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Build a Bigger Back with Wrist Straps

Don't let your failing grip take away from your lat training when doing pull-ups, lat pulldowns, rows and other back exercises. Gear up with wrist straps.

Written By Jim Stoppani, PhD

Updated August 24, 2020

In a recent video, I offered a ringing endorsement for using wrist straps when doing back exercises. And the reason is simple: Because on so many upper body pulling exercises (like pull-ups, as I demonstrated in the video) your gripping muscles of the hands and forearms fatigue quicker than your back muscles. As a result, the muscles you're specifically trying to train (namely the lats) often aren't getting fully stimulated because you're forced to stop multiple sets when your grip gives out. In essense, at least where your back is concerned, you're stopping sets prematurely.

This defeats the whole purpose of training back! And that's precisely why I use wrist straps. The straps themselves

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