Bar pull-ups: tips and perks Exercises Training Methods by admin - 26 July 201730 June 20170 Bar pull-ups: tips and perks Increase your back strength with bar pull-ups. Here’s how to get it right.A strong back is integral to a strong, high functioning, lean body, and pull-ups are like a laser pointer for your flip side. They’re also bloody tough.“Pull-ups are one of the toughest bodyweight exercises you can do and they do take a long time to master,” says PT and founder of business KE Fitness Kris Etheridge.Yet beginners who withstand the burn will witness rapid gains. “You’re going to have to be patient, but you should be improving in strength each week when you first start out.” Etheridge advises strengthening your biceps and upper back using the assisted pull-up/chin-up machine, lat pull-down machine and seated row machine. “If you don’t have access to these machines, a great way to work on your chin-ups or pull-ups is to loop a large power band (a thick circular rubber band) over a chin-up bar and put one of your feet in it,” Etheridge says.