@drmikeisraetel: PULLUP TIPS ⏬ @versagripps for the WIN 💪 1.) Only use weight if you’d like to go into a lower rep range than your body weight gives you a challenge in. There’s nothing special about using weight, and if you get great effects from just using your body weight, no need to use added weight! 2.) Make sure your technique is good. You see me try and eighth rep here and abandon ship because my technique was going to blow. 3.) Slow the eccentric and go for a full stretch at the bottom. This causes more growth AND keeps you safer from unlikely but possible injury. 4.) When progressing on a weight gain phase, you can just keep the added weight the same over the weeks and let your bodyweight do the progressing. You can also add weight, but just by 2.5lb increments. No shame in that! When on a fat loss phase, you can add a bit more, maybe 5lbs per week. Don’t rush. Your back will get better from the sets and reps, not from you trying to add weight as fast as possible!

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Tuesday 11 August 2026 10:33:00 GMT