i am a heavy kid in high school and i need to do at least one pull up to pass P.E and i can hold my self up but i cant do a pull up. does anybody have any advice on any lifts that i can do to hel me do pull ups???
2006-10-02 15:10:51 · 4 answers · asked by Henry F 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Try to find a bar that is too low for your height.
Hold the bar with your hands. Walk your feet forward while keeping your body straight. You will find yourself at an angle to the ground, holding the bar, with your ancles still on the ground but not fully supporting your weight. Now you're in perfect position to do the pull-ups that don't pull your whole weight, but only part of it. Do however many of those you can, take a rest, repeat. Do it every day or every other day - you will be ready for a normal complete pull-up before you know it.
2006-10-02 15:22:29 · answer #1 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, what you could do is get up on the pull-up bar and keep trying to pull yourself up. you making an effort at pulling yourself up is the same as doing them, if you are straining your muscles trying to pull yourself up, then you are still getting the same workout as doing them. eventually, you will be able to pull yourself up higher and higher, until you can accomplish one. do repetitions. just get up on the bar and keep trying, try maybe like 5 times to start out. then work your way up to ten times, then back down to five times, then do some push-ups. after the push-ups, do the over-head clapper, just keep your arms straight the whole time and clap your hands over your head. do maybe 30 or 40 or them. after those, do the cherry pickers. hold your arms straight out beside you and open and close your hand (touch your thumb with all your fingers on each hand) do about 20 or 30 of them. then do some more push-ups. after that, try to do more pull-ups. after you are done trying, stop and rest for the day. the next day you could try lifting barbells. now, dont let barbells fool or any other weights fool you. you dont have to lift alot of wieght to get a work-out. i could make your arms burn from lifting a pencil. start out with like 10 pounds on each arm and do repetions. im in the army, thats why there is crazy names to the excercises, but i do them every morning at 6:30, along with a 3 or 4 mile run. i dont know what else to say, it wont hurt to try. well, it will, i lied. but it will be the good kind of hurt. and remember, you need rest to build and develope muscles. take a day off after you work out.
2006-10-02 22:32:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing that I can tell you is to work on holding yourself up and slowly (and I mean as slow as you can) lower yourself down. Do one and take a break. Get back up and do it again. Start with doing 10 each day. I am sure that you will be able to get more than one!
2006-10-02 22:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by Athletic Trainer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this sounds funny, but it may help. Go to a park where there is a jungle gym, or what they used to call"monkey bars", and practice pull ups if there is a place near you. You need a strong overhang to support youtr weight, keep that in mind, and go for it!!! You can do it.....
2006-10-02 22:15:54 · answer #4 · answered by Garnet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋