Cross Fitness Pull Exercises : How to Do a Negative Pull Up Exercise

March 5th, 2010 | by admin |

Learn from our expert how to do what is called a negative pull up exercise in this free fitness video on cross fitness pulling upper body exercises.

Expert: Garrett Smith
Bio: Garrett Smith is a certified physical trainer and has a bachelors degree in this field. He has been training others for 13 years and is dedicating his life to the health and well being of others.
Filmmaker: Louis Nathan

Duration : 0:2:16


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  1. 25 Responses to “Cross Fitness Pull Exercises : How to Do a Negative Pull Up Exercise”

  2. By fishchick72 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    this is very …
    this is very helpful–if I do these everyday how long should I expect it to take me to be able to do a pullup?

  3. By chiconspiracy on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    You have no idea …
    You have no idea what you’re talking about. Negatives are a proven way of improving strength to the point where an individual can do actual pullups. It’s used in rehab for athletes, and even the military. My brother became very ill during Marine Basic Training, and had to negative pullups due to strength loss. He went from being able to do no pullups to 7 in a month. Tell him it’s useless.

  4. By spotdathief on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    okay. dont get …
    okay. dont get offended.

  5. By DubStepBangers on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    @spotdathief – …
    @spotdathief – Instead of responding without hesitation, stating that this exercise is useless, take a minute to do a bit of research on these type of exercises.

  6. By mlebert on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Negatives work …
    Negatives work because your muscle fibres are stronger once contracted- you may not be able to pull your entire bodyweight up but it is likely you can lower it. You are still developing grip and tendon strength and getting your muscles used to holding and lowering your entire bodyweight which will in turn help get you stronger and prepare you for pullling up. Once you can do a single pullup then do 9 negatives. Soon you will get 2 and 8 and so on.

  7. By spotdathief on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    that is useless …
    that is useless because the point of doing a pull up is so you can lift your body weight, just like lifting weights. So, how will this help?…

  8. By matiasca1 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Buen video pues
    Buen video pues

  9. By MrSmudger687 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Do more pull ups …
    Do more pull ups then…lots more

  10. By bloodninja5 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    i can do pull ups …
    i can do pull ups 37 times

  11. By GangsterG2 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    oo i know you need …
    oo i know you need a belt to put on your waist and you can add weight on it so you’ll gain muscle

  12. By TCreptile on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Theres only a …
    Theres only a certain amount you can do with bodyweight, just make sure you have a calorie surplus (Around 3000 cals a days for 11 stone), with plenty of protein, and start adding a bit of weight. Anything will do really, just strap something to your feet or back. When you can do 10 or 20 reps with it, add more weight. That’s the only way to keep growing in size.

  13. By Sc0ttW4re on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Try Lifting Weights …
    Try Lifting Weights, If your not used to lifting lift something your comftable with,
    Do 8-10 Reps, 3-5 Sets.
    Im 15 now I have been doing that for a while ( 2 years )
    Any adivce you can give me Thanks!
    Hope This helps
    Helping Magiclly

  14. By AFreeKurdistan on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Commandos… i …
    Commandos… i think they are called, is like a pull up but where you are hanging with the sides of your body… first pulling up on one side then pulling up another..

    Diamond push ups are where you place your hands as if it was a diamond or square.

  15. By RhysL96 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    thank you.. what …
    thank you.. what are commados tho? or diamond push ups ? :S

    and i can do about one handstand pushup then i die lol

  16. By RhysL96 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    yeh.. im quite big …
    yeh.. im quite big for my age, and bulky.

  17. By kawnra on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    you weigh as much …
    you weigh as much as 11 stones?

  18. By AFreeKurdistan on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Increase primary …
    Increase primary your back and biceps. It will gain you what some people call wings, or latisimus dorsi.

    Do chin ups too, pull ups, commandos, diamond pushups, handstand pushups, squads without weight etc.

  19. By RhysL96 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    I’m 13, weigh about …
    I’m 13, weigh about 11 stone and im 5′10

    i do 10 pull ups and 20 press ups every night and i also eat loads but i have gotten to a point where my muscles arent getting bigger, just more ripped… i want to know exactly what pull ups do as in increase biceps etc and also any other exercises that help bulk up without use of weights.. thanks :D

  20. By ToxicBarracuda on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    The gym I go too …
    The gym I go too has a chin – Dip assister. you do a proper chinup, but you use the weights to take of some of your weight. Im not exactly a slim-jim myself and I am the same as you with chin ups, Im trying to work down the weights to get better, but I think this exercise is good if you dont have one.

  21. By wtfboy2 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    i can do about 4 …
    i can do about 4 pull ups but could i do these a lot and some pull ups and get better results?

  22. By DjRodimusPrimeXyZ on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    Thanks for the vid. …
    Thanks for the vid. This is just what I needed, I just got the Iron Gym Extreme last weekend, I cant do a Pull up to save my life, LOL. The chair makes sense, Im going to try that for sure. I highly recommend anyone to get the Iron Gym Extreme, even though I cant do a pull up yet, I been trying everyday since I got it, and I feel my stomach getting tighter, Im getting results just by trying and its awesome.

  23. By Artun on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    I started doing …
    I started doing chin-ups today. I could do 3 normal chin-ups in the first set. Then I added 3 negative chin-ups to the same set. When doing negatives I find myself swinging back and forth while lowering myself slowly. Is this a balance issue? Is it about lack of strenght? Maybe I just have to get used to doing chin-ups, but I wanted to ask anyway.

  24. By chuamillionaire on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    hope the iron gym …
    hope the iron gym wont break on me..thanks for the tips!

  25. By MIchaelC1995 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    how many negative …
    how many negative pull ups b4 i can do at least 1 regular pull up???

  26. By carth101 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    i weigh like 140 …
    i weigh like 140 something and im 15 right now is this a good work out?? and my height is like 5′8, 5′9

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