Wide-Grip Chinups

To set yourself up for wide-grip chinups, start by hanging from the bar with an overhand grip and your hands placed much wider than shoulder-width apart. Keep a slight bend in your elbows and bend at the knees as well, crossing your ankles behind you. Pull yourself up towards the bar by moving your arms only- the rest of your body should remain still at all times throughout the movement.

Lift yourself up until your chin reaches the height of the bar, then lower your body back down to the starting position.
Tips
* This exercise closely resembles standard
chinups.
A wider grip decreases the range of motion, however, reducing the overall involvement of the biceps and focusing the majority of the effort onto the latissimus dorsi. This makes the exercise much more difficult to perform, but at the same time, it becomes more effective at increasing the strength and size of the back.
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