Quote:
Originally posted by MrIzzz
military press (sort of) take 2 dumbells and push them straight up and down above your shoulders while u sit straight
|
Sorry...I gotta
The free weight or machine comparison of a pull up is a lat pull down (front, back, or wide depending on what muscle group you're targeting). The bicep is an auxillary muscle when doing pullups and will burn out well after your lats are toast. The power comes from your lats and upper-back and to extremely lesser degrees, your pecs (chest) or delts (shoulders). Hence why a lot of body builders tell you that there are two types of muscles: the Push (Chest and Triceps) and the Pull (Back and Biceps).
The best excercises to do at home would be the lat pull down starting with your grip about shoulder length apart. Sit totally upright as if you were having dinner with your girlfriend's anal parents. Then bring the bar down to below your chin (a lot like a pull up, heh?). Then do the same thing with your hands spread as wide as the bar. Then do a set of them behind your neck and you've just done yourself a massive amounts of pullups.