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Scapular Pull-Up

How to do the Scapular Pull-Up with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

IsolationBeginnerPull
Primary muscles

Traps

Secondary

Lats, Mid Back

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Scapular Pull-Up

  1. 1

    Take a pronated grip on a pull-up bar.

  2. 2

    From a hanging position, raise yourself a few inches without using your arms. Do this by depressing your shoulder girdle in a reverse shrugging motion.

  3. 3

    Pause at the completion of the movement, and then slowly return to the starting position before performing more repetitions.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Scapular Pull-Up set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your traps volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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