Wide Grip Pull-ups
When I was planning what my next workout would be (which still feels really weird to be doing) I was looking through back exercises and realized that I had never done an unassisted wide grip pull-up before. The only kind I’ve done unassisted are the ones with a close grip, grabbing handles with your palms facing each other. What I was reading said the wide grip ones were much more difficult. I was pretty nervous about trying them cause I wasn’t even sure if I could do one. One of the dip stations has a wide and close grip set of handles so I headed over to it as soon as I got to the gym. I was pretty stoked that I busted out 9 my first try but ho-lee-crap they are hard! I made sure to lower myself fully each time. I was struggling at the end and I’m sure my form was crappy when I was struggling but I was really happy considering I was worried I would be able to do zero. I did some close grip pull-ups, then 7 wide grip, close grip, 5 wide grip, close grip. I’m going to make it a goal to get those numbers up!
February 9, 2008 at 3:46 am
There are only a couple of other exercises that are going to do more to pile the mass on your back other than pull ups. Do a set of "slow decent" dips between your sets of pull ups. It is really amazing to have the "push pull" thing going and feel your whole upper body swell.
Continue to be relentless bro …
February 9, 2008 at 10:55 am
Nice job on the pullups! When I come to the pullup section of my workouts, I do as many wide-grip pullups as possible, then rest for 10 seconds and crank out as many shoulder width pullups as I can after. They’re a true test of an athlete’s strength, so to do so well on your first attempt is great! Keep going!
February 9, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I started doing pullups before anything else on back day just recently. For lat width, nothing compares! Keep it up bro!