Pull-Ups are a GREAT back exercise...one of the best, in fact.

If you can get at least 8 to 10 reps, it's time to shake things up a little bit.

This version of the Pull-Up is going to dramatically ramp up the work done by the smaller muscles of the upper back (teres major and minor, rhomboids, supraspinatus, etc.), in addition to excellent work on the lats.

You're going to start by doing a "normal" pull-up all the way to the top.

Hold that top position for a second or two...then push yourself AWAY from the bar, directly backwards.

This changes the leverage of the exercise and the muscles recruited. Instead of pulling only in a vertical movement pattern, you're now including muscles that must stabilize the arms in the shoulder joint at an angle. You'll immediately start descending as this position is much tougher to hold.

Lower yourself down slowly and under control, FIGHTING the negative all the way down and striving to keep your body out away from the bar out away from the normal vertical path of the exercise.

It's this active fighting of the lowering phase that's going to SHOCK the small muscles of your upper back. This is a loading pattern they are definitely NOT used to.

Come down to the bottom position and repeat for as many reps as you can do while still controlling the descent and pushing away from the bar horizontally without immediately having to come straight down.

This is a much tougher variation than the normal pull-up because of the change in leverage, so you should be able to get at least 8-10 quality reps of the pull-up before using this one.

It's going to develop great shoulder stability as well as strength in the smaller muscles of the upper back (along with improving the muscularity of the upper back for a more impressive physique).

You can watch the full video of this exercise here.

Or start from the actual exercise demo here.

Enjoy!

Nick Nilsson
The "Mad Scientist of Muscle"

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