Pullups.

[mrselfde_struct]

Ok, ive been trainin for years now, but never liked the pullup. I find that it stress's my bicep more than anything and barley feel it in my shoulder/trap area. Someone wanna tell me what i am doing wrong, i would love to know, i truly think it would be a great add as a mass buildder if you got it down right.

[CloudSurfer]

how do you do your pullups? I found that overhand with a 10" gap between hands stresses the brachiallis and bicep more than the back but a wide grip (14" outside shoulder width) stresses the lats. I mean it may also depend on your structure but speaking on my personal experience wide grips have enabled me to really stretch my scalpulae and widen my lats they are one of my fav. back exercises

[stevensa1]

how do you do your pullups? I found that overhand with a 10" gap between hands stresses the brachiallis and bicep more than the back but a wide grip (14" outside shoulder width) stresses the lats. I mean it may also depend on your structure but speaking on my personal experience wide grips have enabled me to really stretch my scalpulae and widen my lats they are one of my fav. back exercises

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Yes, grib wide, are you grabbing a narrow grip b/c that will stress your biceps more that your lats.

[wild1poet2]

I have a partially torn right distal bicep tendon so I have to be careful. I find that by using a thumbless grip and just using my hands as hooks I can take more weight onto my lats and back in general. I do both neutral and wide grip. I don't do chin ups, only pull ups.

[M4A1 Widowmaker]

also, make sure you're using an overhand grip. an underhand grip uses almost all biceps.

[Kate~]

also, make sure you're using an overhand grip. an underhand grip uses almost all biceps.

Wide over..narrow under

[M4A1 Widowmaker]

Wide over..narrow under

not if he's trying to hit more lats than biceps

[I dont work at Ballys]

ive always done pullups for my lats. just thought i'd share that.

[ChrisDoyle]

can someone please explain the difference between pull ups and chin ups, I've looked at videos of both and they appear to be much the same?

[TheClips]

can someone please explain the difference between pull ups and chin ups, I've looked at videos of both and they appear to be much the same?

Chin ups are traditionally underhand, narrow gripped exercises. Pullups are generally referring to wide grip, over handed exercises. Chin ups= biceps; Pullups=lats

[TheClips]

Ok, ive been trainin for years now, but never liked the pullup. I find that it stress's my bicep more than anything and barley feel it in my shoulder/trap area. Someone wanna tell me what i am doing wrong, i would love to know, i truly think it would be a great add as a mass buildder if you got it down right.

If I read what you wrote correctly, you are trying to feel it in the wrong areas. It is mainly a lat exercise and that is where you should be feeling it most, although you will feel it in your biceps too, given the motion of the exercise.

To target your lats, use a wide overhand grip and think about using your lats instead of your arms...It sounds dumb, but thinking about the muscle helps sometimes.

[D-Y]

Try using a wider overhand grip and contract your shoulder blades as you pull up, that helped me feel it more in my back.

[ExtremistPullup]

Pull-ups are working your back (lats) whether you feel it or not.

[superhombre2k]

Pull-ups are great for lat development. Draw your shoulders back and your scapulae together through the whole range of motion to emphasis the lats. Your biceps and forearms will also get work, but you can shift the emphasis easily.

[LaxPro]

Pull-ups are working your back (lats) whether you feel it or not.

not if your pulling primarily with your biceps. in which case, you'd benefit more just from doing another exercise in which you actually feel your back working.

[darklight79]

Pull with your elbows, not with your biceps. Visualize pulling elbows to torso in an arc, keep elbows forward.

[Duckenheimer]

Pull with your elbows, not with your biceps. Visualize pulling elbows to torso in an arc, keep elbows forward.

Repped. Focusing onpPulling your elbows back is the best way to feel your back, bar none. In rows too.

And supinated chin ups are GREAT for the lats. More range of motion and more weight, even if your biceps are working harder.

[darklight79]

Repped. Focusing onpPulling your elbows back is the best way to feel your back, bar none. In rows too.

And supinated chin ups are GREAT for the lats. More range of motion and more weight, even if your biceps are working harder.

I once got through my back workout even with a pretty strained right bicep. Didn't affect it much. If a person knows how to work the back correctly, there would be minimal bicep involvement.

[ExtremistPullup]

not if your pulling primarily with your biceps.

Are you saying I can mentally choose what muscle to pull with during a compound movement.

The only way I can see to reduce bicep movement is to change the bar he is using to this.
http://www.easychin.com/images/frontpermoutside.jpg

That would be like telling someone

Run with their hips and less with your legs.
Bench press more with your chest and less with your triceps.

[ExtremistPullup]

I find that it stress's my bicep more than anything

maybe you have a really weak biceps that can't keep up with your lats.

and barley feel it in my shoulder/trap area

Pullups don't target your shoulers and trap if you want to work those do upright rows

[Flying_Fox]

not if your pulling primarily with your biceps. in which case, you'd benefit more just from doing another exercise in which you actually feel your back working.

I'm no expert, but doing pullups primarily with your biceps seems like something physically impossible. Unless you curl yourself up.

[ExtremistPullup]

I'm no expert, but doing pullups primarily with your biceps seems like something physically impossible. Unless you curl yourself up.

you couldn't have shoulder rotation and only elbow flexing for that to be possible.

[stronglifts]

Ok, ive been trainin for years now, but never liked the pullup. I find that it stress's my bicep more than anything and barley feel it in my shoulder/trap area. Someone wanna tell me what i am doing wrong, i would love to know, i truly think it would be a great add as a mass buildder if you got it down right.

Who told you pullups where for shoulders/traps? You should feel pullups in your back/biceps, that's what they are for.

[Flying_Fox]

ya would be able to shoulder rotation just elbow flexing

Could you rephrase that? I'm just a poor little flemish boy that barely speaks english.

[ExtremistPullup]

Could you rephrase that? I'm just a poor little flemish boy that barely speaks english.

fixed

[Flying_Fox]

ya you would only need to have shoulder rotation and no elbow flexing

Somehow, it seems to me that no elbow flexion would reduce the amount of biceps involved...

[ExtremistPullup]

Somehow, it seems to me that no elbow flexion would reduce the amount of biceps involved...

I rephrased how I said it

[Jbert112]

yes it is true that narrow grip works more biceps than lats overall, but i find that by leaning back far at the top of the rep, and touching your fists as low on the pecs as you can, i get a great burn in my middle back and lats. but just do wide grip and it should automatically hit lats more.

[Flying_Fox]

I rephrased how I said it

Strange, I quoted your post after you said fixed, I thought it was already edited

[ExtremistPullup]

Strange, I quoted your post after you said fixed, I thought it was already edited

I had to fix it more then once it was pretty confusing didn't want to add any double negatives.