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Kipping pull-ups have lower muscle activation in the upper body but greater activation in the lower body and core; it is possible to perform them faster and complete more repetitions before encountering upper-body fatigue. [14] Kipping pull-ups are considered high risk for injury and are a major cause of shoulder injury in CrossFit athletes. [15]
The chest fly is performed while lying face up on a bench or standing up, with arms outspread holding weights, by bringing the arms together above the chest. This is a compound exercise for the pectorals. Other muscles worked include deltoids, triceps, and forearms. Equipment: dumbbells, cable machine or "pec deck" machine.
Olson shares that “negative pull-ups” are also a great starting point. “Use a chair or bench. Hang from a pull-up bar in the flexed (ending/up) position,” she explains of the exercise.
Chin-ups and pull-ups; Chin-ups and pull-ups are similar exercises but use opposite facing grips. For a chin-up, the palms of the hands are facing the person as they pull up their body using the chin-up bar. The chin-up involves the biceps muscles more than the pull-up but the lats are still the primary mover. [8] For a pull-up, the bar is ...
The upright row is a weight training exercise performed by holding a weight with an overhand grip and lifting it straight up to the collarbone. This is a compound exercise that involves the trapezius, the deltoids and the biceps. The narrower the grip the more the trapezius muscles are exercised, as opposed to the deltoids.
A bodyweight squat exercise requires little space and no equipment. After squatting down an individual returns to standing while moving their arms back to their sides. The height of the squat can be adjusted higher or lower depending on individual requirements (i.e., someone unaccustomed to exercise may instead perform half or quarter squats).
The Push/pull/legs split consists of three different workout routines: First, the push muscles consisting of the chest, anterior and lateral deltoids, and triceps. Then, the exercises for pull muscles (latissimus, trapezius, rhomboids, biceps, and rear deltoids) are worked on the second day. The final workout consists of training the muscles of ...
Chin-ups work the biceps, forearms, chest, and several upper back muscles, particularly the latissimus dorsi, trapezius, and rhomboid muscles. Pull-ups, when one's grip is wide with the palms facing away from the user, are also common. One attempts to pull himself up and touch his chest to the pull-up bar.