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Also known as: Explosive pullup.

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Technique

  1. Pull yourself up explosively until the bar touches your belly near the navel.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Biceps
  • Forearms

Secondary

  • Chest
  • Serratus anterior
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major
  • Biceps brachii (short head)
  • Brachialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Pectoralis minor
  • Rhomboid major
  • Middle trapezius

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Equipment

Pullup bar
Pullup bar

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Appears in

Joint movements
Elbowflexion
Shoulderextension downward
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Hips-to-bar pullup

Elite

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Regressions

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Ribs-to-bar pullup

Advanced
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Non-kip clap pullup

Advanced
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Kip switch-grip pullup

Advanced
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Kip release-regrip pullup

Intermediate
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Kip clap pullup

Intermediate
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Kip pullup

Novice
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