Overhand Grip Pull Ups
Compound exercise · vertical pull
How to do it
- Grab the bar with an overhand grip slightly wider than shoulder width.
- Pull yourself up until your chin clears the bar and your chest comes toward it.
- Lower yourself under control until your arms are almost straight.
Muscles involved
- lats
- 100
- upperBack
- 50
- biceps
- 30
- trapezius
- 20
- abdominals
- 20
- forearms
- 20
- triceps
- 10
- serratus
- 10
- obliques
- 10
- shoulders
- 10
- chest
- 5
- glutes
- 5
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- vertical pull
- Equipment
- pull up bar
- Optional
- dip belt, weight plate, dumbbells, weighted vest
- Variations
- body weight, added weight, assisted
Follow along in the app
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Treeceps
The same exercise, inside your virtual fitness world.