Chin-Up

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Watch Chin-Up

Technique

How to perform Chin-Up

1. Grip a pull-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands at a comfortable roughly shoulder-width spacing.
2. Hang with your arms extended and keep your trunk controlled.
3. Bend your elbows and pull your body upward without swinging or kicking.
4. Bring your chin above the bar without craning your neck.
5. Lower smoothly until your arms return to the starting position.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Latissimus Dorsi, Biceps Brachii Long Head, Biceps Brachii Short Head.

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.