Assisted Pull-Up Machine

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Finish

similar: Band Assisted Pull-Up

How to do it

Set the assistance weight, kneel or stand on the pad, and pull from a full straight-arm hang until the chin clears the handles, lowering over three seconds.

Muscles worked

Primary: back · Also works: biceps

Equipment

Machines, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Setting the assistance so high the machine does the work and the lats never fatigue
• Pushing down through the pad with the legs to help at the sticking point
• Skipping the dead-hang bottom position because the pad pushes you back up early

Variations

• Assisted chin-up with an underhand grip
• Assisted neutral-grip pull-up

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Band-Assisted Pull-Up
• Lat Pulldown
• Pull-Up

Related exercises

• Pull-Upback
• Lat Pulldownback
• Barbell Bent-Over Rowback
• Single-Arm Dumbbell Rowback
• Resistance Band Rowback
• Inverted Rowback