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A pull-up on an assisted pull-up machine, where a counterweighted pad under the knees or feet removes part of the bodyweight. It is the pull-up itself, scaled — the athlete hangs from a bar and pulls the chest toward it — which makes it the bridge between a pulldown and an unassisted pull-up rather than a substitute for either.
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