Sentences with phrase «narrower hand placement»

For example, a narrow hand placement will result in significantly greater tricep activation than a wide base hand placement.

Indeed, Cogley et al. (2005) reported that narrowing the hand placement from shoulder width to thumbs touching increases Pectoralis major EMG amplitude from 63 to 86 % of MVC.

Not exact matches

You can target different muscle groups by adjusting your hands placement: the wide grip is great for stressing the pecs, while a narrower grip works the triceps better.

Now, your arms certainly won't explode if you decide to use a wider or more narrow grip (hand placement) when doing chin - ups.