Read our definitive guide on pull ups! Discover all of the muscles involved, the countless benefits and how to do the perfect pull up.

2023年9月14日 · Grip hard, squeezing the bar. Squeeze your abs and glutes to create full-body tension. Depress your lats to create tension in your mid-back. Pull your chest to the bar, moving only at the elbows.

2023年10月18日 · What muscles do pull-ups work? The main muscles worked during pull-ups are the back muscles, more specifically: Pull-ups also work the teres major, teres minor, infraspinatus, forearms, and core, but to a lesser extent than the muscles above.

2024年9月15日 · Pull-ups are famous for helping people bulk up their mid and upper backs, and rightfully so. They do a great job of working your lats, rear delts, rotator cuff, rhomboids, and mid and lower traps. They’re one of the biggest compound lifts for your back, rivalled only by chin-ups, deadlifts, and barbell rows.

Pull-ups train both your lats and arm flexors effectively. By using a grip slightly wider than shoulder-width, you get a good range of motion and high muscle activation in all the working muscles.

2024年10月9日 · Pull-ups work over 20 muscles in your body. The main muscles that pull-ups work are your lats and biceps, alongside many other upper-body muscles and your core. …

2022年11月3日 · Lats (or latissimus dorsi) are among the primary muscles used in a pull-up. They’re a pair of huge muscles across your back and your sides, from the shoulder blades and below, and they work to ...

2024年9月18日 · During pull ups, muscles worked include the latissimus dorsi, posterior deltoids, and core. Each of these functions to maintain the correct body position. In terms of bodyweight exercises, the pull-up remains one of the simplest and …

2024年2月14日 · Engaging a broad spectrum of upper body muscles, pull ups primarily strengthen the latissimus dorsi, biceps, and core stabilizers. Discover the full range of pull ups …

2024年8月5日 · Pull-ups work the lats, pecs, shoulders, biceps, triceps, and forearms as well as chest-down muscles like the core, glutes, quads, and hamstrings, says Rivera. “The pull-up is a pretty mighty exercise that uses or engages muscles from just about everywhere in the body."