Sentence examples for Perform a pull-up from inspiring English sources
To perform a pull-up, you place your hands on a raised bar using an overhand grip, arms fully extended and feet off the floor.
But Vanderburgh said the study and other research has shown that performing a pull-up requires more than simple upper-body strength.
Then, holding the towel in both hands, perform a pull up 90 degrees to the bar to one shoulder then down and pull up to the other.
To perform a pull up you will need an exercise bar, and if you're new to pull-ups, an assisted band.
(As a popular YouTube clip proves, Robert can perform a full pull-up by inserting a single middle finger into a hole in a cliff).
(A pull-up, by the way, is performed by grasping a fixed bar with both hands and pulling oneself off the ground, until your chin comes up and over the bar).
Performing some chin-ups can also help you build up to a pull-up).
But on test day, the researchers were stunned when only 4 of the 17 women succeeded in performing a single pull-up.
In order to strengthen this muscle group, perform hanging leg lifts from a pull up bar.
