Wide Grip Pull-Up
The Wide Grip Pull-Up is a pull-up variation that destabilizes the shoulders forcing the athlete to build advanced strength through the muscles surrounding the shoulders.
- Type Of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Lats, Biceps, Forearms
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Pull-up Bar
Wide Grip Pull-Up
- Begin from approximately a 1.5 to 2-times shoulder-width dead hang on a pull-up bar with an over grip (palms away).
- With a straight body and without the use of any momentum, pull your chin over the bar at a minimum.
- Pause briefly at the top before descending in the same controlled fashion.
- Keep your glutes and abdominals engaged throughout each rep.
- Exercise: Bulgarian L Pull-Up
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Lats, Biceps, Forearms, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Gymnastic Rings
- Exercise: Wide Grip Behind the Neck Pull-Up
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Lats, Biceps, Forearms
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Pull-up Bar
