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Isolation · Beginner

Scapular Pull-Up

Isolation isolation exercise using bodyweight, pull-up bar.
Movement pattern
Isolation
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Bodyweight, Pull-up bar
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Frontal

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How to do the Scapular Pull-Up

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

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

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.

  • Scapula depressionprimary action

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

  • Scapula retractionsecondary action

    Rhomboids (synergist, moderate emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula downward rotationsecondary action

    Rhomboids (synergist, low emphasis); Levator scapulae (synergist, low emphasis); Pectoralis minor (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Wrist extensionsecondary action · resisted

    Wrist flexors (stabilizer, high emphasis)

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