Weighted Muscle Up

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Learn how to do the Weighted Muscle Up with proper form and technique. This weighted exercise primarily targets your Lats, with secondary emphasis on Biceps, Triceps, Shoulders, Chest.

Weighted Muscle Up exercise demonstration showing proper form

How to Do the Weighted Muscle Up

Follow these steps to perform the Weighted Muscle Up with correct form:

  1. 1Start by hanging from a pull-up bar with your palms facing away from you and your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
  2. 2Engage your core and pull your body up towards the bar, leading with your chest.
  3. 3As you reach the top of the movement, transition your grip so that your palms are facing towards you.
  4. 4Continue pulling yourself up until your chest reaches the bar, then pause for a moment.
  5. 5Slowly lower yourself back down to the starting position, maintaining control throughout the movement.
  6. 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Weighted Muscle Up Muscles Worked

Primary

lats

Secondary

bicepstricepsshoulderschest

Exercise Details

Equipment
weighted
Body Part
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Category
Main

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