Australian Pull-Up

What it is

This bodyweight pulling exercise targets your middle back and lats, building upper body strength. It involves pulling your chest towards a horizontal bar while your body remains straight. You use your own body weight as resistance, making it an excellent movement for developing foundational strength. It is a compound movement, engaging multiple muscle groups simultaneously.

Technique tips

• Maintain a straight body line from heels to shoulders.
• Engage your core to prevent hip sagging or arching.
• Initiate the pull by retracting your shoulder blades.
• Control the eccentric phase; lower yourself slowly and deliberately.
• Adjust your foot placement or bar height to change difficulty.

How to track your progress

Log reps, and add the extra load if you wear a belt or a vest. Straddly counts your bodyweight in the estimated max, so added weight and extra reps both show up as progress, and new records are flagged during the session.