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Take care with: shoulders

If you have trouble with your shoulders, check with a doctor or physio first. In the app we automatically swap this exercise for a gentler one when you report it.

Pull-up

Pull-up barIntermediate

How to

  1. 1

    Grab the bar overhand, slightly wider than your shoulders.

  2. 2

    From a dead hang, pull your shoulder blades down and brace your core.

  3. 3

    Pull yourself up until your chin clears the bar.

  4. 4

    Lower yourself slowly back to a hang.

Tips

If you can't do a full rep yet, practise slow lowering from the top.

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