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Exercise: Jumping Pull ups

person doing Jumping Pull ups
person doing Jumping Pull ups
person doing Jumping Pull ups

Primary Muscles:

  • Biceps
  • Latissimus Dorsi
  • Trapezius

Secondary Muscles:

Body Area:

  • Back

Movement Type:

Equipment:

Training Category:

  • Body Weight

Proper Steps: 

Standing beneath a pull up bar, jump into a pull up 
Use the momentum from your jump to assist your pull up 
When performing the pull up, grip the bar slightly outside shoulder-width and pull your chest to the bar 
Lower yourself with control into a ‘dead-hang’ before dropping back down onto the floor 
Aim to pull up and lower yourself in a straight line beneath the bar, rather than an arc