How to do a Chest to Bar Pull-Ups to increase your strength and improve your performance in CrossFit WODS.

Set up for Chest to Bar Pull-Ups

• 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.

Points of Performance for Chest to Bar Pull-Ups

• Begin by leaning back slightly and pulling up with the arms.
• Finish the rep with the chest (below the clavicle) touching the bar.
• Descend back down to the fully extended starting position.

Tips and Tricks

• To increase efficiency and strength, briefly pause extended at the bottom of the rep to avoid momentum.
• Use good control descending to the bottom, don’t drop to the lockout position
• Exhale as you pull, inhale as you descend