Are you looking to improve your lock off strength? How about being able to do a one-arm pull-up? If so, then one exercise you should incorporate into your training is uneven-grip pull-ups. Here is an article by climbing trainer Eric Hörst of Training for Climbing about why uneven-grip pull-ups are effective and how to properly perform them.
“The Uneven-Grip Pull-up excels for developing one-arm and lock-off strength. As the name implies, this exercise offsets one hand 12 to 24 inches (30 – 60cm) lower than the other, thereby requiring the higher hand to pull more bodyweight than the lower hand. You can do this by simply looping a sling over a pull-up bar or extending one of a pair of free-floating rings (or similar).” – Eric Hörst
In addition to simply describing the exercise, Hörst also outlines how to first begin learning uneven-grip pull-ups as well as how to progressively increase the difficulty to work up to doing true one-arm pull-ups. Check out the full article by clicking through bellow.
Click Here: Eric Hörst – Uneven-Grip Pull-ups
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Great post although surely it depends on how much you way. For heavy people a one arm pull up can be dangerous.