 Hey everybody Lance Coyke here. Today we are going to discuss the wide grip pull up. So we've talked about the normal pull up, maybe about shoulder width grip. We've talked about a chin up, maybe a little bit inside shoulder width or about shoulder width as well. We've talked about a close grip, so that's definitely inside shoulder width and now we're talking about more of a wide grip. So what changes here? When I take the grip out more, I stress the lats more. So if I'm looking for this breadth, if I'm looking for building lap muscles, if I'm looking to have a thick back that is strong, then a wide grip pull up really fits into that plan. You have to think if I'm doing a wide grip, I'm gonna be a little bit weaker. So you're gonna have to set your ego aside a little bit. You know, you have people who come up and it's really easy to fall into this trap of testing your strength and trying to do things that you're good at. But in actuality, we're really just training your strength and even your muscle gain, right? So it's not that I want you to do things that you're good at. It's actually the opposite. I want you to do things you're bad at because that's what brings you up. That's what builds up your weaknesses so that now your baseline is higher, okay? So wide grip chin up, sometimes when I do it this way, I like to do a little, I don't know, it's thumbless grip, right? So I'm not wrapping my hand all the way around the bar. I'm not wrapping my thumb all the way around the bar. I'm actually keeping it on the same side as the rest of my hand. Or I guess I gotta do it this way, like this, not like this, okay? So instead of making a circle, I'm just making a C. I like that grip because it gives me a little bit more freedom in my shoulders. So if you tend to have shoulder problems, especially with rowing or pulling up motions, you might wanna try that grip out. It helps when you're trying to go wider. Make sure you're careful. I've never felt like I'm about to hurt myself, but I know thumbless stuff kinda just, you know, limits the amount of grip. It limits the amount of contact that you have. And so it can make some people feel a little less easy. What else? You might see bars that are kind of cambered at the end where they bend into more of a kind of arch shape rather than just a straight pull-up bar. For the wide grip, that helps because as I come down, I don't have this weird, it's just a little bit more ergonomic. You can try them, like it's okay when you're out here and the bar is straight, but it'll feel a lot better if you can pinch your elbows in a little bit more because your wrist motion isn't getting blocked. I think that's all I got for the wide grip pull-up. Give that a shot, go do a bunch of it. If you have questions, leave comments below and encourage somebody else to do some pull-ups too.