Are you improving your weak links? If you're a serious lifter, your weak link probably isn't maximal strength – you train that all the time. But how's your relative strength? You know, how strong are you in relation to your size? The best exercise to measure this is good ol' fashioned pull-ups.
This program is likely to double your pull-up number in 30 days. It's so simple, it's hard to believe it works until you do it yourself. But like Dan John says, "Simple doesn't mean easy."
All of this looks easy on paper, but you're going to be doing 91 pull-ups over the first week alone (if you started with 10 reps). And after 30 days, you'll have hit 735 reps.
The best way to do this is to just do a handful each time you go through the doorway that the bar is set up in. The entry into your home office works well, or your bedroom, since you're likely to travel that path most frequently.
Vary your grip from set to set, or at least day to day, because you're going to start accumulating a lot of volume quickly and you want to keep your elbows and shoulders from getting banged up. Alternate between palms facing you, a neutral grip, and overhand.
Just fight the urge to go too hard. The devil is in the details on this one, so keep them easy, be consistent, and watch your pull-up number soar in just a month.
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