Using a band to perform pull-ups with precision is a great way to clean up technique and build towards bodyweight pull-ups.
Cues:
- Use a band that allows you to pull your chest all the way to the pull-up bar
- Place your foot in the band then settle into a passive hang
- Initiate the pull by pulling the depressing and retracting the scaps
- Pull with the arms until the chest contacts the bar
- Lower with active scaps until the arms are straight
- Release the scaps to return to a full hang
Mistakes:
- Using the band to bounce or create momentum
- Pulling arms before scaps, or without scaps at all
- Not making physical contact with the bar at the top
- Lowering without scap control
- Failing to reach a full hang each rep
