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I remember reading somewhere that neutral-grip chins are the best activator of the lats, and the strongest mechanical position to do pullups.
I tried them the other day and I was stronger due to the fact the wrist and elbow are in a natural mechanical position and do not hinder the latissimus dorsi's action of pulling the upper arm back. I was just fooling around to try them, but the next day I had nice DOMS in my lats!
Until now I have been doing supinated chins (underhand) for lats and biceps and BOTH have been lagging. I am going to try to hit the lats harder with neutral grip chins and then do biceps seperately with DB curls.
Tomorrow I will buy a 3/4"x16" steel pipe, (2) 3/4"x36" steel pipes, tie them together with steel elbows and bolt them on top of my power rack, so I can do heavy-weighted neutral-grip chins and watch my back swell up like a tick! The parallel grips will end up being about 18 inches apart.
I tried them the other day and I was stronger due to the fact the wrist and elbow are in a natural mechanical position and do not hinder the latissimus dorsi's action of pulling the upper arm back. I was just fooling around to try them, but the next day I had nice DOMS in my lats!
Until now I have been doing supinated chins (underhand) for lats and biceps and BOTH have been lagging. I am going to try to hit the lats harder with neutral grip chins and then do biceps seperately with DB curls.
Tomorrow I will buy a 3/4"x16" steel pipe, (2) 3/4"x36" steel pipes, tie them together with steel elbows and bolt them on top of my power rack, so I can do heavy-weighted neutral-grip chins and watch my back swell up like a tick! The parallel grips will end up being about 18 inches apart.