muscles involved in pullup

[CookieMonster]

can someone tell me what muscles are involved when doing a pullup? if i could do a pullup i would **** in my pants right afterwords. when i try i get up like half way.

[stimilus]

I'm not sure which mucles are involved, but what, your gym doesn't offer the assisted pull up machine? I know that it's mainly your lats for wide arms.

[TRAZ]

Originally Posted by CookieMonster

can someone tell me what muscles are involved when doing a pullup? if i could do a pullup i would **** in my pants right afterwords. when i try i get up like half way.

It depends on the type of pullup...Lats are the main muscle though...

[Taekwondo Guy]

lats
traps
rhomboids
biceps
forearms
triceps

it stresses alot of muscles on the positive and negative side of the rep

[baseball]

i was watching FitTV (we get it at my college for some reason) and they talked a/b common mistakes with pull ups. most people try to pull themselves up with their arms which is incorrect. they said you need to lean your body back a bit and use your lats in unison with your arms. they showed guys who just used their arms and did like 7 pull ups, and then once they got proper form they did like 18. once again just goes to show that good form always prevails i tried it in my gym the other day and i did a few more than usual. hope this helps

[TorontoMoFo]

Originally Posted by baseball

i was watching FitTV (we get it at my college for some reason) and they talked a/b common mistakes with pull ups. most people try to pull themselves up with their arms which is incorrect. they said you need to lean your body back a bit and use your lats in unison with your arms. they showed guys who just used their arms and did like 7 pull ups, and then once they got proper form they did like 18. once again just goes to show that good form always prevails i tried it in my gym the other day and i did a few more than usual. hope this helps

thanks im gonna try this. I always found widegrip pullups to be a *****.