underhand chin-ups, is it for back or biceps
should i do it on biceps or back day?
is it a good mass builder?
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05-31-2008, 11:03 PM #1Registered User
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Is underhand chin-ups for back or biceps?
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05-31-2008, 11:13 PM #2Registered User
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Its both depending on the technique you use, you can issolate the back of biceps more. I do chinups on biceps days.
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05-31-2008, 11:17 PM #3Registered User
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It works your back and biceps and other muscles. It's a compound movement.
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06-01-2008, 06:47 AM #4Random Words
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Chinups (underhand) focus more on the biceps, but chinups & pullups both hit your back & biceps to varying degrees - so just alternate between the two for combined benefits.
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06-01-2008, 09:24 AM #5Registered User
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Chin-ups are performed with an underhand grip which hits lats,rear delts,lower traps,teres major,biceps,brachialis,and helps with grip strength.Its a very effective upper body exercise.
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06-01-2008, 09:31 AM #6Banned
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I do close grip chin ups for biceps and wide grip pull ups for back. That being said chin ups and pull ups both work back and biceps but just to varying degrees.
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06-01-2008, 09:46 AM #7Registered User
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The only difference in the two is that a chin up puts your biceps into the movement more usually makes it the stronger of the 2 more most people while pull ups use the brachialis muscle to a greater degree and less biceps. That being said they all hit the same muscles in the back and remember the wider the grip the shorter the range of motion as well.
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