Typewriter Pull-Up

oec:typewriter-pull-up

An advanced pull-up variation where you pull your chin above the bar, shift laterally toward one hand while extending the opposite arm, and slide across the bar.

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Also called: Typewriter Pullup, Side-to-Side Pull-Up, Typewriter Pull-ups

How to do it

Setup

Hang from a pull-up bar with a pronated grip taken wider than your standard pull-up grip, typically one and a half times shoulder-width.
Engage your core, point your toes slightly forward, and depress your scapulae to enter an active dead hang.

Movement

Pull explosively and smoothly until your collarbones or upper chest approach bar height.
Keeping your chest pinned high, shift your body laterally toward one hand by flexing that arm deeply while extending the opposite arm along the bar.
Traverse smoothly across the bar toward the other hand by reversing the arm actions, keeping your chin above the bar throughout the slide.
Return to the center position and lower yourself under control back into the full active hang.

Breathing

Inhale at the bottom hang, exhale as you pull up, breathe shallowly while traversing horizontally at the top, and exhale fully as you return to the bottom.

Cues

Pull high before sliding.
Stay parallel to the bar.
Push away with the straight arm while pulling with the bent arm.

Common faults

Dropping below the bar during the lateral transition.: Maintain aggressive lat and bicep contraction to keep your chin consistently above the bar as you slide across.
Kicking or swinging the legs for momentum.: Lock your core and legs into a hollow-body position to prevent swinging.
Grip is set too narrow to allow full arm extension.: Widen your grip to at least one and a half times shoulder width so the trailing arm can reach full or near-full extension.

Safety

Ensure you have a reliable base of standard pull-ups and archer pull-ups before attempting this high-stress variation on the shoulders and elbows.

Muscles

Latissimus dorsi prime mover
Biceps brachii prime mover
Teres major synergist
Brachialis synergist
Rhomboids synergist
Lower trapezius synergist
Rectus abdominis stabilizer

Joints

Shoulder: Adduction, Extension, Horizontal abduction, Horizontal adduction
Shoulder blade: Depression, Retraction, Downward rotation
Elbow: Flexion, Extension

Details

Movement: Vertical pull, Pull
Modality: Calisthenics, Strength, Hypertrophy
Mechanics: compound
Force: pull
Laterality: alternating
Kinetic chain: closed
Level: advanced
Equipment: Pull-up bar
Record: Repetitions
Load: bodyweight

variation of Pull-Up
progression of Pull-Up
progression of Wide-Grip Pull-Up
progression of Archer Pull-Up
substitute for Archer Pull-Up

Sources

wger: Typewriter Pull-ups, by tenebrizz (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

This record: CC-BY-SA-4.0.

Data

typewriter-pull-up.json