Muscle Ups
- Grab a pull-up bar with an overhand grip and hang from the bar without locking out your elbows.
- In one explosive movement, pull yourself up and bring yourself up to the bar. The bar should be at your belly button.
- Using your triceps, push yourself up as you would with a dip.
- Slowly lower yourself down to the ground and repeat.
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Muscle ups is a gym work out exercise that targets chest and upper back & lower traps and also involves abs and biceps and shoulders and triceps. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Single / one arm chest press, battle rope double arm slams and muscle ups are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as muscle ups. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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