Standard

Standard dead-hang pull up is grasped with an overhand grip. Then the body is pulled up until the chin clears the bar, and finished by lowering the body until arms and shoulders are fully extended. Stricter standards would only consider a full repetition to be one in which the elbows pass behind the coronal plane.^[3]

Weighted

Weight is added using a dipping belt, or grasping a dumbbell with the feet.

Behind-the-neck pull-up

The chin is dropped. The goal of the pull-up is to touch the bar with the back of the neck.

One arm

A one arm pull-up is performed by grasping the bar with only one hand while pulling up. Due to its difficulty, it requires considerable strength (the performance pictured is not perfect; the legs should not be used to provide momentum).

Muscle-up

The muscle-up is performed by pulling up, but rather than stopping with the chin or chest touching the bar, the arms are straightened, raising the body above the bar. Generally the initial pull-up uses an overhand grip to make the switch easier and is more explosive in order to use the momentum to make the exercise easier.

Supine row

Sometimes called an "Australian pull-up", "reverse push-up", "inclined pull-up" or "inverted row", this is performed with the bar 2 to 3 feet off the floor. The user lies on the ground under the bar, face-up, and grasps the bar with extended arms. The exercise is performed by pulling the chest up to the bar. The body is held in a rigid plank position while the heels remain on the floor.

Mixed grip

One hand is placed in the overhand (pronated) position and the other is placed in the underhand (supinated) position to provide variation on the standard pull-up (and chin-up).