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Glossary · Calisthenics

What is Pull-Up?

A pulling exercise lifting your chin over a bar using your back and arms.

In context

Pull-Up is a key concept in calisthenics. A pulling exercise lifting your chin over a bar using your back and arms. Knowing what it means — and how it connects to the rest of your training — turns it from jargon into something you can actually use in the gym.

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Common questions.

What does pull-up mean?

A pulling exercise lifting your chin over a bar using your back and arms.

What category does pull-up belong to?

Pull-Up is a term from calisthenics in strength and fitness training. Browse more calisthenics terms in the Nishaana glossary.

Why does pull-up matter for training?

Understanding pull-up helps you train and program more deliberately — it is one of the ideas that separates guessing from a real, repeatable system.

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