Aww, the elusive pull-up

Pull-ups seem to be the end all, be all of exercises, at least for many of us. I know of people who want the 6-pack abs, or want to run a certain distance without stopping or in a certain time, but it seems pull-ups are at the top of most people's lists of ultimate exercises. If you've been doing P90X, you've seen Tony Horton crank out a ton of pull-ups and you may have already conquered this quest too. But if you haven't yet, I've found the best blog article on everything you've ever wanted to know on how to be successful in doing your pull ups. You can read the whole article by clicking the link, but here are a few things the post explains:

Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Pull-Ups

• Don't go to failure
• Lose excess body fat
• Start in the proper position
• Maintain a slight elbow bend throughout the set
• Initiate with the lats
• Drive your elbows down
• Pull your chin to the bar
• Use a variety of grips
• Use a variety of rep ranges
• Strengthen your grip

I'd love to hear what you think about this post and how this changes your pull ups! Let me know!