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Bar Muscle Up Progression

5 steps · Pulling · skill 6/10

Get over the bar: learn the kip, pull higher, then turn the pull-up into a muscle-up and press out on top.

Before this progression: Pull-up Parallel Bar Dip

This is a tip: you can start anyway.

1

Kipping Pull-up

Difficulty 4

Swing from the hips and use the kip to drive the chin over the bar. Teaches the rhythm of the muscle-up.

2

Chest-to-Bar Pull-up

Difficulty 5

Pull until the bar touches the lower chest. Builds the high pull the transition needs.

3

Band Assisted Muscle-up

Difficulty 6

A band under the knees takes part of the weight through the transition over the bar.

4

Muscle-up

Difficulty 7

Pull explosively, bring the chest over the bar and press out to straight arms.

5

Weighted Muscle-up

Difficulty 8

Muscle-up with a weight belt. Strength for slow, clean reps.

Counts with extra weight of 20% of your body weight

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