Side-on pull-up

A compound exercise for the lats and biceps, with help from the obliques. Equipment: pull-up bar.

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WorksLatsBicepsObliques

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How to do it

Setup: Stand under the bar side-on, hands close and one in front of the other.
Pull your head to one side of the bar
Lower and alternate sides

Muscles worked

Side-on pull-up: 3D figure mid-rep with the lats and biceps highlighted

Lats · main
Biceps · main
Obliques

Equipment

Pull-up bar

Alternatives

Exercises that train the same main muscles. See all side-on pull-up alternatives.

Assisted chin-up machineAssisted pull-up machine
Band-assisted chin-upPull-up bar and Resistance bands
Chin-upPull-up bar
Side-to-side pull-upPull-up bar
Slow chin-up loweringPull-up bar
Top-of-pull-up holdPull-up bar

More lats exercises

Barbell rowBarbell
One-arm dumbbell rowDumbbells and Flat bench
Seated cable rowSeated row machine
Lat pulldownLat pulldown
Straight-arm pulldownCable machine
Pull-upPull-up bar

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