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Also known as: Top of pullup hold, Chin-up hold.

Technique

  1. Hold the top position of a Pullup.
  2. Aim to keep yourself as high as you can to work on the top portion of the exercise.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

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

Equipment

Appears in

Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Elbowflexion
trains stretches

Progressions

e00m

One-arm bent-arm hang

Advanced
e00y

Tuck hang

Novice
e117

90 degrees hang hold

Intermediate
e021

Band-assisted rings pullup

Novice
e12i

Pullup eccentric

Novice
e14p

Band-assisted pullup

Novice
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