Palms toward you

Chin-Up

Palms face you. Hang. Pull until the chin is over. Lower. Your biceps help. Your back still has to work. No kip.

Hunter: I use chin-ups when pull-ups feel like a wall. Same honesty. If I have to kip, I go back to a pulldown and a hang.

Cues

Hands about shoulder width. Palms toward you. Thumbs around.
Packed hang. Shoulders down.
Pull. Elbows toward your ribs. Chest up.
Chin over. Pause. Do not throw the head back to cheat.
Lower to a long hang. That is one.

Setup

Same bar as a pull-up. Band-assisted is allowed. Log the name. Neutral-grip pull-ups on parallel handles are a cousin. Log those as their own movement if you use them.

Vs a pull-up

Supinated grip usually lets more people get chin over sooner. It is not a lesser pull. It is a different grip. Neutral pulldowns are the machine cousin. Log the tool you used.

Arms still need curls

Chin-ups use the biceps. EZ-bar curls still belong on a pull day if you want extra arm work. Do not skip logging either one because they overlap. They are not the same set.

Assistance

Band, machine, or negatives. Name them. Three clean assisted reps beat ten ugly swings. Engine is how next week stays honest.

Common misses

Kipping. Only curling so the shoulders shrug. Half-reps. Mixing chin-ups and pull-ups in one set. Also: a false grip that wrecks the wrists in week one.

FAQ

Closer grip?

About shoulder width is the default. Too close can bother the wrists. Move out a little if they complain.

Should I add weight?

After 8 clean bodyweight reps. A backpack or a belt. Log the extra. Do not add plates because a clip did.

Log chin-ups in the free Vitality Engine. Chin over, no kip, named as chin-ups.

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