What kind of pull up should I focus on?

[imrlybord7]

I have godawful forearms, bad biceps and decent lats. Wat do? And I'm not even close to doing a towel pull up but I can do 5 palms away pull ups with just a tiny bit of struggle on the last rep. Most I've ever done in a set was 10 which was probably because it was on a really thin bar.

[Rasputin4]

Just do palms away, that emphasized the most lats and the least foararms/biceps anyway.

[KDG730]

I have godawful forearms, bad biceps and decent lats. Wat do? And I'm not even close to doing a towel pull up but I can do 5 palms away pull ups with just a tiny bit of struggle on the last rep. Most I've ever done in a set was 10 which was probably because it was on a really thin bar.

You should do all types of pull-ups. If you want more emphasis on your lats do wide grip(palms away). If you want more bicep work do close grip (palms facing).

[Mikedp1]

You should do all types of pull-ups. If you want more emphasis on your lats do wide grip(palms away). If you want more bicep work do close grip (palms facing).

What he said!!

Doing the pull ups in general will also build real nice forearms...

I try to do atleast 4 types of pullup exercises in my workout, I am seeing gains everywhere!

[chazzy1864]

Doesn't matter, IMO. I'd pick one type and focus on improving for now. Personally, if I had to pick one, I'd go with neutral/hammer grip pull ups, especially since you want to work your forearms more.

[Amphiney]

I'd advise you to change your pull-up exercises every 4 weeks for example, so your body will not be so "familiar" with your chosen exercises.
Good luck!

[Cementhead1234]

Pull ups emphasize forearm flexors, brachialis, and lower traps. Neutral grip chin up ( palms facing each other) emphasize the rhomboid and the lats slightly more. Chinups emphasize biceps and lats more then pull ups.

[mikegilbert1986]

HAmmer grip is easiest so start with that when u can do for sets switch to wide grip get good at that i do underhand for biceps routine only

[GeneralSerpant]

It depends on which ones you are best at. Typically it should be:

supinated (palms facing towards you);
neutral (palms facing each other);
and pronated (palms facing away);
       In order from easiest to hardest.

It still depends on which one you practice more. I've had my wide-grip pull-up mach my supinated chin-up.

Do whatever you're best at, which will not be determined by the information you seek here.

[chazzy1864]

It depends on which ones you are best at. Typically it should be:

supinated (palms facing towards you);
neutral (palms facing each other);
and pronated (palms facing away);
       In order from easiest to hardest.

It still depends on which one you practice more. I've had my wide-grip pull-up mach my supinated chin-up.

Do whatever you're best at, which will not be determined by the information you seek here.

Neutral grip is actually, the easier one for people to do.

[imrlybord7]

Thanks for the replies brehs. I'm between neutral grip and palms away, whichever hits the brachioradialis harder.

[chazzy1864]

whichever hits the brachioradialis harder.

Neutral would.

[GeneralSerpant]

Neutral grip is actually, the easier one for people to do.

Maybe. But the more you train curl strength, before you start trying pull-ups, the less this is true. Especially with the back-strength variation involved in neutral. Supinated grip stretches out the shoulders super-hard. It's way easier to develop noob strength than with neutral.

[imrlybord7]

How about the grip in between neutral and palms away? My gym has that and I've googled "v grip pull ups" but that's already a different thing.

Just looking for the angle that hits the brachioradialis hardest. My confusion stems from reverse curls vs hammer curls.

Not tryna doubt chazzy er nuthin

[chazzy1864]

Brachioradialis is involved most in hammer curl type movements. The closer to neutral grip you have, the more brachioradialis will be involved. Palms away will involve more brachialis. Palms toward will involve more biceps brachii.

[jamesovercome]

I find the neutral grip pull-ups are much easier(might just be me). I've always put focus on wide grip pull ups, as I feel they're the most difficult and work the back the best. Close grip, palms facing away from you about thumb distance apart spacing works forearms and grip quite a bit, especially on a thicker bar.