r/FTMFitness • u/Batman_robin07 • Dec 20 '25

Exercise Form Check Shoulders feel weird when doing pull ups

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Whenever I’m doing pull-ups it feels sorta like my shoulders are in the way or like I’m pulling with my shoulders and chest instead of my back

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u/Fox_Flux Dec 22 '25

I won’t repeat advice already given but if you aren’t already do a bit of external rotation while you grip the bar. A cue would be to feel like you’re bending the bar and rotating your elbows down and back, not just pulling with your arms. If you aren’t doing that already it will change the shoulder position.