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How to Perform Rack Pulls

The Rack Pull is a rare exercise that strengthens and stretches the entire posterior chain – hamstrings, glutes and back muscles. By engaging multiple muscle groups at once, it boosts power in your core, shoulders and hips while increasing stability with every repetition. Not only will you look strong AF but feel steadier on feet too! This mighty movement also corrects posture by flexing tight hip fibers to restore its proper shape; plus supercharging our deadlift numbers for best gains around! So grab them bars & rev up those reps… It's time to pull up something special.

Exercise Tutorial

  1. Assume the position of a reliable chauffeur, bracing your abs and pulling your ribs downward as if you were driving a luxurious limousine down a winding mountain road. Your tailbone tucked between your knees is like the stabilizing brakes on your car – necessary to keep you safe and prevent any unexpected arching.
  2. Lower yourself to the bar like you're taking a stroll through a peaceful park on a sunny day, hips back and an easy stretch in your hamstrings.
  3. Plant your feet firmly on the ground like you’re planting seeds for a garden of strong muscles – weight in your heels and knees pointing forward, straight over your little toes.
  4. Pull yourself up in one fluid motion, like an inflatable hot air balloon ascending into the sky – maintaining good positioning as you go with knees straight and abs braced.
  5. At the top of your pull keep the abs locked and down, just like a train to a stop at a station – you’re almost there.

This exercise is a boon for shoring up your posterior chain, boosting power and stability, tuning coordination – all while making those chiseled back muscles look like the work of Michelangelo. And lest we forget its ergonomic benefits; this dynamic exercise can help to realign posture by strengthening backs weakened from too-tight hip flexors over time. Moreover it's an ideal partner piece when preparing to blast through deadlifts with furious force!