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Wide-grip pull-up

A compound exercise for the lats, with help from the upper back, biceps. Equipment: pull-up bar.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Hang with hands well outside the shoulders.
  2. Pull the chest to the bar
  3. Lower all the way

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