Technique
- Attach a weight to your body using a Weight belt or vest.
- Hang from a pullup bar with a standard grip.
- Perform a Pullup by pulling until your chin is over the bar.
Form tips
- Ensure full elbow extension at the bottom of every rep.
Logging: Total weight used.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Biceps
- Forearms
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Biceps brachii (short head)
- Brachialis
- Brachioradialis
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Rhomboid major
- Middle trapezius
- Teres major
Equipment
Appears in
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Regressions
Pullup
Intermediate
Variations
Pullup
Intermediate
Band-assisted rings pullup
Novice
Wide pullup
Advanced
Neutral grip pullup
Intermediate
Chinup
Intermediate
Close grip pullup
Intermediate
Rings pullup
Intermediate
Pullup eccentric
Novice
Band-assisted pullup
Novice
Machine-assisted pullup
Beginner
Wide rings pullup
Advanced
Weighted chinup
Intermediate
Machine-assisted chinup
Beginner
View Similar Exercises
View Similar Exercises
Weighted horizontal row
Intermediate
Half pullup
Intermediate
Wrist-grab one-arm pullup
Intermediate
Tuck pullup
Intermediate
Tuck ice-cream maker
Intermediate
Want to log this exercise? Open it in Calistree. Text and images are used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; the video plays from the original source.