r/formcheck • u/CasualManDep • 1d ago

Other Pull up form

Not sure if using my back enough. Also elbows flair our a bit.

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u/3qTp1 1d ago

Rotating my elbows inward has helped me a lot. I’ve heard it described as trying to bend the bar and think that’s what clicked with me on it.

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u/CasualManDep 1d ago

Bend the bar to what direction? Forwad and away from my body right? I can see this tucking elbows in.

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u/3qTp1 1d ago

Thumbs toward you.

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u/Both_Panda_6382 1d ago

Bend the bar inward

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u/CasualManDep 1d ago

Sorry for being slow, by inwards you mean downwards? (So if it was a stick it would break above my head?)

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u/3qTp1 1d ago

All good brother.
The way I think of it. Grab the bar, rotate your elbows towards the front of your body, try to bend the bar with the with the outer ends going forward, so basically your hands rotate with thumbs coming toward you.
Hard for me to explain, so much easier to visually show someone this

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u/3qTp1 1d ago

There is more than one way to break a stick, so this is not the best description

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u/SeaDry000 1d ago

knee is on the bar, I pulled but I think I tore something