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Your First Pull-Up · 8 weeks

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Your First Pull-Up · 8 weeks

Bodyweight progression from negatives and assisted pulls to your first unassisted strict pull-up.

For anyone who can't do a single pull-up — yet. Eight weeks of strict negatives, banded assistance, scapular pulls, and inverted rows. By week 8, your first strict pull-up.

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Sample week

The full template is what gets cloned into your account.

Mon

Pull Day A

4 lifts
  • Assisted Pull-Up

    4×5

  • Inverted Row

    3×AMRAP

  • Scapular Pull-Up

    3×8

  • Hollow Body Hold

    3×30s

Wed

Pull Day B (negatives)

3 lifts
  • Pull-Up

    5×3

  • Inverted Row

    3×AMRAP

  • Dead Bug

    3×10 each

Fri

Test Day

3 lifts
  • Pull-Up

    5×AMRAP

  • Chin-Up

    3×AMRAP

  • Plank

    3×60s