How do I go about increasing my ability to do pull ups?

Question by jaseman_17: How do I go about increasing my ability to do pull ups?
I just started going to the gym lately. I REALLY need to be able to do a few pull ups and I am working on getting into really good shape. I am way over weight and I am very out of shape. I do not have access to an Assisted Pull Up machine or pull up bar. How do I increase the muscles required to do a pull up?


Best answer:
lose weight for one, then use the lat pull down machine to increase your back muscles. Also workout your shoulders.

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Article by Johnathon Young

In order to lose one pound of fat you have to burn 3500 calories. It's almost impossible to achieve this without doing cardiovascular exercises. Aim to get cardio (with an emphasis on high intensity interval training) five days a week. If you're super busy (like most of us) and find it hard to squeeze cardio into your day, break your workouts up into chunks.

Here's an example of how you can break your cardio workouts into manageable pieces:

Run on a treadmill for 15 minutes when you wake up.Take a brisk 15 minute walk around the parking lot during your lunch break.Pop in a workout video and exercise for 15 to 30 minutes before dinner.Don't feel like your only options for good cardio workouts are treadmills and exercise bikes. There's nothing wrong with these machines, they work great. But if you do them all the time, they can get sort of humdrum. There are plenty of other ways to get your heart jumping. Some examples include kick boxing, mowing the lawn, gardening, jumping rope and swimming.

Pump a Little Iron

Many women avoid weights like the plague. They fear pumping iron will make them look bulky and masculine. This is absolutely not true. Unless you use some sort of performance-enhancing drug when you lift weights, the possibility of looking like the Hulk is slim.

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Sample Workout Plan to Get You Started

In one of my past newsletters, I talked about building a foundation by focusing on mastering the basics--lunges, squats, pushing, twisting and pulling. Do the below exercise back to back. After you do the entire circuit, repeat all five exercises two more times.

Bodyweight squats - 10 to 20 repetitionsBodyweight lunges - 8 on each legModified pushups on your knees 10 to 15 repetitionsAssisted pull ups - 10 repetitionsMedicine ball or dumbbell woodchop - 10 repetitions per sideAs your fitness level increases, you can build on these exercises to make them more challenging by increasing resistance and making them more complex.

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