What are the differences between a pull up and a chin up? which targeted on whic!


Question: I don't know if there's a real official answer, but I always think of a pull up as palms facing out, and a chin up as palms facing in towards you. So with that- a pull up with your palms facing away targets your lats more (and the wider grip you have, the more work your lats do). Your shoulders also get a lot of work, triceps as well. With a chin up, you still get a shoulder workout, but also your biceps. With both of these exercises, your grip, and therefore your forearms, get a workout also!


Answers: I don't know if there's a real official answer, but I always think of a pull up as palms facing out, and a chin up as palms facing in towards you. So with that- a pull up with your palms facing away targets your lats more (and the wider grip you have, the more work your lats do). Your shoulders also get a lot of work, triceps as well. With a chin up, you still get a shoulder workout, but also your biceps. With both of these exercises, your grip, and therefore your forearms, get a workout also!

nothing really. Lat pull downs and chin ups do have a difference, chin ups use your own body weight, and lat pulldown have you seated and pull down weight

A chin up is more active on your neck mucles, a pull up works for you upper body

I believe Chin ups your knuckles are facing towards you as you pull up, and in the classic pull up, your knuckles are facing away from your face as you pull up.

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Pull Ups - Your hands are facing away from you.
Chin Ups - Your hands are facing you.

Although both exercise the shoulders, biceps, forearms and grip strength, pull ups transfer more of the movement to the upper side of your forearms, and are usually more tiring than chin ups.

The difference is the grip you use. In a pull up, the back of your hand should be facing you. The muscles used are the
back (lattisimus dorsi), bicep, shoulder (trapezius and deltoid) and forearm.

In a chin up, the fingers should be facing you (in a close handed hold) and use much of the same muscle, but targer more the deltoid, trapezius, bicep and back muscles.

For that extra bad *** look, do one armed chin ups. Those are great for isolating, but make sure you do both arms. Symmetry in your muscles is important.

Edit: When your first starting, have someone spot you and help you up just a tiny bit. As you can do more reps, add weight. Hold a medicine ball between your knees, a dumbell between your feet, ankle weights, anything, make it harder for yourself. As you progress, proceed to more advanced variations such as muscle ups, sternum chins ups etc.





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