Pull-Up: How to Do Your First One? The pull-up is a great exercise for building back and arm muscles. It directly engages them whilst building strength and stamina. Moreover, the pull-up exercise is commonly performed by beginner and advanced-level athletes, especially in gymnastics, bodybuilding, and calisthenics. The pull-ups also help build hand strength and grip, which can prove beneficial for other exercises such as chin-ups, handwalks, handstands, human flags, etc., which are practiced mainly by calisthenics and gymnastics professionals. How to Do Your First Pull-Up? Dead Hangs The dead hang exercise requires you to hang from the pull-up bar with your feet hanging in the air without any support. You can either grab the pull-up bar by jumping from the ground, by jumping, or using a stepper, or by using other exercise equipment to reach the pull-up bar, hold it with your grip, and then, keeping your legs hanging in the air. Doing the dead hang exercise for one minute or more would...
Back Workout | Back Exercises | Back Muscles | Home Workout | Day 48: So, I am back for a new intense back workout session for you. Do all the exercises carefully and don't skip any exercises.
Back Workout | Back Exercises | Back Muscles| Home Workout| Day 48
Exercise 1: Regular Push Ups (100 Reps)
Most people find push-ups either quite easy or quite difficult. But, since you have been doing it for a long period of time, therefore, you won't find it difficult to do. However, today you'll have the challenge to do with our push-ups, which is to complete 100 push-ups as fast as possible and with a minimum number of intervals. So, here is how we are going to do it:
- Lie down on the ground
- Raise your upper body above the ground by pushing it up with your hands
- Raise your lower body above the ground and keep your legs joined
- Push your whole body towards the ground
- Rise above the ground once you have reached touched it with your upper body
- Keep repeating the above motion until you complete 100 reps.
Exercise 2: Back Leg Flutter (100 Reps)
Once you have successfully completed 100 regular push-ups, then you can begin with the back leg flutter. Here is how you can do back leg flutter:
- Lie down on the ground with your back facing towards the ceiling/roof.
- Fold your hands inward towards your chest
- Rest your head on your hands.
- Join your legs together, but keep a slight distance between them.
- Raise both your legs simultaneously and then bring
- Bring both legs back to their original posture.
- Keep repeating the above motion until you complete 100 reps.
Exercise 3: Hand Flutters (100 Reps)
This exercise is similar to the previous and involves doing the above exercise by using hands instead of legs. Here is how you can do it:
- Lie down on the ground with your chest touching the ground.
- Join both your legs together.
- Stretch your hands straight.
- Raise your hands in an upward and downward movement.
- Keep repeating the hand movement until you complete 100 reps.
Exercise 4: Yoga Dips - Full (50 Reps)
Yoga dip is one of the toughest back exercises, however, it is very effective. Here is how you can do it:
- Keep your hands on the ground.
- Raise your body in a v-shape posture.
- Dip in upper body it in an upward direction
- Go back to the original posture by dipping again in between your hands.
- Do the 50 forward and 50 backward dips to the original posture.
Exercise 5: Leg Toe Touch (100 Reps)
Both standing toe touch and leg touch are equally effective exercises. So, you can do this exercise either way. Here is how you can do it:
- Lie down with your back towards the ground.
- Keep your legs joint or slightly distant throughout the exercise.
- Stretch your arms straight above your head.
- Move your upper body up.
- Touch your toes with your hands
- Go back to the original lying down posture.
- Keep repeating until you complete 100 reps.
Note: This is not only a good exercise for your back but also good for building abs. Complete all 100 reps in one go if you are a pro or divide your reps into sets if you get tired. Don't take more than 30-second rest in between the sets.
With this today's session is complete. See you tomorrow in another session.
With this today's session is complete. See you tomorrow in another session.
