# Pull ups on gymnastic rings? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-ups-on-gymnastic-rings/713748 "2015-02-27T04:40:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-ups-on-gymnastic-rings/713748/1 "2015-02-27T04:40:52Z")
Is doing pull ups on gymnastic rings harmful in anyway? Pros? Cons? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-ups-on-gymnastic-rings/713748/2 "2015-02-27T05:11:32Z")
Not so sure about “harmful”, but it is different than doing pull-ups on a bar: - you will likely (naturally) rotate your wrists inward (thumbs pointing to the rear), so that the rings are perpendicular with your body. So it would be more like doing pull-ups on “pegs”. This will engage different muscles, and other muscles differently. - depending on how fluid you are, you may start to swing. Unless you have someone to stop your swinging, the swing will either help or hinder you. - unlike a bar, the rings can move. So you may use more shoulder muscles to control/compensate. ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-ups-on-gymnastic-rings/713748/3 "2015-02-27T05:14:11Z")
I’m basically trying to find out if it’s a bad for you to do exercise.