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One exercise that so many people really struggle with during their program are pull-ups.  Pull-ups are one of the best bodyweight exercises to perform since they will challenge the back muscles as well as those in the arms.  They’re also easy to execute when you do have the strength and can be performed anywhere you’re able to find an overhead bar of some sort.

Pull-ups are one of the most common bodyweight exercises also performed any time you’re going to be doing fitness testing as well, making them an extremely common movement to include in any sort of physical prep work that you may be doing.

But, what do you do if you can’t quite do a pull-up? Let’s have a look at your options.

Get Assistance

The very first thing that you can do if you’re really struggling to perform pull-ups is to get assistance.  For this you’ll simply have someone stand directly underneath you and gently push you upwards towards the bar by holding onto your legs and using that to propel you upwards.

This is nice since then they can change the overall degree of force they’re using as they do this, moving you that much closer and closer to eventually just doing it on your own entirely.

Perform Inverted Pull-Ups

Second, the next way that you can work your way up to performing this one of the bodyweight exercises is by doing inverted pull-ups instead.  With this you’ll place a bar across to chairs and then place the hands up on the bar from there with the body directly underneath it.

Once you’re comfortable, then you can slowly begin to pull yourself up to the bar, aiming to get the chest fully touching the bar.  Lower back down once its completed.

Add Additional Back Strengthen Exercises To Your Workout Plan

Finally, the last thing that you should consider doing if you really can’t perform a pull-up is to add some back strengthening exercises to the workout instead.  This way you can develop the muscles that are involved with performing the pull-up so that once you do gain a bit more strength, you’ll have no trouble executing the lift.

So there you have some of the best quick tips that you should utilize in order to perform a pull-up if you’re currently struggling. If you do make sure that you keep working at it, it should only be a matter of time before you’re fully able to do this highly effective bodyweight exercise.

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