Wide Grip Pull-up

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Learn how to do the Wide Grip Pull-up with proper form and technique. This body weight exercise primarily targets your Lats, with secondary emphasis on Biceps, Forearms.

Wide Grip Pull-up exercise demonstration showing proper form

How to Do the Wide Grip Pull-up

Follow these steps to perform the Wide Grip Pull-up with correct form:

  1. 1Hang from a pull-up bar with your palms facing away from you and your hands wider than shoulder-width apart.
  2. 2Engage your core and squeeze your shoulder blades together.
  3. 3Pull your body up towards the bar until your chin is above the bar.
  4. 4Lower your body back down to the starting position with control.
  5. 5Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Wide Grip Pull-up Muscles Worked

Primary

lats

Secondary

bicepsforearms

Exercise Details

Equipment
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Body Part
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Category
Main

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