Episode 4- How To Do Pull Ups
Training to get your first pull up? Looking to improve the one you can already do? In this episode, I’m chatting about everything pull-ups! Learn how often to train, the difference between chin-ups and pull-ups and the drills you can use in your workouts to boost your strength. Become a badass with these pull-up tips!

* How I Initially Started Training Pull-Ups (1:06)
* Pull-Ups Versus Chin Ups (1:30)
* Can Women Do Pull-Ups? (2:30)
* Training For Pull-Ups (3:23)
* What A Pull Up Looks Like (5:08)
* Drills To Learn How To Do Pull-Ups (5:57)
* Assisted Exercises For Pull-Ups (11:59)
* Final Tips (13:35)
* Wrap Up (16:52)
* Resources

Welcome to the Fit As A Mama Bear Podcast I’m Shelby, a certified strength coach, nutrition coach mama to two. and all-around health nut. This show is about a little bit of everything healthy, fit and natural related. So, if you’re striving the smash goals, eat better, feel better, and enjoy the occasional mom rants, this is the place for you. You’re listening to episode four today or I’ll be chatting about how to do pull ups.
 
How To Do Pull Ups
Hey everyone.
So today I wanted to take the time to talk a little bit about pull-ups! So as most of you know, if you checked out any of my socials channels, I love pull-ups.
But if you listen to episode one of the podcasts, you will have learned that I did not always love them. And in fact, I wasn’t exactly strong.
I actually wasn’t even able to carry a case of beer from the back of the house up to the bar when I was a bartender. This is kind of depressing given I adore strength now and pull-ups are kind of the exercise that only the elite of the elite could do.
So, it was one of those goals I always had in the back of my mind, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it. I had no idea how to do pull ups. And this was long before I kind of learned a little bit more about strength training and the best way to go about things.
 
How I Initially Started Training Pull-Ups (1:06)
When I first started training, I was doing some upper bodywork and I thought I was ready for pull-ups. I would just hang from the bar and have my mind scream, and nothing would happen.
I at least thought I’d get up a couple of inches. But that didn’t even happen. On the plus side, my grip strength became amazing because I hung from the bar so much.
But my pullups still sucked.
 
Pull-Ups Versus Chin Ups (1:30)
A quick note on pull-ups versus chin-ups:
Chin-ups are when your palms are facing your face. When you’re holding onto the bar, they’re going to be a little bit more bicep dominant.
Pull-ups are when your palms are facing away from the bar. They are still going to target the arms, but they also hit your back and especially your lats more.
You can also do neutral grip pull-ups, which is when your palms are facing each other. The bars are kind of straight and parallel.