Typewriter pull-up
Backhardrepspull-up bar
From the top of a wide-grip pull-up, the body slides sideways along the bar toward one hand, so that arm bends fully while the other straightens, then slides across to the other hand before returning to the centre and lowering.
How to do it
- Grip the bar overhand with the hands about twice shoulder width; hang with straight arms.
- Pull up until the chin is above the bar, centred between the hands.
- Keeping the chin at bar height, shift the body toward the right hand: the right elbow bends tight while the left arm straightens.
- Slide across through the centre to the left hand, then return to the centre.
- Lower slowly to straight arms. The hands never move.
Muscles worked
Main: lats, biceps
Supporting: traps, shoulders, forearms, abs