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
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