Wide-Grip Rear Pull-Up

LatsBodyweightIntermediateCompound
Wide-Grip Rear Pull-Up — start position
Start
Wide-Grip Rear Pull-Up — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryLats
SecondaryBiceps, Mid back, Shoulders

How to do it

  1. 01

    Grab the pull-up bar with the palms facing forward using a wide grip.

  2. 02

    As you have both arms extended in front of you holding the bar, bring your torso forward and head so that there is an imaginary line from the pull-up bar to the back of your neck. This is your starting position.

  3. 03

    Pull your torso up until the bar is near the back of your neck. To do this, draw the shoulders and upper arms down and back while slightly leaning your head forward. Exhale as you perform this portion of the movement. Tip: Concentrate on squeezing the back muscles once you reach the full contracted position. The upper torso should remain stationary as it moves through space and only the arms should move. The forearms should do no other work other than hold the bar.

  4. 04

    After a second on the contracted position, start to inhale and slowly lower your torso back to the starting position when your arms are fully extended and the lats are fully stretched.

  5. 05

    Repeat this motion for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

In the app

Wide-Grip Rear Pull-Up needs no kit, so it appears whenever the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

Same pattern, with kit

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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