Wide-grip pull-up

Backintermediaterepspull-up bar

A pull-up with an overhand grip about one and a half times shoulder width: from a dead hang the elbows pull down and out to the sides until the chin clears the bar, then the body lowers to straight arms.

How to do it

1. Grip the bar overhand with the hands about 1.5 times shoulder width; hang with straight arms, legs together, feet off the floor.
2. Draw the shoulder blades down, then pull the elbows down and out to the sides.
3. Continue until the chin is above the bar, chest toward the bar.
4. Lower slowly to straight arms. The hands never move and the legs stay still.

Muscles worked

Main: lats
Supporting: biceps, traps, shoulders, forearms