Hold a pull-ups bar with a supinated or underhand grip, hands roughly shoulder-width apart. Hang from the bar with your arms straight, shoulders pulled down and back. Brace your core and lift your chest up toward the bar. Let your legs hang down below you, crossing your ankles behind...
The most common weightlifting grips are pronated (overhand), which is what you typically use when performing a pullup or strict deadlift, and supinated (underhand), which is typically used in exercises such as the chinup and dumbbell curl. Other options include an alternated or mixed grip, ...
When it comes to building and strengthening the muscles in your back, there are few exercises that can hold a candle to the supinated lat pulldown. By performing a pulldown with a supinated grip – sometimes referred to as an underhand grip – you are also engaging some of the muscles...