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If you’re training out of your own home, you’re going to need to make the most of your space.
One of the key considerations is the footprint of your gym equipment: the sheer amount of space it takes up on your floor-plan. After all, square feet of space are always in demand and too big of a footprint might limit what training you can do at home.
Adding weight to your pull-ups is one of the best problems to have in bodyweight training. The pull up is a challenging exercise and the requirement – or even ability – to add more weight to it is an impressive place to find yourself. However, how should you add weight and when?These are the questions we’re going to discuss today – by the end of this short article you’re going to know how to progress to weighted pull ups and make the most of them!
Your shoulders have a lot of moving parts and they need to be trained properly.
The scapula region is a variety of muscles and connective tissues that control the shoulder blades. The scap “floats” on these muscles and is not directly attached to another bone, which means there’s a lot of mobility possible, but it also requires a lot of control to maintain.If you want to get good at any form of strength training – whether its gymnastics, street calisthenics, or weight training – you need to improve scapular control.We’re going to teach you 4 simple lessons about scap control that are key to any physical training. If you haven’t got these, you’re missing out!
The pull-up is great, but it’s not always possible – and you need to train those upper back muscles somehow.
Today we’re discussing the pull-up and lat pulldown. They’re competitors for your time in the gym and they’re often compared as direct competitors.
Stick with us – we’re going to break down this rivalry in a way that actually helps your training!
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Is bodyweight training a young person’s game?
You might think so if you’ve only seen it through social media or marketing materials, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
Being able to do a single pull up is a huge achievement and sets you apart as a practitioner of discipline and consistent training. Especially if you started out with a little extra weight. We’re going to talk you through how to get your first pull up and what you can do from there to maximise your performance and keeping getting stronger and fitter. It’s a huge achievement and you deserve the sweet satisfaction of that first chest-to-bar pull up moment!
We’re all familiar with the benefits of the pull up by now (our last article was a love letter to the pull up!). However, the pull up mate isn’t just for building a better back and gymnastic skills.
Today we’re going to give you the quick and dirty guide to building better triceps with the pull up mate. Stick around – it’ll be 5 minutes to better triceps.
We love the pull-up – and you might be able to tell!
Today we’re explaining why the pull up is one of the best exercises around and why you should always be including pull ups, and other calisthenics, in your workout.
Building a mighty grip isn’t easy, but it is essential to good gymnastics and calisthenics training. If you’re going to be hanging around doing inversions and single-arm training, you need to get a grip.
Today, we’re going to teach you how to build grip strength with bodyweight exercises (and awful puns)!
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Pull Up Mate: Bodyweight Training Tips and Advice from the Pros
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