It seems like all the effort of a pullup goes into my forearms. They've started to bulk up as well. What can i do to change my form to make the pullup more focused on working my back and not my forearms. I tried looking up proper form, and THOUGHT i had fixed it, but it's still putting remarkable strain on my forearms when i do pullups
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Why are my forearms being used so much when i do pullups?
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If your grip is the weakest link in the chain then it will be hit the hardest. If you are at a point in training where your forearms are getting more work then your back or biceps while doing pulls you just need to keep doing pullups. I could tell you to use straps or some other work aorund but it would always come back to bite you in the ass, maybe not on pullups specifically but your grip is a key factor in most if not all barbell/DB exercises.
Grip is good, don't neglect it this early on. You won't look like popeye I swear.
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