Oct
16
Exercise of the week
The pull up.
Muscles used: back,arms,chest,shoulders
Pull ups are a great upper body strength exercise involving most of the large muscle groups in the back.
To perform grab the bar with hands positioned slightly wider than the shoulders. Pull your body upwards maintaining a neutral spine and avoiding swinging the legs (cheating)
To progress increase reps or add a weight belt.
To regress use an assisted pull up machine.
