Band Assisted Pull-Ups

Loop a resistance band over the bar and place your feet or knees in the band for assistance. Perform pull-ups as usual, focusing on control and keeping your body straight.

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Band Assisted Pull-Ups: how the movement is executed

How it is executed

Loop a resistance band over the bar and place your feet or knees in the band for assistance.
Perform pull-ups as usual, focusing on control and keeping your body straight.

Muscles worked: Back
Primary muscle: Lats
Equipment: Resistance band
Movement pattern: Pull
Difficulty: Intermediate
What it is for: StrengthHypertrophy

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Variations and substitutions

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Routines that program it

Three-day full body routine3 sets a week Four-day upper/lower split3 sets a week

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Glossary and calculators

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Band Assisted Pull-Ups

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