Your form is kind of bad. You lean back, which takes the stress off your lats. If you keep yourself straight (or as straight as you can, a small lean seems to occur naturally) the lats will do the work.
I disagree. Try to do a front lever pull-up and see how much your lats are worked. Of course, if you don't do the full ROM, then your right, he lats will not be worked as much. But that goes for completely vertical pull-ups as well.
I'm actually training the front lever right now. Love it. :D
It's irrelevant, though. When doing a front lever, the stress is put on the lats (to pull down) by leaning back. Leaning back when doing pull-ups, however, changes the stress on the lats. It goes from an up/down stress (like in the front lever) to a forward/backward stress (like in rows). While rowing is a great exercise, to develop that rowing strength is not the goal with pull-ups.
@TheAmazingOti pull with the lats not the back? when doing a standard pullup it should work the upper lats and traps. when doing a "lever" pull up it is working the exact same muscles as a pullover work adding an emphasis on the outer lats and of course the core because you have to stabalize your abs and lower back. im just confused when you say pull with your lats not your back. your lats are part of your back. i think you mean focus on your lats and not your traps/rear delts?
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chiquitoyou 1 year ago
Your form is kind of bad. You lean back, which takes the stress off your lats. If you keep yourself straight (or as straight as you can, a small lean seems to occur naturally) the lats will do the work.
All will be as it should. :D
TheAmazingOti 3 years ago
@TheAmazingOti
I disagree. Try to do a front lever pull-up and see how much your lats are worked. Of course, if you don't do the full ROM, then your right, he lats will not be worked as much. But that goes for completely vertical pull-ups as well.
ericds33 1 year ago
I'm actually training the front lever right now. Love it. :D
It's irrelevant, though. When doing a front lever, the stress is put on the lats (to pull down) by leaning back. Leaning back when doing pull-ups, however, changes the stress on the lats. It goes from an up/down stress (like in the front lever) to a forward/backward stress (like in rows). While rowing is a great exercise, to develop that rowing strength is not the goal with pull-ups.
TL;DR - Pull down with the lats, not back.
TheAmazingOti 1 year ago
@TheAmazingOti pull with the lats not the back? when doing a standard pullup it should work the upper lats and traps. when doing a "lever" pull up it is working the exact same muscles as a pullover work adding an emphasis on the outer lats and of course the core because you have to stabalize your abs and lower back. im just confused when you say pull with your lats not your back. your lats are part of your back. i think you mean focus on your lats and not your traps/rear delts?
0587dave 1 year ago
No, I mean pull down, not back. Down = pull-up, back = row.
TheAmazingOti 1 year ago