Exercise at your own risk
Resistance bands are great for all sorts of exercises
Long, looped bands are the best for assisting with chin ups.
Tie the band in a loop onto the bar
Place your knee or foot in the bottom of the loop
If you don’t have a band, and you are training at home, you can place a chair just in front of yourself and place your feet on it – this will take a lot of the resistance and weight from your body/the pull up and make it easier.
How to Tie Resistance Band to a Pull Up Bar
This video shows you exactly how to tie the band on a pull up bar:
Basically – throw it over the bar, and pull one end through the loop:
WOD Nation have a great YouTube channel here
Using a Chair to Perform Pull Ups
I didn’t have a resistance band when I made this video, and couldn’t be bothered finding a chair – so I used a box that I had handy:
Using a box to assist with chin ups – a chair is better