@madscientistofmuscle: Even when I'm unbalanced, I'm still kinda balanced...I call these Two Bar Counterbalanced Pull-Ups. The goal is to maintain the bars at horizontal while doing pull-ups on the ends...as they're balanced on the one rack rail. I find this one amazing on the back and a monster on the grip because of the rolling fat-end grip AND the constant balancing. It's really challenging and requires laser focus. One rack rail is set as high as it'll go and the other a few feet lower. This starts the two bars off at a downward angle. The plate collars of the top ends of the bars are hooked against the rail to keep them in place. This means a little more bar hanging over the bottom rail, which adds to the counterbalance weight. Then I grip onto the very ends of the bars at the top and let my bodyweight come down as the weighted bar ends come up to counterbalance. A key thing to note...my rack rails have rubber gripping stuff on top of them. A rack rail that is just bare steel will be more slippery so if the loaded bar ends start to tilt down too high, there is a chance they could slide. In my setup, it's not an issue. As you can imagine, the key is determining the proper weight to use on the ends. I've got just 7 1/2 pounds on the other ends of the bars. I weigh about 175 lbs right now, to give you an idea of counterbalance weight. Now, even though the weight is counterbalanced, I STILL need to do the pull-up in a VERY controlled manner to try and eliminate all the momentum from the exercise. If I come down too fast or come up too fast, it destabilizes the bars by adding momentum. The first progression for this one would be to more heavily counterbalance the other ends (with 25's or so) and just do regular pull-ups on the fat ends of the bars with the rails set evenly in the rack. This will give you the grip strength benefits of the rolling fat-end gripping and the neutral grip that is easier on the shoulders. --- Want to build your back fast? Do THIS program for 3 weeks... Link in bio #pullups #fatgrip #calisthenics #bodyweighttraining #nicknilsson

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