Paging OPT...regarding wide grip pullups

• Marco_Simone

  5 Jan 07, 16:39

  wide grip=wide lats is a fallacy?
  
  Another thing,the guys I see performing extremely wide grip pull ups dont go all the way,they pull until their eyes or noses are level with the bar,they will go down.
  
  I tried doing them with a very wide grip and found it hard to go all the way...and they seem to pull my shoulder bones apart.So wide grip=dangerous exercise?
• OPT

  5 Jan 07, 18:44

  wide grip = bad shoulders
  
  You are right, wide grip will not create wide lats. Thats like saying doing narrow grip will make you narrow
• Marco_Simone

  6 Jan 07, 10:43

  how come people still do extreme wide grip pulldowns???
• crimson soldier

  6 Jan 07, 21:56

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  how come people still do extreme wide grip pulldowns???

  me thinks wide grip pullups/downs works my lats and tricpes more.
  
  anyway i got a question. my pullup count is at 16-18 atm. how can I reach 30-40? I've tried hard before and they seem to peak at a bit higher than 20 only.
  I've got about 2 months to achieve the goal
• Marco_Simone

  6 Jan 07, 22:01

  Originally posted by crimson soldier:

  me thinks wide grip pullups/downs works my lats and tricpes more.
  
  anyway i got a question. my pullup count is at 16-18 atm. how can I reach 30-40? I've tried hard before and they seem to peak at a bit higher than 20 only.
  I've got about 2 months to achieve the goal

  Google the phrase "grease the groove"