All of these Pull Up Back Workouts will significantly help you to test and improve your upper body strength, pulling power and general conditioning for functional fitness.
PULL UP BACK WORKOUTS
Before we begin, refresh your technique with the kipping pull up.
SNAKE BITE
- 21-15-9 Reps for Time
- Squat Snatches (95/65 lb)
- Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
Strategy: While many athletes are capable of completing the round of 21 unbroken or close to unbroken, doing so can lead to a major drop off in rounds 2 and 3. Intelligently breaking up the first round similar to how they would the round of 15 will lead to consistency across all sets.
Some possible rep schemes for the round of 21 are 7-7-7 / 9-7-5 / 6-5-4-3-2-1. This approach should allow individuals to better get through the round of 15 to come. Athletes can break the rounds of 15 and 9 into 2-3 sets based on how they are feeling.
For athletes who are overhead squatting, the goal will be to complete those repetitions close to unbroken. It is ok if they need to break the power snatches a little more to accomplish that goal.
Scaling: These options replace the squat snatch and chest to bar pull-ups:
Option B:
For Time:
15-12-9
Power Snatch (95/65)
Overhead Squats (95/65)
Pull-ups
Option C:
For Time:
15-12-9
Power Snatch (75/55)
Overhead Squats (75/55)
Pull-ups
JOSH
Pull Up Back Workouts For Time
- 21 Overhead Squats (95/65 lb)
- 42 Pull-Ups
- 15 Overhead Squats (95/65 lb)
- 30 Pull-Ups
- 9 Overhead Squats (95/65 lb)
- 18 Pull-Ups
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Every 3 minutes For As Long As Possible
From 0:00-3:00, 2 Rounds of:
- 6 Squat Cleans (135/95 lb)
- 6 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
From 3:01-6:00, 2 Rounds of:
- 7 Squat Cleans (135/95 lb)
- 9 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
From 6:01-9:00, 2 Rounds of:
- 8 Squat Cleans (135/95 lb)
- 12 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
Add 1 clean and 3 pull-ups every 3 minutes until you fail to complete both rounds.
Scaling
Every 3 Minutes on the Minute For As Long As Possible
From 0:00-3:00, 2 Rounds of:
6 Squat Cleans (115/75 lb)
6 Pull-Ups
From 3:01-6:00, 2 Rounds of:
7 Squat Cleans (115/75 lb)
9 Pull-Ups
From 6:01-9:00, 2 Rounds of:
8 Squat Cleans (135/95 lb)
12 Pull-Ups
Add 1 clean and 3 pull-ups every 3 minutes until you fail to complete both rounds.
Movement Standards
Squat Clean: Hip crease must pass below knee. You may power clean and front squat to complete a rep. You must reach full extension at the top of each rep before the bar may come off your shoulders.
Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups: arms must be fully extended at the bottom of each rep and chest must touch bar, below collar bone, on each rep.
NICOLE
AMRAP in 20 minutes
- 400 meter Run
- Max Pull-Ups
Perform a 400 meter run, then complete as many Pull-Ups as possible in a single set (unbroken, meaning a drop from the pull-up bar, touching the ground, or otherwise resting in any position other than a hang counts as a break and the end of the set).
Continue immediately to another Run and another max set of Pull-Ups. Repeat until the 20-minutes is up. Score is the total number of Pull-Ups completed before the 20-minute clock stops.
PUSH PULL
Pull Up Back Workouts For Time
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of:
- Strict Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 reps of:
- Strict Handstand Push-Ups
Work down from 10 to 1 rep of strict chest-to-bar pull-ups and 1 up to 10 reps of strict handstand push-ups. Don’t move on to the next movement until all reps in the set are complete.
Scaling
Reduce chest-to-bar pull-ups to chin over bar. If unable to complete pull-ups move to very difficult ring rows as horizontal as possible!
If you do not have handstand push-ups yet, do dual dumbbell press at a weight that you cannot do more than 12-15 reps unbroken with fresh. If you have some strict handstand push-ups complete 1 to 5 and then move to push press from there.