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Vertical Pull · Advanced

Muscle-Up

Compound vertical pull exercise using bodyweight, pull-up bar, rings.
Movement pattern
Vertical Pull
Difficulty
Advanced
Equipment
Bodyweight, Pull-up bar, Rings
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Muscle-Up

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder extensionprimary action

    Latissimus dorsi (prime mover, high emphasis); Teres major (prime mover, high emphasis); Posterior deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Shoulder adductionsecondary action

    Latissimus dorsi (synergist, moderate emphasis); Teres major (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Elbow flexionsecondary action

    Brachialis (prime mover, high emphasis); Brachioradialis (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Biceps brachii (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula depressionsecondary action

    Trapezius (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Pectoralis minor (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Shoulder flexionsecondary action

    Anterior deltoid (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Pectoralis major (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, high emphasis)

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