# Chest-to-Bar Pull-Up

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/chest-to-bar-pull-up

Also known as: Chest-to-Bar Pullup, C2B Pull-Up, Chest to Bar Pull-Up, C2B Pullup

Body region: Back, Arms

## Muscles

- Main: Latissimus Dorsi, Teres Major
- Helps: Deltoid, Pectoralis Major, Trapezius, Rhomboids, Biceps, Brachialis, Brachioradialis
- Holds: Rectus Abdominis, Flexor Digitorum Superficialis

## Equipment

- Pull-Up Bar

## Technique

1. Take an overhand grip a touch wider than your shoulders and hang with the shoulders pulled down.
2. Brace the abs and legs and pull powerfully, leaning back slightly.
3. Keep pulling until the upper chest touches the bar below the collarbone.
4. Lower under control to full arm extension.

### Cues

- Pull the elbows down and back, past the ribs.
- Lean back only slightly.
- Reach with the chest, not the chin.

### Common mistakes

- Cranking the neck up instead of the chest.
- Kipping wildly before strict reps are strong.
- Dropping fast from the top.
- Stopping short of the chest.

## Alternatives

- [Pull-Up](https://heatsy.app/ex/pull-up)
- [Kipping Pull-Up](https://heatsy.app/ex/kipping-pull-up)