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Pull-up

Compared in the reviewR1 · 3 full-text papers, 7 abstract-only

At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.

Round-2 tier-3 flag: thin - under 4 full-text papers.

Requirements it fills
  • vertical pull
    Strength · 1 paper put it here
How it is performed
  • Performed in a supine position with feet supported and grasping slings in pronation.

    Damla Karabay, Yusuf Emük, Derya Özer Kaya (2019) · Journal of sport rehabilitation · 10.1123/jsr.2018-0449
    Muscle Activity Ratios of Scapular Stabilizers During Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises in Healthy Shoulders: A Systematic Review.
Dose

Measured in sets × reps — 1 of 1 library steps using ex.strength.pull-up are prescribed in this unit.

Dose and time, as the papers state it

No row states a dose or a time for this option.

Equipment

bodyweight · advanced — from the exercise catalogue, which is where equipment is authored.

Level and prerequisites

No row states a level or a prerequisite for this option.

Progression and regression

No row states how to make this option harder or easier.

Who should not do this

The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.

Setting, as the studies used it

No row describes the setting.

What the papers compared it with
  • Push-up — a paper measured this option against it
    “Progressive calisthenic push-up training” · Christopher J Kotarsky, B. Christensen, Jason Miller, K. Hackney (2017) · 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002345
  • Bench press — a paper measured this option against it
    “standard free weight bench press training” · Christopher J Kotarsky, B. Christensen, Jason Miller, K. Hackney (2017) · 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002345

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.

Pull-up