best grip for chins?

[natty]

wide?
short?
shoulder width?
hands out?
hands in?

whats best?

 

[tad69]

For Back - Palms facing away and wide as comfortable.
This works for me.

 

[Trevdog]

I usually do them with palms out, slightly wider than shoulder width. But occasionally I'll do them palms in at shoulder width.

 

[SkedMedz]

ALL grips work well! Standard basic grip would be palms facing away from you, with a wide grip of course. Reverse-grip. My favorite is parallel grip chins(close-grip) though. There are no "best" though in my opinion. chins in general(despite grip) are definitely the best lat exercise as far as I am concerned, despite the grip you assume. I would go so far as to say, that if you were only able to do like 3 reps on any given grip with chins, that that would be more condusive to lat mass than would any amount of weight/reps on a machine.

The reason that chins are better than machines, even though they are the exact same range of motion is simple. There is no mechanical advantage assumed by the lifter with chins. It is just you vs. your weight. No pulleys & cables helping you along.

 

[A-rod]

The grip that allows you to strap the most weight on is the best one for muscle building .....

 

[A-rod]

As long as you use full range of motion .....

 

[smitty4]

I vary the grip postion and width. This seems to keep the progress coming...at least it does for me...eveyone is different.

 

[70w30]

Palms out for me ,and the most comfortable width for full range of motion

 

[bigjay00]

i do palms out wide

 

[Achilles]

Wide Grip all the way. Less bicep more back.

 

[JCalvin619]

I prefer a wider grip with the palms out, it works my lats and back more. The closer the grip, the more I feel I'm using my arms instead of my back. And with the palms in all I use is biceps it seems.

 

[ucadaddy]

I like my palms out with a wide grip. This makes it easier for me to visualize my hands as hooks and not as a muscle group. It makes it easier to concentrate on back muscles instead of blocking out the biceps.