I wonder what the hell CT did to Amit Sapir to get his lats so wide. Lol. My back width is sucky, so for my next bulk I really wanna focus on that :(. Thinking of switching to partial pull-ups/chins, i.e. only touching the bar with my forehead.
[quote]Curzon wrote:
MeinHerzBrennt wrote:
jumpoff wrote:
What would you recommend in place of chin-ups/pull-ups for someone who can’t really crank out more than 3-5 in good form. Any good suggestions for getting better at these?
I’ve read that pull-down strength doesn’t necessarily translate to pull-up strength.
Pulldowns are great for back width. Just get stronger and stronger on them.
As for increasing your efficiency at pullups/chinups, you can do one of two things:
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do lots of chin ups/pull ups, every time you’re in the gym. However don’t go to failure. Just do plenty of sets, short of failure. I think they call this “greasing the groove” (pavlov?). Shoot for about 200, and don’t forget your BCAAs (ignore this last sentence it’s a joke).
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You can try doing negatives, if you have a partner do assit you or one of those machines which support your feet.
Pavel/Pavlov was that intentional? 
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Haha…yea, um, it was intentional. Let’s go with that =)
Cool, thanks for the feedback and info on “Greasing the Groove” & multiple sets of low reps.
Also just received John Roman’s back program which looks fantastic and pretty much exactly the type of info I was looking for.