The Rühl Pull Exercise

[Stephane Lajoie]

After seeing pro bodybuilder Markus Rühl executing an unorthodox biceps exercise in his Made in Germany DVD, I decided to pay tribute to the amazing athlete and named the particular movement after him.

Before starting the exercise, position a flat bench about 2 feet in front of a high-cable pulley machine; then attach a cambered bar to the high-cable pulley.

To execute the movement, you need to grab the cambered bar, pull the weight down toward you, lean on your back and position your legs on the steel rods of the pulley machine.

When at ease on the bench, pull the weight toward your shoulders and squeeze at the top to get a good biceps contraction. To complete the movement, lower the weight to the starting position with your back flat on the bench. Let the biceps to the work and try not to move the shoulders and elbows.

The Rühl Pull exercise benefits:

· Great isolation of the biceps muscles
· Engorges the biceps muscles with blood
· Gives an extreme pump, even with light weights

What Markus Rühl has to say about the exercise:

“You can isolate your biceps pretty good when you do this. With this exercise, I use very light weight because I really concentrate on my biceps. I do 3 sets of about 12 to 25 repetitions.”

[FrkyBgStok]

i will have to give it a shot.

[antihero]

seems intesting, but im not sure if any of the cables are that long at my gym

[du189]

looks good........i'll have to give it a try

[bigcity]

Ive done it before, i usually do it at the end, you cant go to heavy so not my fav, I much rather ronnies version where you put your back to the stack and pull the bar between your legs. You are kinda bent over. I love these

[antihero]

do you have a vid or pic of it, cause i cant picture that

[muscle_nBlood]

These aren't new. They were a fad for a while in a gym I trained at over 15 years ago. They are good, and you do get an awesome pump....for the first few workouts. DB preachers are still my favorite finisher.

[antihero]

nvmd about the pic, i re-read the description, and it must have been the late hour getting to me.......i get it now...

[bigcity]

Originally Posted by muscle_n_blood

These aren't new. They were a fad for a while in a gym I trained at over 15 years ago. They are good, and you do get an awesome pump....for the first few workouts. DB preachers are still my favorite finisher.

I love to do db preacer curls followed by two arm high pullet curl, Now thats what I call a pump:DUM:

[Stephane Lajoie]

I just got an email from Markus Rühl saying he likes the personalization for the exercise.

;wooooooo