Good video man but your pull-up form needs some work! Super sloppy because you are curving your upper torso toward the bar at the top and letting your scapula extend. keep you scap tight and keep your body straight or with upper body slightly lent back and slow your tempo. Also keep your core tighter, keep your legs together and make sure the legs are directly under you or slightly in front, not behind. I know you are always improving so I hope this helps you man.
Chin ups are better bc they both have the same back involvement except the chin up used the biceps. More muscle mass > less muscle mass 100% of the time.
So if I can only do chin ups and not pull ups, will working on my chin ups help me progress toward pulls up? Or I suppose it would be more ideal to do chin ups and assisted pull ups? 😀
I prefer the ups with the palms facing each other. Not sure what that’s called. I’m just going to call it “polishing the rocket” pull ups cuz ur hands are…..well u get the visual. Anyway I feel a good balance of bicep and back stimulation when I do those
I prefere the neutral pull up, with a medium to close grip, and a pause at the e bottom. I feel a lot my biceps, and at the bottom i feel and incredible stretch in the lats, while at the end of the concentric phase i super feel my upper back. Is awesome. And you don't get tired by your grip and forearms, wich is optimal because i do thick bar work for them later
I have done both weighted Chin ups & pull ups, they differ in these distinct ways. 1 chin up I feel more in my chest, upper back and biceps. Weighted pull ups I feel more on my traps, lower back and not on my chest at all. But they are great exercises and both work well but weighted pull ups seem to compliment barbell row and if you can lift heavy on barbell rows then your weighted pull ups will be able to increase because your arms are in the same position when you conduct the movement. The only difference is you can move much more weight on the weighted chin ups than weighted pull ups. Neutral grip is something else entirely because I don’t have access to a neutral grip bar I cannot attest to the different way it affects your body.
I do both pullups and chinups religiously. But if I had to choose one over the other, I'm taking chins. It's both a back and bicep builder.
I mean is it SLIGHTLY easier by 10-15%? OK sure. But that's a few reps extra max. Also you can add weight, slow the tempo of the negative, etc to make it just as hard.
Not all too hopeful to get an answer on this old video but typing this isn't too much a chore to have a try: My pullups vs chinups ratio is horrible. I can tackle some 12 chinups at best while for pullups I can do 7. And the quality of those reps is drastically different. My chinups look good, but pullups (at least the last few reps) are average at best.
Now I know there are differences in how we are built and for some people chinups are the stronger one and for others it's the pullups. Still, my numbers in both are quite far apart which makes me question if I'm doing everything properly. My biceps aren't that well worked on so that can't be the sole reason for this. Also I'm working out pretty evenly so there really shouldn't be any posterior/anterior favouritism. Over the course of last couple of years on/off training (bodyweight mostly) the biggest side differences should have been evened out already.
Anyone experiencing or have experienced the same? All I can think is some back muscles for me aren't activating quite as well as they should.
Can do 3 solid chins at a time then usually add negatives at the end my goal is just to keep building up more reps then in the long term add extra resistance
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If you do a lot of isolation work for your bicep – do pullups, if not than go with chinups. It is simple as that.
I only do chin ups. No biceps growth.
Depends on the form. Leading with the elbows takes away the biceps.
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I like slow and controlled pull ups the best, going all the way down too. Nice video though, yours are pretty good
I get huge activation in my Pec when I do pull ups
Good video man but your pull-up form needs some work! Super sloppy because you are curving your upper torso toward the bar at the top and letting your scapula extend. keep you scap tight and keep your body straight or with upper body slightly lent back and slow your tempo. Also keep your core tighter, keep your legs together and make sure the legs are directly under you or slightly in front, not behind. I know you are always improving so I hope this helps you man.
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Chin ups are better bc they both have the same back involvement except the chin up used the biceps. More muscle mass > less muscle mass 100% of the time.
Chin ups are easy but pull ups are fairly difficult for me
So if I can only do chin ups and not pull ups, will working on my chin ups help me progress toward pulls up? Or I suppose it would be more ideal to do chin ups and assisted pull ups? 😀
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Does a bigger back mean broader shoulders as well??
I prefer the ups with the palms facing each other. Not sure what that’s called. I’m just going to call it “polishing the rocket” pull ups cuz ur hands are…..well u get the visual. Anyway I feel a good balance of bicep and back stimulation when I do those
Omar did you get forearm growth ? What was your mean weight for 2016? Thanks.
Hey man I use resistance band can I do a pull ups without them in the future or no?
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Medial epicondylitis else I would do pull-ups. Chin-ups are a little easier on the elbows from those suffering
I can do more chin ups but I can’t do pull-ups
Chin ups…. Allows you to lift more weight + more bicep growth and just as much back growth as pull ups.
I prefere the neutral pull up, with a medium to close grip, and a pause at the e bottom. I feel a lot my biceps, and at the bottom i feel and incredible stretch in the lats, while at the end of the concentric phase i super feel my upper back. Is awesome. And you don't get tired by your grip and forearms, wich is optimal because i do thick bar work for them later
Chinups for me.
I have done both weighted Chin ups & pull ups, they differ in these distinct ways. 1 chin up I feel more in my chest, upper back and biceps. Weighted pull ups I feel more on my traps, lower back and not on my chest at all. But they are great exercises and both work well but weighted pull ups seem to compliment barbell row and if you can lift heavy on barbell rows then your weighted pull ups will be able to increase because your arms are in the same position when you conduct the movement. The only difference is you can move much more weight on the weighted chin ups than weighted pull ups. Neutral grip is something else entirely because I don’t have access to a neutral grip bar I cannot attest to the different way it affects your body.
ey omar both are same thing
Neutral grip pull ups and chin ups all day, baby 😎
I do both pullups and chinups religiously. But if I had to choose one over the other, I'm taking chins. It's both a back and bicep builder.
I mean is it SLIGHTLY easier by 10-15%? OK sure. But that's a few reps extra max. Also you can add weight, slow the tempo of the negative, etc to make it just as hard.
Chin up is essentially a barbell curl. How can you say it has "a little" effect in the bi's? C'mon now…
Not all too hopeful to get an answer on this old video but typing this isn't too much a chore to have a try:
My pullups vs chinups ratio is horrible. I can tackle some 12 chinups at best while for pullups I can do 7. And the quality of those reps is drastically different. My chinups look good, but pullups (at least the last few reps) are average at best.
Now I know there are differences in how we are built and for some people chinups are the stronger one and for others it's the pullups. Still, my numbers in both are quite far apart which makes me question if I'm doing everything properly.
My biceps aren't that well worked on so that can't be the sole reason for this. Also I'm working out pretty evenly so there really shouldn't be any posterior/anterior favouritism. Over the course of last couple of years on/off training (bodyweight mostly) the biggest side differences should have been evened out already.
Anyone experiencing or have experienced the same? All I can think is some back muscles for me aren't activating quite as well as they should.
Neutral grip squad where u at
I find normal pull-ups way easier can someone explain why
why is this even an argument. do both
I like to do both. Chin ups on my arm day, pull ups on my back day
I think the chin up is better cause it will help you gain sulpination in your training. Every lift we do is already pronated.
Can do 3 solid chins at a time then usually add negatives at the end my goal is just to keep building up more reps then in the long term add extra resistance
Would it be effective if did 3 sets of pulls and 3 sets of chins four times in a week? Thank you!
Is it standard for chinnups to go almost to lockout, but not all the way?
chin ups bai ji
Thanks for the advice and content