Exercise Guide

Wide Grip Pull-Up

beginnerRecommendedPrimaryCore Variation
Exercise Visual

Wide Grip Pull-Up

Lats Body Weight

beginner

Category

back

Body Part

back

Equipment

body weight

Target

lats

Instructions

  1. 1

    Hang from a pull-up bar with your palms facing away from you and your hands wider than shoulder-width apart.

  2. 2

    Engage your core and squeeze your shoulder blades together.

  3. 3

    Pull your body up towards the bar until your chin is above the bar.

  4. 4

    Lower your body back down to the starting position with control.

  5. 5

    Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Muscles

BicepsLatsForearms

Movement Data

Role

Vertical Pull

Pattern

pull

Priority

10/10

Variation Rank

1

Workout Split

pull

Classification

General

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