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Sounds like you may be using your body to assist with pulling up?

You should go as wide as you can, your body should not be moving, pull yourself up, hold for a sec, lower yourself down. If your body is swaying have a partner steady you, then pull yourself back up. That will get you full benefit of the exercise.

You do have to keep your core tight.

 

How many of your guys train to failure with your sets, i don't do that with deadlift and bench but on overhead press and sometimes squats, i like to make sure i couldn't get another rep in if my family's life depends on it. Love that grind of the last rep.

 

I always do. If I'm trying to do 3 sets of 10, I make sure the 10th one is the absolute last one I can do. If I can do more, I do as many as I can until I can't do anymore and then add weight on the next set to try and only be able to do 10-12. If I can't make it to 10 and can only do around 6, I do as many as I can and then decrease the weight on the next set to try and get around 10.

 

No, I was not being serious.

Very seldom, failure for me is normally piss poor form. I'll go until I can't keep everything tight. I normally always work towards a 3rm however. I know a guy that trains to failure but his form is near perfect on all sets. Not sure how he does it. My flight or fight kicks in and I do what I have to to get the weight up .

 

My last rep on all my stuff looks like I'm having a stroke. I keep good form until I absolutely have to compromise form and then I know to stop.

On stuff like squats and deads and bench, I'm a lot more careful because screwing up in those depts and equal a trip to snap city.

 

irritated my old back injuries this week, not happy.

 

I try not to sway by doing very slow pullups. I can't do wide grips anymore Not since I stopped working out for school. My abs just feel very tightened when I do certain pullups, they may just be undertrained.

I am trying to get better at that

 

I go to failure if I have a spot, otherwise things get real awkward

 

I tend to make big booming sounds when I go to failure

 

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perpendicular straight-leg pullups are..mean

 

Shit I can relate. Over memorial day I was running and jumping and managed to body slam myself on some rocks. Fucking destroyed my back and neck. A week and a half later and I am finally moving more normally.

 

You have fun with that. Lol not for me

 

I would say under, if I understand your question right, legs under you is gonna be more focused on quads and legs out in front is gonna focus more on hams

 

In front. Under places strain on the miniscus and in front gives you a better core work in balancing.

 

This is what I think you mean by under

 

High bar and lowbar

 

How do you squat with your legs under you...?

Out in front gives your glutes a better stretch and gives you a longer force arm for your muscles to work with. Shoulder width or slightly wider for a more stable base.

The wider you go the harder you have to work to put up the same amount of weight.

 

The pressure should be mostly on your heels. If your on your toes your doing it wrong