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Pull-ups
Back · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Lats.
Secondary: Biceps, Upper back.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Pull-ups
- Swedish Chins
- Danish Pull-ups
- German Klimmzüge
- Spanish Dominadas
- Italian Trazioni alla sbarra
- Portuguese Barra fixa
- Russian Подтягивания
- French Tractions
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