I just put up a pull up bar and I dont really have interest to lift weights at the gym. My goal is to lose weight and gain more upper body stength. I play squash 3-4x a week for an hour. Some people told me that once I can do 10 pull ups correctly, I should be adding weight. Is there any truth to this?
pull ups are awesome, my favourite exercise. i do weights now, but for a while they were my only real upper body exercise. it put shedloads of muscle on my back, and a nice amount on my guns and forearms.
but, they are not a full body workout, you need to add in other exercises to build the rest of your body. at the very least do dips, pushups and squats/ pistols. none of those exercises require special equipment or leaving the house, and they will more or less add up to a full body workout.
after you can do about a dozen chins, if you want to get stronger and keep building muscle, focus on adding weight to them rather than doing more.
get a dip station and do a workout of pullups, dips, pushups, bodyweight squat+lunges and handstand push ups if you have the strength and u will get a sick workout w/o weights
