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Training for a pull up

Hey everyone,

I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find an answer here.

I started training for my first pull up and was curious if there are other Blenders who can point me to a good training routine or specific workouts. I don't have a pull-up-bar at home and go to outside gyms (aka playgrounds) - lucky for me it's currently dark outside in the evenings, so nobody can see my first attempts 🤣

I usually start out with scapular shrugs and then superset pull-ups with resistance bands with push ups because I want to improve on those, too, and don't want to create any imbalances. Is this a good way to go about it??

I also discovered this workout by Patrice and wanted to give it a go this week:

https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/upper-body-pull-for-back-and-biceps-strengthen-upper-body-pulling-power

Happy to hear your thoughts, also on how long it took you to achieve the first full pull up with good form, I hear that it can take quite a while.

Sophie

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