? I have seen the videos with two types of pull ups regarding body position. Hollow body pull ups where posterial pelvic tilt is applied and arched back pull ups. Which one is the best for Chest to Bar Pull ups ?
Thanks for a good video! Would you consider the row to be redundant after you can perform chest to bar pull-ups? I have seen it written many times that rowing and pull-ups are very different things because of the different planes of resistance, but when I look at the the charts over muscle activation in rows and pull-ups there seems to be some major overlap, especially when doing the chest to bar ones, getting a bit of an angle with the upper body.
So I’ve passed the chest pull with a broom stick. And starting on my pull days i will be incorporating dead hang scapula contractions along with inverted row training. Do you think maybe heavier lat pulldown short reps only focusing on the last 4 inches of chest to bar to help build that muscle and be beneficial to getting that last few inches. I thought about adding that lat pulldown idea along with your other tips on my pull days
Are you saying it's guaranteed? Ok, I'll give it a try 😏 hahaha I love your channel and how you always care about the clean form, and you are all right, it's hard to go back to basics because of our ego, but I am one of the few ppl that can go back to zero and try again Greetings bro.
I can’t even get my chest to the bar using the heavy green band which offsets about 30% of my bodyweight. There’s STILL about a fist’s worth of space between my chest and the bar. Jumping up and doing slow negatives is where I’m at. Yikes, this is humbling
When I do the inverted rows(rings) I can touch my thumbs with my chest only when I pull up super fast, should I regress to easier variation or what do you suggest? Also can I apply GTG method for the band assisted chest to bar n the inverted rows?
Yo! I didn't think it was possible to actually hold your chest at the bar position for intermediate or even advanced lifters. Like only the super elite which are always genetically gifted people can do it. Like yourself & Simonster. Idk if I'll ever get there... But I will try! 😤 Like super hard until I'm old & dead.😡
i would do chin over the bar and sometimes aim my chest to hit the bar,but now after seeing i want to achieve chest to bar for every pull-up i do. Are Australian pull-ups also good practice to achieve chest to bar?
Should chest to bar be performed with added weight? And is shoulder impingement a possible issue with chest to bar because the scapular is all the way down?
Can you recommend something to a person with partial coracobrachialis tear ? Most likely "wear and tear" kind of issue, most likely caused by dedicated "only-chin-ups" approach on a scale of 2+ years. Medics recommend absolutely nothing useful. Thanks
After some weeks practicing the chest to bar pull-ups I can do it, but only if it is with the hollow body position, if I arch my back, then I cannot do it.
When doing chest to bar pull ups am I trying to pull my elbows straight down vertically to the ground or am I trying to pull them more behind my back with a little bit more horizontal plane
i can do 15 perfect form of inverted rows (leg on chair) before form breakdown and doing half next 7 reps. this translate into 7 pullups. which maybe 3-5 of them being perfect bar to chest. my problem is that i cant progress and plateau in this 7 rep ranges. i do pullups and rows twice a week. tbh, i train everyday. twice for each body part. yea i know, probably i have poor recovery because i dont have rest day. always sleep from 9pm-4.5am, seems like enough. but idk. any way to increase my pullup strenght/endurance? its really demotivating. i have decent back. real good lats (almost v taper if i flex during double bicep pose). oh anyway im 172cm, 86kg.
like when you see the 'get humbled' videos when the guy tries to row or curl a bunch of weight but just totally completely has the worst form you've ever seen
I agree and disagree. I would say "full" rom is when you're as high as you can get with vertical forearms. There's a reason why chin ups are much easier chest to bar; you don't have to switch to a horizontal pull at the top. That top range of motion is handled by very different muscles than the rest of the pullup, and while it's great to strengthen them, most people can't hold the top position statically and probably won't ever unless they hyper specialize and let their legs atrophy. I can do a few chest to bar pull ups but I would consider them extended range of motion, not "full". But I'm aware gymnasts view this differently
Thanks man, did my first chest-to-bar today following your method - I'm not even at inverted rows yet, but I nearly fell off the bar today when I smashed my chest into it. Aiming to do 10 by the end of the year.
