Why do you add a pull-up band when exercising your back muscles

For most people, pull-ups are the most difficult of all self-weight training movements. To complete a pull-up, you need to overcome the weight of your entire body. And there are almost no cheating methods to effectively reduce resistance. At the same time, modern people are quite weak in the back muscles, due to lack of exercise.

If you want to start straight from a standard pull-up, it’s almost impossible. In fact, there are quite a few people who can’t even hang from the high bar for a rest. Not to mention go straight to do standard pull-ups. The only way is to practice progressively. The best tool to achieve progressive practice is the pull-up band.

Newbies
In the beginning, you will not be able to finish a pull-up with the help of the thickest pull-up band. This is when a more relaxed approach to training should be used, such as stepping on a mat and doing pull-ups with the help of your legs.
Usually, novices can only start training with the thickest pull-up band because of their limited strength. In the beginning, you can practice 3 to 5 sets of 6 to 10 at a time. When you can easily complete them, then switch to a thinner pull-up band.
However, there is no standard for the use of pull-up bands (for different bandwidth thicknesses). For example, at first, you can only use the thickest band the whole time. After a while of practice, you can do 3 sets with the thickest pull-up band. Then you can use the next widest pull-up band for 2 sets. This is the application of the “progressive” principle.

Experienced drivers
For older drivers, I mean those who can already leave the pull-up band behind and do a few pull-ups with ease. For them, pull-up bands are not a necessary training tool, but they can still be used in training.
For example, during a strength training session that focuses on the back muscles. They can use the pull-up band at the end for many sets of many latissimus dorsi exercises. Or in one continuous power set training session. Transition from a standard pull-up to a pull-up band to deepen latissimus dorsi stimulation.
Because the use of the pull-up band is flexible. It allows for a richer, more versatile training program for the pull-ups or latissimus dorsi.

Whether you’re a newbie or an experienced driver, it’s time to take action. If you want to focus on strengthening your back muscles over a while, add a resistance band for pull-ups. More information can be found on the NQ sport homepage.

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