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Technique

  1. Hang from a bar with a wide grip.
  2. Lift your straight legs to a horizontal L-sit.
  3. Perform a pullup while maintaining that leg position.

Form tips

  • Keep your chin above the bar at the top of the pull.
  • Do not lower your legs between repetitions

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Chest
  • Biceps
  • Forearms

Secondary

  • Shoulders
  • Triceps
  • Rotator cuff
  • Serratus anterior
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major
  • Pectoralis major (sternal head)
  • Biceps brachii (short head)
  • Brachialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Pectoralis minor
  • Rhomboid major
  • Middle trapezius

Equipment

Appears in

Regressions

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L-sit pullup

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Wide pullup

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Wide rings pullup

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Pullup circle

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Bar typewriter

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Wide muscle-up

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Scapula wing

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Belly-to-bar pullup

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