When an athlete bends over, it shows who is weak. We didn’t want to have our athletes appearing weak, so we made them stand up. Maybe we’re wrong about that.

We have a current state of back development in the sport that erectors are thick and upper backs overpower lat development. There’s a reason for this — and a way to fix it.

Your ideal width will be determined by several key anatomical measurements.

Correct your shoulder mobility, integrate your lats and brace your core to hit a new squat PR.

Optimally, you want a straight-arm position.

Wide for wide, in for in, in for out, out for in—we’ve heard all the catch phrases for where to hold the bar on a lat pull-down.