I was lifting today and remembered I was told 30+ years ago that there are various benefits to wide grip hand positions and narrow.
If my memory serves, a narrow grip works your chest/back muscles more and makes you thicker. While wide grips work you arms more and tends to make you wider. Is this a "old wives tale"?
Are there specific swimming pros/cons to either grip position for the three bench presses, shoulder press, lat pull-down, and row? Plus, narrow grip seems much easier on my shoulders.
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Lat pull down behind the head is really bad for the shoulders, pull down in front of the head.
For the lat pull down I do two variations: wide grip palms facing away (Like a pull up) and narrow grip with palms facing in (like a chip up), Huge difference in the muscles impacted!
Always in front of me never behind my head. I was taught that as a kid.
Lat pull down behind the head is really bad for the shoulders, pull down in front of the head.
For the lat pull down I do two variations: wide grip palms facing away (Like a pull up) and narrow grip with palms facing in (like a chip up), Huge difference in the muscles impacted!
Always in front of me never behind my head. I was taught that as a kid.
