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Squat University's pull-up lesson starts with lats, not traps

Aaron Horschig turns a mistaken muscle identification into a technique lesson built around shoulder-blade movement.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 283,721 views a day, 5.9 times a normal first day on this channel (48,474).

His Side Effects Of Too Many Pull-Ups!🤯

Squat University's Aaron Horschig has an anatomy correction to make. Someone feels a man's back and asks whether the muscle is a trap. "That is not the traps. That is the lats," he says, bringing in an animated model to show the difference.

The Short has drawn about 187,000 views in 11 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for the format. Its title, "His Side Effects Of Too Many Pull-Ups!🤯", sets up a display of developed back muscles, but Horschig's lesson is about controlling the movement rather than piling up repetitions.

He shows his patient Bethany shifting from side to side during pull-ups. She came to him with longstanding neck pain from the exercise, he explains. His starting point is a scapular pull-up: practicing the shoulder-blade movement before attempting the rest of the lift.

Horschig then coaches her through that movement and isometric holds, cueing her to drive through her elbows and squeeze her lats. By the end, Bethany performs a full pull-up without the sideways shift.

The comments include questions about reaching the top of a pull-up and maintaining correct form across multiple sets. Another practical demonstration is also drawing attention on Squat University: "How I Finally Fixed Shoulder Pain (After 12 Years)!" is gaining views at more than four times its usual daily pace.

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What viewers say

Alright now teach me how to pull up the rest of my weight 😂
@denote7398See it on YouTube
The scapular Pull-Ups trick is great. But even that doesn't fix the problem that I can only 2 sets with correct form.
@vignesham4030See it on YouTube

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