Wide-grip pull-ups

Sets, reps and RIR

Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Lats.

Secondary: Upper back, Biceps.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Pull-ups med bredt grep
• Svenska Chins brett grepp
• Dansk Pull-ups bredt greb
• Deutsch Breite Klimmzüge
• Español Dominadas agarre ancho
• Italiano Trazioni a presa larga
• Português Barra fixa pegada aberta
• Русский Подтягивания широким хватом
• Français Tractions prise large

Related back exercises

• Deadlift (barbell)
• Romanian deadlift (barbell)
• Barbell row
• Pendlay row
• T-bar row
• Shrugs (barbell)

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.