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Scapular Pull-Up

Scapular Pull-Up is a beginner strength exercise. It works the traps, with help from the lats and middle back.

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Main muscles
traps
Also works
lats, middle back

How to do it

  1. Take a pronated grip on a pull-up bar.
  2. From a hanging position, raise yourself a few inches without using your arms. Do this by depressing your shoulder girdle in a reverse shrugging motion.
  3. Pause at the completion of the movement, and then slowly return to the starting position before performing more repetitions.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Scapular Pull-Up: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin