Traditional Pull-Up

There is no extra trick in this old-school classic pull-up. Grab the bar with an overhand grip and your hands should be spread shoulder hands apart. Hang straight with the hands fully extended. Pull yourself up and squeeze your lats until your chin touches the pull-up bar and then try to lower yourself down slowly without any swinging.

Towel Grip Pull-Up

At first, place two towels over the pull-up bar and fully wrap it up to perform this pull-up. Then, grab the bar and start to pull yourself up slowly with hand-shoulder apart. After that, try to lower yourself down slowly. Towels will give you a great grip and there will be fewer chances of any slippage. This type of pull-up helps to build forearm, upper back and biceps.

Side Pull-Up

Grab the middle of the bar and try to pull yourself up as high as possible. Clear your head off the bar and your shoulders should be touching the alternate reps. Improve this first move by practicing more and more, but remember to touch the bar with your chest every time. Gradually try to get even higher while moving your head to the other side of the bar. Clearing the bar requires more exclusive, stable and a controlled pull, you would learn to manage your body weight while moving quickly.

Walking Pull-Up

It’s like walking while holding a pull-up bar. It’s a combination of both walking and pull-up. How to do? Grab the bar with a standard overhead grip and try to move your legs back and forth while you go up and lower yourself in the same manner. Walking pull-up is not an easy exercise though, to slowly walk yourself up needs great strength. The slower you get, the tougher it becomes. So, try to master walking pull-up with fast walking, then gradually make it slower by keeping a stable leg movement.

Tarzan Pull-Up

It’s another different pull-up category. You need to hold the middle of the bar and keep your hands very close to each other. Then, pull yourself up, after reaching the top, twist your body and switch to the right. Lower yourself down and repeat the process to the left side. This exercise requires great coordination. A strong core will be developed from the swings.

Kipping Pull-Up

It’s pretty similar to the classic pull-up, only you have to swing your legs while doing so. It will generate momentum from the pulling movement and help you building the major back muscles.

Toes above The Bar

‘Toes above the bar’ is not for the beginners. This core exercise is very tough. Initially, you’ll have to be hanging from the bar while keeping the legs straight, then slowly bring your legs up to touch the bar. Slowly lower it down and repeat.