Calisthenics Unity

Hey everyone, im getting crazy every time I see my self doing pull ups, its frustrating me that my pull ups looks nothing like chris's or any other "pros", its like nothing is moving in my back. So if im doing pull ups with full rom and no momentum can I relax and let it go or should I do something?? Thanks for your answers

Oh! And yes, to answer your title, form does matter, on any exercise.

Thanks daniel, you helped me a lot!!😀

It definitely matters! In fact, that's partly why I bought the membership. I neglected form on some exercises while working on calisthenics for two months. My shoulder joints eventually started hurting and I had to quit exercising for a week because the pain was becoming chronic. Once I bought Chris's workout program and followed his form the pain went away and now I'm progressing much faster while feeling better.

As a general rule, if it hurts, your form needs to change. If it doesn't, you're probably OK but it's always good to know what muscles you're working. Good luck!

Thanks for your answers,I still have a quick question for you Chris, when yo do your pull ups, your elbows flare out or stay infort and close to the body??

I think that depends on whether they are close, regular, or wide pull-ups(same for Australian). When doing wide pull-ups, your elbows should go down to your hips, they don't need to touch your hips, but that's where they need to be headed. Doing regular pull-ups, I would say pretty much the same thing but your arms go to the side of your body parallel to each other. While doing close pull-ups, I would say your elbows should touch your obliques and your wrists should touch your chest. Hope I helped!

You mean to the sides or in front of your body right? If so, they should go to the sides of your body, for both Wide and Australian Pull-ups.

Yes of course form matters. You will progress much faster and you'll feel better knowing you have a correct form.

If you are not feeling it in your back enough, try to focus on retracting and depressing your shoulderblades first before pulling up. That means when youre hanging on the bar, pulling your shoulderblades down and back.

Form really does matter yes if you want to stay uninjured & get the most out of your training :)

Just a small example:

pick push ups, i did them with spreaded ellbows, because this way i could do more reps. aah damn, big mistake, i somehow cheated and my ellbow used to hurt a lot. this was not a good idea, however if you do them with right form, ellbows close to the body, they are way more intense, but i personally prefer do less reps with perfect form than doing a high amount of reps with bad form.

i know, somethimes eveerything one want to achieve are more reps, and it is way easier to achieve for example 10 pull ups with momentum, but i can tell you, it is great feeling if you maybe need a month longer, but than you can achieve 10 pull ups with good form.

your joints will thank you