Pull-Ups
Hang from a bar with an overhand grip, arms extended. Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar, squeezing your back. Lower with control and avoid swinging.
BACK · PULL
How it is executed
- Hang from a bar with an overhand grip, arms extended.
- Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar, squeezing your back.
- Lower with control and avoid swinging.
- Muscles worked
- Back
- Primary muscle
- Lats
- Equipment
- Pull-up bar
- Movement pattern
- Pull
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophy
- Also known as
- Overhand pull upsPronated pull ups
Routines that program it
Put it to work in Kaizer
Glossary and calculators
Compound exerciseA compound exercise moves more than one joint and loads several muscles at once — the squat, the deadlift, the bench press, the row.Minimum effective volume (MEV)Minimum effective volume is the smallest number of weekly sets near failure that still produces adaptation in a muscle.Client capacityHow many clients you can handle
