A bit more bicep and chest for the chin-up, a bit more lower traps for the pull-up. Otherwise no differences worth mentioning.my understanding is that pull-ups develop your lats and upper back more. chin-ups have more added assistance of biceps.
I noticed while experimenting with things that overgrip pullups helped me develop the strength to go from 1h 32kg swings to 1h 40kg swings. I think the overgrip pullups are probably more "real world" functional strength, but maybe the good point for the undergrip chinups is that they don't overuse the muscles we're using in judo or physical labour but rather build up supplemental ones.It depends upon what your goals are. For my purposes pull-ups fit the bill better than chin-ups. I agree that if one is looking for balance then doing both might be of value (assuming one has the bandwidth in their training programme)
Also I concur that rings work great (for both)
Good advice. Maybe 1 set of Pull-ups is more useful than 1 set of Chin-up. But 1 set of Pull-ups and Chin-ups is better than 2 sets of either.For general fitness purposes, mixing them all is good, IMHO.
If you need to pull yourself up and over things, a pullup, otherwise whatever you like. Bicep can help more in chin-up grip. Don't forget about other variations like a neutral grip and using rings instead of a bar. For general fitness purposes, mixing them all is good, IMHO.
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Thank you. I think this will make me continue to give a preference to chinups over pullups, as it's the front of the body I need some more work on and the back chain is doing well with S&S.Chin-ups work more of your anterior/front of your body, pull-ups work more of the posterior of your upper body. In my training for Iron Maiden, I found it beneficial to work weighted Chins because I could pull more weight in a chin and this helped my neural drive. Like Steve said, I agree both chins and pull-ups have a place in your training. I will caution that you really have to watch the volume more in Chin ups than in pull-ups in my experience. Chins are harder on the elbows.