Muscle Ups
How to Do 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.
Build clear, professional workouts, keep clients engaged and grow your training business. Try free for 2 weeks.
Follow ready-made home and gym plans with visual demos and timers – or create custom workouts from exercises like this.
Our illustrated Yoga Cards deck is the perfect way to start practicing at home – no class, no studio, no experience needed. 100,000+ sold.
Related Chest And Upper Back & Lower Traps Exercises
Muscle Ups Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Muscle Ups targets chest and upper back & lower traps and also works abs and biceps and shoulders and triceps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: full gym.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include One arm side push ups, single / one arm / floor glute bridge press and resistance band chest press. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
Use this exercise in a workout
Want to use this exercise in a full routine? Our WorkoutLabs Fit workout app lets you follow ready-made home and gym workout plans or build custom workouts with exercises like this. Try it free today.
Exercise illustration licensing: Our exercise and yoga pose illustrations (static and animated) are selectively available for licensing for commercial and non-commercial projects. Visit our exercise illustrations licensing page for detailed information and to submit in inquiry.
Build clear, professional workouts, keep clients engaged and grow your training business. Try free for 2 weeks.
Follow ready-made home and gym plans with visual demos and timers – or create custom workouts from exercises like this.
Our illustrated Yoga Cards deck is the perfect way to start practicing at home – no class, no studio, no experience needed. 100,000+ sold.
