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Neutral Grip Pull-Ups: How to Do Them and What They Work

By The Angles90 Editorial Team

The neutral grip pull-up loads the same back and arm muscles as other grips, with less middle trapezius than the overhand version. Get the form, what the shoulder study did and did not test, and...
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How to Do a Neutral Grip Lat Pulldown, and When to Switch Grips

By The Angles90 Editorial Team

A neutral grip lat pulldown, palms facing each other, worked the lats much like wide and overhand grips in a 2025 study of 40 trained men. Get the form step by step, see how seven...
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Seated Cable Row: How to Do It, What It Works and Which Handle to Use

By The Angles90 Editorial Team

Your handle decides where your elbows travel, and your elbows decide which muscles lead. Here is clean seated cable row form, what two recent EMG studies found about narrow versus wide grips, and a side-by-side...
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How to Do a Chin-Up: Form, Muscles Worked and Your First Rep

By The Angles90 Editorial Team

Palms toward you, chin over the bar, controlled descent. Chin-ups differ from pull-ups less than gym advice assumes. Inside: precise form cues, what laboratory studies measured and a five-step progression toward your first rep.
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Different Pull-Up Grips: 8 Variations, the Muscles They Work, and How to Choose

By Angles90 Team

Compare every pull-up grip — wide, neutral, close, false and more. See the muscles each works, ease wrist and elbow stress, and pick the best grip for you.