Pullups should be called swinging pullups maybe…

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Hi everyone… In my workouts with the app, I often come across the pull-up exercise. However, based on the videos, it seems quite different from a conventional pull-up (which would be the strict pull-up) and much more similar to the swing pull-up variation. Changing the name might be more accurate to avoid confusion since doing 20 swing pull-ups isn’t exactly the same as doing 20 strict ones :slight_smile: What do you think?

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In CrossFit there are “Strict Pullupts” and “Pullups”. The last one can be done swinging.

So i think the naming convention is fine.

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Doing Pullups, it’s not forbidden to use momentum and knowledge of physics. Doing Strict Pullups, it is not part of movement standard to use momentum. So naming in app is exactly correct.

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I invite you all to check what is considered pullup by the fitness Comunity ( do a simple
Search on YouTube ) the correct naming would be swinging pullup in my opinion… crosfitter are framed upon for how they “cheat” in lot of excercise and the fact that swinging pullups are called pullups are part of it

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Just check the movement standard by definition of Pullup and strict pullup - there is a reason why there are two names for it :wink:
A Pullup is just defined by the movement from a deadhang to chin over bar, so to say. No matter the used technique. (Strict, Kipping or Butterfly). A Strict Pullup is defined by no usage of momentum.
You are absolute free to do Strict Pullups, if coach say: do X pullups but you are not supposed doing butterfly pullups if it says to do Strict Pullups.

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The debate here proves the point - pull-up is ambiguous! :slight_smile:

It often depends on the context, e.g. in military if you just say “pull-up” it’d be the strict variation, whereas in crossfit it’d be the kipping variation.

I’d always advocate for clarity in terminology, and if it was my app, I’d make both names specific: kipping pull-ups, strict pull-ups.

Having said that, it is not a big deal to check the video/description, but clear names would make it even clearer, as the two exercises focus on different skills and one comes with a higher injury risk.

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