Back Extension vs Ring Pull Up

Maximizing Your Back Workout Plan

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Planfit users log Back Extension more often — 6,073 sessions vs 4. Compare Back form, muscles worked, and when to use each.

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Planfit Users' Choice about Back Extension vs Ring Pull Up : Which is Better?

Based on randomly selected data from 1 million completed workouts, Planfit users log Back Extension more often — 6,073 sessions compared to 4 for Ring Pull Up.

Popularity is not the whole answer. Back Extension and Ring Pull Up differ in the muscles they load, the equipment they need, and how hard they are to learn — the comparison below covers each.

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How to Back Extension

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Back Extension muscles worked: Back

Form

  1. 1. Please lower down by bending your hips while keeping your chest open.
  2. 2. Engage your core and come up by extending your hips.

Coach's Comment

  1. 1. Please be careful not to relax your core throughout the exercise.
  2. 2. Please keep your chest open to avoid rounding your back.

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How to Ring Pull Up

Ring Pull Up gif

Ring Pull Up muscles worked: Back

Form

  1. 1. Pull your arms to bring your chest closer to the ring.
  2. 2. While gathering your shoulder blades inward and downward, naturally pull your arms.
  3. 3. Open your chest and slowly return to the starting position.

Coach's Comment

  1. 1. Maintain your posture so it doesn't get disrupted when you come down.
  2. 2. Go up with the feeling of moving your shoulder blades rather than using your arm strength.

If you want to know a detailed guide to Ring Pull Up, alternative exercises, and its benefits, check it out here. Check out the Ring Pull Up Guide page of our blog!

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