“GUIDE TO BODYWEIGHT STRENGTH TRAINING 2.0 - 1 rep max based bodyweight strength training” is available now at Amazon, Google Play and Kobo. Get it! Amazon Google Play Kobo What's new: • Updated training tool with some visual upgrades • New alternative exercises you can use for progression and some exercises were removed • Three approaches to get your first pullup • Ring training is included in the training tool for dips and push-ups for those who like to train with rings. Also progression to full ring dip with rings only if you don’t have parallel bars available. • Improved exercise and video library • More content. More detailed chapter on dieting for fat loss, muscle gain and maintaining. • About 50% more content compared to the previous version. • Updated units to support both lbs/kg and cm/inch units in the book. So you don’t have to convert numbers on your own based on your preferred unit of measurement. You will get the following tools: • Training tool which you can us
Resistance band assisted pullups are a great tool to get your first bodyweight pullup if you have a good selection of bands and a pullup bar. But if you are like me you don’t have a selection of bands lying around the house. You might have only one loop band or an adjustable band with handles. Resistance bands provide most assistance on bottom of the movement and little to none on the top. This makes training a bit more difficult if you lack strength in the top position. That's why I prefer the rack pullup progression with a bar or rings [ LINK ] since you get more resistance at the bottom of the pullup with this progression. But this does not mean you can’t progress to a full bodyweight pullup with resistance band assisted pullups. You’ll just have to lower the assistance from the resistance band as you get stronger. How to adjust resistance with a single band Usually the resistance band is directly wrapped around the pullup bar. But depending on the height of the attachment point