I was doing something like that with pullups everyday for a while. Didn’t use wide but would hang and just pull until they were pinched and shoulders pulled down, drop back into a hang and repeat for reps. Really should start doing that again. They felt good and also helped my full pullup.
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Wow, I’ve never seen those before. Fascinating. What’s the reasoning behind stopping part way instead of doing full range of motion?
Man, so you guys have that in common. The weird thing for me is that my back is way more developed than my chest, so I have forward shoulder (from sitting at a computer) but also probably need to decrease my back volume until chest catches up. Seems like a cache 22.
Not entirely sure. It may be covered in the article:
My guess is that under full range, the lats take over and not the traps or the rhomboids.
I really like these for scapular retraction
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My guess is the same as studhammers, hits the musles that affect scapular retraction in the upperback rather than mid. I would imagine it gets the lower traps, rhomboids, teres major and minor
Yes these are part of my program as well. Usually very high rep like 30.
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Different form of scapular retraction but I really like these also. My upper traps are really tight so helps balance it out. They humbled me really quick though, doesn’t take much weight to feel a burn when lower traps are not used to being hit that way.
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^^^^exercise starts at 3:49 
Thanks Watts, wasn’t thinking of that until you posted. He did do a bit of talking before he even showed the exercise.
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My PT was emphatic that when doing those and any side raises, we must keep our hands in the neutral position to keep the thumbs up. He said this “opens” our shoulder to allow our arms to go above our heads. Just an FYI
That’s one of the things I always remember from Athleanx years ago. He said it about 30 times in a 2 min video.
Hammer grip like he was showing in the video? I’ve never done side laterals that way. Just messing with them at my desk seems like it takes the focus of the medial and puts it more on the front delt. Sides I always go about half way between palms down and neutral so still leading with the thumb but not fully there.
Yes sir, again my PT talking ( I was in PT for 3 months) but I guess any other position puts unwanted pressure on the joint.
I had to do the reverse flies like in the video on a “body ball”
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He was the reason I quit the fully neutral grip, due to this video. I tried the whole pouring water out of a pitcher when I was just starting. Even before my shoulder problems it pissed them off and never felt right. I just started doing something similar with his leaning forward, by putting an incline at not quite vertical position and sit facing it. That way I am supported to eliminate any body english/cheating.
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I work sometimes with a trainer at my gym that used to be a kinesiology guy for the NE Patriots and he says even with pull-ups you should have them neutral with palms facing each other to save your shoulders.
This is the only way I do pull ups. Shit, everything I do is to protect my raggedy ass shoulders!!
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No way. I always preferred those – they hit the biceps beautifully and just feel more natural – but always thought they were a “cop-out” version. I’m guessing they aren’t quite the mass-providers that normal pullups are, though, right? Gotta weigh the pros/cons, I guess.