Exercises / Back / Weighted Muscle Up
Weighted Muscle Up
Weighted Muscle Up: step-by-step technique, the muscles it works and a demo clip. Equipment: other.
- Equipmentother
- Body partback
- Primary muscles
- lats, biceps
- Secondary muscles
- triceps, shoulders, chest
How to do it
- Start by hanging from a pull-up bar with your palms facing away from you and your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Engage your core and pull your body up towards the bar, leading with your chest.
- As you reach the top of the movement, transition your grip so that your palms are facing towards you.
- Continue pulling yourself up until your chest reaches the bar, then pause for a moment.
- Slowly lower yourself back down to the starting position, maintaining control throughout the movement.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.