Back exercise

Neutral Grip Pull Up

Pull-up with your palms facing each other, easy on shoulders and elbows.

How to do the Neutral Grip Pull Up

4 steps, in the order you do them.

Hang from the parallel handles with your palms facing each other and your arms extended.
Pull your shoulder blades down and keep your core tight.
Pull, driving your elbows down and close to your body until your chin clears the handles.
Lower in a controlled way until your arms are fully extended.

What goes wrong most often when you do the Neutral Grip Pull Up, and how to fix it.

The elbows flare out to the sides with the palms facing each other.
With the neutral grip, drive your elbows down and slightly forward, close to your ribs.
You stretch your neck to get your chin over the handles.
Raise your chest toward the handles with your head in line, without stretching your neck to clear them.
You only lower halfway and never straighten your arms.
Lower until your elbows are straight with your shoulders engaged, and start the next rep from there.