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*a pull-up is an ‘upper-body compound pulling exercise’*
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(although it can be performed with any ‘grip’, in recent years some have used the term to refer more specifically to a ‘pull-up’ performed with a ‘palms-forward position’)
(the term ‘chin-up’ (traditionally referring to a ‘pull-up’ with the ‘chin’ brought over top of a bar) was used in the ‘1980s’ to refer to a ‘palms-away (‘overhand’ / ‘pronated’) grip’, with a ‘palms-toward (‘underhand’ / ‘supinated’) grip’ being called a ‘reverse-grip chin-up’)
(in later decades, this usage has ‘inverted’, with some using “chin” to refer to a ‘pull-up’ done with a ‘palms-backward position’)
(in spite of this, “chin” is still regularly used refer to ‘overhand-grip’)
(the most popular current meaning refers to a “closed-chain bodyweight movement” where the ‘body’ is suspended by the ‘arms’ (gripping something), and ‘pulls up’)
(as this happens, the ‘wrists’ remain in ‘neutral’ (aka ‘straight’ / neither ‘flexed’ nor ‘extended’) position, the elbows ‘flex’, and the shoulder adducts and/or extends to bring the ‘elbows’ to (or sometimes ‘behind’) the ‘torso’)
(the ‘knees’ may be ‘bent’ by choice or if the bar is not high enough)
(‘bending the knees’ may reduce ‘pendulum-type swinging’)
(a ‘traditional pull-up’ relies on ‘upper body strength’ with no ‘swinging’ or “kipping” (aka “using a ‘forceful initial movement’ of the ‘legs’ in order to gain ‘momentum'”))
(the exercise mostly targets the ‘latissimus dorsi’ muscle of the ‘back’ along with other ‘assisting muscles’)
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