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Pulldown / pull-up

Towel Pull-Up

Trains pulldown / pull-up. You'll need a pull-up bar. We use it as an accessory rather than a main lift.

What you need

Equipment
Pull-Up Bar
Trains
Pulldown / pull-up
In a plan
An accessory

How to do it

Two towels over the bar. The grip goes long before the back does.

Watch the form ↗

That's a search, not a fixed video — deliberately. A pinned clip can be deleted or turn out to be a bad demonstration, and you'd only find out mid-workout.

When we won't give you this

  • We save this for experienced lifters.

None of this is medical advice — see the health disclaimer.

If the machine's busy

These train the same pattern, and they're what the app offers you as a swap: