Place the V-bar over the middle of the chinning bar. Take your grip on the handles of the V-bar. Straighten your arms completely to fully stretch your lats. Bend your legs at 90-degree angles and cross your ankles. Lean backward throughout the movement and slowly pull yourself up to the bar, touching your chest to the handle with your back still slightly arched. Lower yourself slowly back to the starting position and repeat.

(Primary muscles: upper latissimus dorsi complex)

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