Strength Basics

Getting stronger, fitter, and healthier by sticking to the basics. It's not rocket science, it's doing the simple stuff the right way. Strength-Basics updates every Monday, plus extra posts during the week.

Showing posts with label blast straps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blast straps. Show all posts

Friday, June 18, 2010

Blast Strap Pullups

Sometimes you just don't want to do pullups off the 2 x 4, you want to have an actual handle. So, I did this:

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. . . so we could do this:

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It worked great, and the handles didn't move at all for me or either of the two guys I was training. Plus, you get a little rotation of the handle as you pull, so you can keep a firm grip without tearing up your hands holding on. If we'd brought out chalk I'd have used that to, to keep grip from being the limiter.

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