Mark Ottobre breaks down why most people pull with their arms first, which breaks form and hurts your elbows. The right sequence: scapular depression, then retraction, then pull. Your head should pass through at the top.
You do chin-ups like someone in the military would do chin-ups. Is it great? No, it's not great. It's not great at all. Most people, when they initiate, they initiate from their arms and they do this, right? So the first thing you can see that broke is my elbows. That's not how to do a chin-up. What we need to do— a chin-up is made up of depression and then retraction. So if I break it down, what am I doing? I'm depressing, retracting, Then I'm pulling. Head always comes through, full hang, and up there.
