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Scapular Pull-Up

Also: scapular pull up

Main
Traps
Secondary
BicepsRhomboidsRear deltoids
Equipment
Body weightPull-up bar
Level
Beginner
Movement
Vertical pull

How to do it

  1. Start by hanging from a pull up bar with your palms facing away from you and your arms fully extended.
  2. Retract your shoulder blades by pulling them down and back.
  3. Engage your back muscles and pull your body up towards the bar, focusing on squeezing your shoulder blades together.
  4. Pause for a moment at the top of the movement, then slowly lower your body back down to the starting position.
  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Same movement

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Exercise data: exercises-dataset (MIT) by Hasan Emir Yıldırım