Baby pull-ups

[Gridlock1]

Can anyone help me?

I am trying to follow a body weight training core.

I am basing it around squats + variants and press ups + variants.

I want to add a pulling exercise. - I have always been unbalanced, must stringer at pushing than pulling - even when I was fit I could bench 140% bodyweight and do weighted squats all day long but never do more than 1 or 2 pull ups.

At the moment I can't do any pull ups.

Is there a way I can strip them down to get an easier exercise that works the same muscles and will help me build up towards proper pull ups? preferably something that doesn't require much equipment?

Cheers

[Scott]

Body rows would be a start.


Also you could get bands which would help.

[Cookie]

Can anyone help me?

I am trying to follow a body weight training core.

I am basing it around squats + variants and press ups + variants.

I want to add a pulling exercise. - I have always been unbalanced, must stringer at pushing than pulling - even when I was fit I could bench 140% bodyweight and do weighted squats all day long but never do more than 1 or 2 pull ups.

At the moment I can't do any pull ups.

Is there a way I can strip them down to get an easier exercise that works the same muscles and will help me build up towards proper pull ups? preferably something that doesn't require much equipment?

Cheers

If I had anyone I was helping in the gym who couldn`t chin/pull up I would get them to stand on a chair/bench & just do negative reps over a 2-4-6 second count till they got some basic strength to try their hand at full reps.

Another possibility is these or any other variant of body rows:

[samurai69]

we use different bands for members that cant pullup

negatives are a good start point if no bands


also inverted rows are cheap and easy to do


.

[Melas Zomos]

All great suggestions, good luck.

[Gridlock1]

Brilliant, thank you guys, I'll let you know how I get on