Pull-Up
Step-by-step technique for Pull-Up, an exercise for lats using bodyweight. From the Frog Fitness exercise library.
How to do it
- Hang from a bar with a grip wider than shoulder-width, palms facing away.
- Brace your core and pull your shoulder blades down.
- Pull up until your chin clears the bar.
- Lower under control to straight arms.
Coach tip: Start each rep from a full hang with engaged shoulder blades.
Muscles worked
Primary: Lats
Secondary: Biceps, Upper Back
Pull-Up is a strength exercise that loads the lats using bodyweight. Log it in Frog Fitness to follow how the load develops over time.
At a glance
- Primary muscle
- Lats
- Secondary
- Biceps, Upper Back
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Type
- Strength