r/formcheck • u/TheRakishRabbit • 1d ago

Other Jackknife pull-ups form

As per a recommendation from u/lowsoft1777 I'm working on a regression in pull-ups to improve strength, particularly at the top.

This set was probably my 5th of the day, bear in mind I'd been trying it out on a few areas in the gym but this felt the nicest. Before I felt my hips were coming up a bit too much due to bar placements and feet placements so it became more of a row, but this felt like my hips were down more and my lats were engaged.

I've never done this exercise before, but it felt really good so I appreciate the advice. Any pointers on what looks good/bad? Thanks in advance, this community is awesome!

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u/Funny-Ticket9279 1d ago edited 23h ago

Have you ever done the smith ladder, it’s where your feet are on the floor and you do like 10 at each level of the smith machine then go back down. I do it with smith machine push up.

We just call them smith ladder push / pulls and use them as a finisher. My high school coach showed them to me like 20 years ago. At the end it’s like 80-100 reps in one go. Crazy pump to end the session

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u/ellothre 23h ago

Share a video

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u/Funny-Ticket9279 23h ago

I’ll get a video tonight at the gym

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u/lowsoft1777 1d ago

these are awesome, great job

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u/Working_Jellyfish978 1d ago

Never heard of nor seen these done. Looks interesting. May give these a try. Assuming it’s a slight twist on assisted pull ups?

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u/TheRakishRabbit 1d ago

Yeah exactly! They felt really nice when I kept my hips down, give them a go :)