chin-up

See also: chin up

English

A person performing a pull-up with a narrow supine grip. It is also chin-up since the chin reaches the bar. This is the form most commonly associated with "chin" up due to it being the easiest way of pulling this high.

Person doing a pull-up with a wide prone grip. It is also a chin-up since the chin reaches the bar. Bringing the chin up is more difficult with wider prone grips, so it is not as frequently associated with chinning.

Etymology

Not a deverbal, unlike pull-up; the chin-up and the muscle-up as variations of pulling oneself upward were named later than the pull-up, with influence from its name.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɪn.ʌp/

Noun

chin-up (plural chin-ups)

1. (weightlifting) (US) An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. It can be defined more restrictively on criteria like the arms starting at lock-out, or the chin requiring contact with the bottom of the bar, or touching the neck to the bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.
   • 1973 Marilyn M. Hinson, Kinesiology, page 63

     Compare the actions of the humerus during the performance of a chin-up with supinated grip with those during the performance of a chin-up with pronated grip. Are the chin-ups alike or different with respect to muscle involvement?

Coordinate terms

• muscle-up, pull-up

Derived terms

• chin-up bar

Translations

an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back — see pull-up