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Lay Back Chin Ups: Back Exercise

By Elliott | April 26, 2008

Main Muscle Worked: Lats
Other Muscles Worked: Biceps, Middle Back
Equipment: Other
Mechanics Type: Compound

Tips: Many have dubbed this the single best lat exercise ever invented! This involves leaning back throughout the entire movement. In this variation, the lower portion of the chest should touch the bar. Begin by grasping the pull-up bar with an underhand grip, approximately shoulder width apart. Now hang with your arms fully extended. As you pull yourself to the bar, have your head lean back as far away from the bar as possible and arch your spine throughout the movement. At the upper end of the movement, your hips and legs will be at about a 45-degree angle to the floor. You should keep pulling until your collarbone passes the bar and your lower chest or sternum area touches it. By the time you’ve completed the concentric portion of the movement; your head will be parallel to the floor.

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