Exercise guide

Scapular Pull-Up

How to do the Scapular Pull-Up: step-by-step instructions, muscles worked (Traps), and equipment. Log it in Vantora.

How to do the Scapular Pull-Up

1. Take a pronated grip on a pull-up bar.
2. From a hanging position, raise yourself a few inches without using your arms. Do this by depressing your shoulder girdle in a reverse shrugging motion.
3. Pause at the completion of the movement, and then slowly return to the starting position before performing more repetitions.

Muscles worked