How to do a weighted pull up to build the strength in your back.

Set Up for a Weighted Pull Up

• Begin in a dead hang from the pull-up bar with hands just outside shoulders.
• Arms are long elbows are locked out from the bottom position.
• Dumbbell between feet

Points of Performance for a Weighted Pull Up

• Begin by leaning back slightly and pulling up with the arms.
• Finish the rep with the chin breaking the horizontal plane of the bar.
• Descend back down to the fully extended starting position.