pullups

Grip and lift

Pullups are an exercise in which you hang from a bar and lift your body until your chin clears it, primarily working the back and arms.

The term also refers to disposable training pants for toddlers transitioning from diapers: He's finally in pullups.

In either sense, the word describes something you pull up.

exercise

chin-up

Self-hoisting bar exercise

reps · sets · bodyweight · workout · training · routine · kipping · strict · assisted · banded

muscles

lats

Back muscles, abbreviated

shoulders · core · latissimus · deltoids · rhomboids · trapezius · brachialis · engagement · activation · contraction

grip

overhand

Throwing from above

supinated · chalk · calluses · bar · palms · fingers · hang · grasp · hold · thumbless

endurance

stamina

Capacity for sustained effort

ladders · pyramids · fatigue · failure · burnout · pacing · breathing · grit

strength

powerlifting

Maximal barbell competition sport

recovery · archer · typewriter · commando · explosive · isometric · plateau · gains

Categories
Opposites
movement direction

pullupspushups

Bodyweight chest exercise

dips · bench press · overhead press · chest press · shoulder press

Family

pullup

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G