Pull ups are really versatile exercise in terms of all the different styles that you can try. You can vary the grips (pronated, supinated, neutral, or thumbless), weight (less than bodyweight, bodyweight, or additional weight), and bar. With a little bit of imagination you can do this exercise anywhere and it’s fun. It feels great and empowering to pull yourself up and when people see you doing this challenging exercise they have a certain respect for you, because it is much easier to train with a barbell than pull your own body weight on a chin up bar.
Try the Commando pull ups!
Standing sideways under the chin up bar, jump up and hang with your hands touching each other and arms straight. You can pull yourself to one side at a time. Touch the bar with one shoulder, than lower yourself and pull yourself up from the other side and touch the bar with the other shoulder. Give your arms a full stretch before you do another rep. If you don’t have enough space on each side of the bar like me, then do the whole set, turn around to face the opposite direction and do another set.
Enjoy,
Zuzana.