Which one is a Chin up ?

I ask because My routine involves chins. And i have been doing B as a Chin but i notice others do A and refer to them as chins.

I just call A wide grip chins and B close grip chins.

A will target you lats more than B, B will target your biceps more than A. So when training back do A.

Age - 18

Bench - 95kg (at 62kg)
Deadlift - 120kg (at 62kg)
Squat - 100kgx5 (at 62kg)
Front Squat - 92.5kg (at 62kg)

I call the overhand version (A) pull ups and the underhand version (B) chin ups.

I would then say wide grip pull ups or narrow grip depending on hand spacing.

Incidentally, I do them both as part of my back and bicep day.

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I do Chins on Back and Bicep Day

I do
Barbell deadlifts
Weighted chins
DB Seated Incline row
Barbell curl

So Considering this should i do A as chins or B as chins ?

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Do type A.

Type B could be used as a barbell curl replacement though. I prefer barbell curls personally but you may fancy a change every now and then.

Age - 18

Bench - 95kg (at 62kg)
Deadlift - 120kg (at 62kg)
Squat - 100kgx5 (at 62kg)
Front Squat - 92.5kg (at 62kg)

A is a "pull up" B is a "chin up" chin ups are where the palms are facing you. pull ups are when palms are facing the other way like in A

Also to help you clear this up...

think of a "lat pull down" machine. then look at A. you will see that A is a "pull-up" rather then a pull down that you normally do on pull down machines ;D

Pull ups are more natural (you cant rock climb doing chinups). chinups work biceps well, as do pull ups, and bother give a good back work out.

no 'both' option?

id class them both as chin ups, one is under hand, one is over hand, one is wide grip the other is narrow grip but all are differing versions of chin ups imo

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dead - 190kg x 1
bench - 130kg x 1
squat - 180kg x 3

Either, or both

I've always understood it to be A, hence why wide grip chins are the same as chins but with a wider grip.

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BP 155 (150 recently)
DL 250
SQ 185

A - Pull ups
B - Chin ups

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A - Pull ups
B - Chin ups

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Do type A.

Type B could be used as a barbell curl replacement though. I prefer barbell curls personally but you may fancy a change every now and then.

no it couldnt..different range of motion

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I call the overhand version (A) pull ups and the underhand version (B) chin ups.

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Close grip pulls work the lats best i find, if you arch your back andpull to your chest.

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My first thought is A because his chin is clearing the bar?

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i think rows are better than both of those for lats

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i think rows are better than both of those for lats

bent over bb rows really hurt my back

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A - Pull ups
B - Chin ups

Both.

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I refer to A as Pull-Ups and B as Chin-Ups.

Where do you stand on a semi-supinated grip then (hands facing each other)?

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