Pull Beginner
Rank #23 of 100
Scapular Pull-Up
A small range pull driven only by the shoulder blades, teaching the scapular control that powers every pull-up.
- Equipment
- Pull-up bar
- Focus
- Hang, row and climb
Muscles worked
- Lower Traps
- Lats
- Rhomboids
How to do it well
- 1 Keep the arms straight; move only the shoulders.
- 2 Pull the chest up by depressing the scapulae.
- 3 Pause at the top of each contraction.
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