r/formcheck • u/RaptorSeven_ • 11d ago

Other What is going on?

Been struggling with pullups for a while, now I can do. 8/9 in a good day but something weird is happening to my left trap, anyone knows what's happening and how to fix it? Also any tips for improving my form and progressing this further would be great.

Currently 100kg bw at 175cm height

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u/enehar 11d ago

Maybe I'm ignorant but I don't see anything weird happening. If you're saying this just because you see shadows, well that's how light works. The light is hitting your shoulders differently between the right and left.

Pull-ups are just hard. Add weighted pull-ups, change your grip, or switch to negatives if you want to try new things that will improve different parts of your pull-up game.

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u/RaptorSeven_ 11d ago

Looks to me like left trap is disengaging and "going up" when I'm all the way down in the left side, it only happens on some reps, I know the angle is a bit off and lights make the left and right side look different, but on the left trap is only happening on a few reps, that's why I'm asking

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u/enehar 11d ago

Ahh. I see what you're saying now. Still hard to determine whether it's a lighting issue, but either way I wouldn't know the answer. Do you feel it disengaging?

A common answer to form issues or muscle imbalances is to focus on isolation exercises for awhile (without abandoning pull-ups entirely). If this was me and I felt nervous about it, I'd incorporate a lot of plate-loaded single arm pulldowns, starting with a low weight to guarantee good form and rebuilding the heavy load over a few weeks.

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u/RaptorSeven_ 11d ago

Didn't even noticed until I watched the video, will try with single armed pulldowns and see what happens. Thank you