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Stronger in 60 Seconds: Chin-ups: Build a Wider, Stronger Back

Chin-ups are king when it comes to building a wider, stronger back.

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Start in the hanging position and drive your elbows down to the floor, keeping them inline with your body — avoid pulling them behind it.

Chest to bar with your chin tucked — avoid driving your head forward trying to pull it over.

If you’re up for a challenge — give this advanced a routine a try that I stole from , Charles Poliquin, @strengthsensei1

  1. Wide-grip pull-ups, max reps.
  2. Rest for ten seconds.
  3. Medium-grip pull-ups, max reps.
  4. Rest for ten seconds.
  5. Medium-grip chin-ups, max reps.
  6. Rest for ten seconds.
  7. Narrow-grip chin-ups, max reps.
  8. Rest for three minutes.
  9. Repeat steps 1-8 twice

If you want to get a lot of volume in, in a short amount of time, try this routine out. Start with 35% of your rep max, so if you can do 15 pull-ups, perform 5 reps, rest 20 seconds and repeat for max sets. If you reach a 6th set, make that your last and perform max

Want a bigger, stronger back?

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Stronger in 60 Seconds: The Band Pull-Apart: Fixing the 2 Most Common Mistakes

The band pull-apart is a simple and effective exercise for improving shoulder health, posture and performance.

Unfortunately, it’s often done incorrectly.

Below I’ll show you the two most common ways the band pull-apart gets screwed up, how to fix it, and add them into your program.

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?✅ Target your rear delts by initiating the movement with the shoulders protracted, or rolled forward.

?✅ Pull it apart keeping your chin tucked and head in a neutral position — allowing for full ROM. 

?❌ Avoid initiating with the shoulder blades retracted, or pinched together, putting more of the emphasis on the mid-back.

?❌ Avoid cheating the reps by pulling your head/chest forward to shorten the ROM. 

Programming

Two of my favorite ways to program these are at the end of an upper body workout:

10×10 with 20-30 seconds rest or max reps, rest 10 seconds after achieving failure and repeat until you hit 100 reps. 

Have any questions about programming?

Shoot me an email at adamnpine@gmail.com with “PROGRAM” in the subject line!

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Stronger in 60 Seconds: Generating Explosive Speed Off the Floor in the Deadlift

Simple and effective tip to improve your starting position and bar path for a stronger, more explosive deadlift.

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A common mistake is to stand too close to the bar — shins touching.

This restricts your path down to the bar — making it tough to lower the hips into a powerful position and generate speed off the floor. Start too far away and the bar will pull you forward.

In this video I’m starting with it over the center of my foot — making it easy to find my strongest starting position and explode off the floor.

In the bottom, my weight’s balanced on my heels and the bar is touching my shins.

Keep the bar close to the body, skimming it through the lift for an efficient bar path and strong lockout.

 

Want a bigger deadlift?

Shoot me an email at adamnpine@gmail.com with “DEADLIFT” in the subject line!

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