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Meanwhile in China … Wu Jingbiao performs some weighted wide grip BTN Pull Ups and makes it look explosive. Personally, if there is a pull up variation I don’t like, it is this. Probably because I don’t have the shoulder ROM Wu has. Thanks to the submitter. More Bodyweight Exercises by Chinese Weightlifters.
Adam Storey has another cool Snatch Pull video. 2007 U62kg World Champion Yang Fan (China) performing a very comfortable fast snatch pull double with 160kg. LIKE NorthSportOlympicWeightlifting on Facebook
Eric Cressey takes a look at the Band Pull Apart. Emphasize the motion of your arms before retracting your scapulae.
Previously mentioned pull up wizard Matthew Shoffner aka cyclops4ever does 50 One Arm Pull Ups in under 8 Minutes. 42 done in the first 4 min and then…. failure. 48 in 5 minutes.
Here is Julia Zaugolova (who you might know from her 240kg Deadlift) with a high rep Squat set. 100kg for 20 reps ATG. By the way, Julia also took part in what looks like a Russian Crossfit team workout along with Oksana Slivenko. The video of the workout is here (thanks to Chris for submitting). These [...]
Here is something I also do occasionally. Band Resisted Pull Ups by Max from Ambition Athletics. Great exercise if you have trouble locking out at the top of your pull ups. I used this quite a bit when training for my OAC.
Try this grip intensive pull up variation. Pinch Grip Rafter Pull Ups
Marc Keys has been busy uploading tons of tutorials to his Speed Power Fitness YouTube channel. Today he adds a twist to the GHD Sit Up. In this diabolic variation your buddy holds a stick and you move your body in a circular motion around it. You know how some exercises have a country name [...]
Here is a great photo of Lu Xiaojun doing Snatch High Pulls. Guillotine style! Rob Macklem snapped it in the training hall of the 2011 World Championships in Paris. Here is what Rob said when I asked him about the photo: No particular story, other than I like to shoot the diversity of exercises the [...]
Chad Waterbury writes about his 5 month, high rep pull-ups experience. Take aways: Don’t be afraid to go to failure. While hypertrophy was greatest when he didn’t go to failure during the first months, the number of reps went up when he started to regularly go to failure. I think the lack of continued hypertrophy is simply [...]
This post on reddit reminded me how awesome homemade grip strength tools like baseballs, tennis balls and softballs are. If you have ever been to a climbing gym you probably have seen these things before. They are a cheap, but valuable addition to your home gym. Click here for a tutorial by Ross Enamait on how to build your own. [...]
Here is how you target the upper and lower lats with a simple Pull ups form variation. Left image:Bringing the bar to the neck with arms alongside the body mainly solicits the lateral fibers of the latissimus dorsi and develops the width of the back. Right Image:Bringing the bar to the chest by pulling the elbows back to raise the chin [...]
The Cal Strength guys uploaded some of their old technique / tip videos (like the Upper Body Stretches & Lower Body Stretches for Weightlifters) to the CalStrength YouTube Channel. We touched the Arch ups vs Curl ups matter before, but here is the video Glenn Pendlay & Donny Shankle did a few years back. Personally, I like [...]
Here is a training session of Russian +105kg lifter Andrey Kozlov. Snatch: 2x 150kg, 2x 150kg, 2x 160kg, 2x 160kg Snatch Pull from Knee Height: 4x 200kg, 4x 210kg Power Jerk: 2x 180kg, 2x 200kg Snatch High Pull: 2x 190kg, 2x 195kg What’s interesting are the Snatch High Pulls to the stick at shoulder height (seen [...]
… lots of them. I know there a a lot of people on YouTube, banging out insane numbers of One Arm Pull Ups / Chin Ups. Still a crazy achievement. Here is Matthew aka cyclops4ever.
Meanwhile in China … How about some closed kinetic chain exercises for weightlifters? We have seen Lu Xiaojun doing Handstand Push Ups. However I have not seen the weighted version with 40kg strapped to their backs. Thanks to Phil for submitting.
Dominic Lacasse is training Human Flag Pull Ups for a new Guinness World Record.His goal is to get 15 reps until 28 September. Now he is at 13 reps.Shouldn’t be too difficult for him.
