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Reverse Grip Pull-Up

A vertical bodyweight pulling exercise with palms facing you, emphasizing the lats and biceps.

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Secondary muscles

bicepsrhomboidsforearms

How to do it

  1. Grab the bar with palms facing you (supinated grip), hands shoulder-width apart.
  2. Hang with arms fully extended and scapula engaged.
  3. Pull your chest up towards the bar, leading with your elbows.
  4. Clear your chin above the bar, squeezing at the top.
  5. Lower yourself back to the starting position with control.

Form cues

  • Chest to bar
  • Elbows drive down
  • No swinging
  • Full arm extension

Common mistakes

  • Not extending arms
  • Using momentum
  • Craning neck over bar

Breathing

Exhale pulling up, inhale lowering down.

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