Jay007
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The following are reasons why, in my opinion, the chin up is much better than the standard barbell or dummbell curls
It develops functional strength that will translate to everyday activities, sports etc.
It is a whole upper body workout that seriously shocks your system, causing an anabolic hormone response ***8211; this just doesn***8217;t happen with bicep curls! The chin up exercise can be classed alongside excellent compound exercises like the squats, bench press and deadlift. Clearly curls don***8217;t work nearly as many muscles as the chin up exercise does.
builds your chest and back. The chin up exercise will not only cause your biceps to grow quickly, but this exercise will build your chest and back. Chin ups build your whole upper body as you have to tense all muscles whilst doing them to help keep you stable.
Teaches you to handle your own body weight. If you can***8217;t handle your own body weight then your never going to excel and can never call yourself truly fit. Whereas fat people can often lift a lot on the bench press, I***8217;m yet to meet a fat guy that can do twelve chin ups.
It will improve your performance. Dumbbell curls are joked about in changing rooms for building beach muscles that look good but have no strength. By getting good at the chin up exercise you can greatly improve your upper body strength and this will clearly help you to perform better at a whole load of sports.
Lets you lift a heavy weight. When you perform the chin up exercise your always lifting a heavy weight (your body) as opposed to the minor dumbbell weights you would be lifting. It***8217;s no secret that lifting a heavy weight forces your muscles to grow much more quickly than doing many reps of a lighter weight.
The chin up prevents injury from doing heavy pressing exercises. It is important to perform pulling movements like the chin up exercise if you regularly perform heavy pressing movements like the bench press or incline bench press***8230; otherwise you will create muscular imbalances that can lead to injury.
Works the biceps in the full range of motion. Chin ups require you to fully extend your arm at the bottom of a rep and then fully contract the biceps at the top to get your chin above the bar ***8211; this works the bicep muscles completely. Many people incorrectly perform barbell and dumbbell curls so that they don***8217;t fully straighten their arms at the bottom of a rep ***8211; this is why you see guys with strange lumps in the middle of otherwise thin arms.
Improves grip strength. Better grip strength will help you in real life, sports like rock climbing and will help you to perform other serious exercises like the deadlift where the limiting factor to how much you can lift is often how powerful your grip is.
By the way, I***8217;m not saying you need to stop doing curls. Consider doing your curls after the chin ups. They will obviously be harder when your already tired, but this is a good thing and will increase muscle growth.
It develops functional strength that will translate to everyday activities, sports etc.
It is a whole upper body workout that seriously shocks your system, causing an anabolic hormone response ***8211; this just doesn***8217;t happen with bicep curls! The chin up exercise can be classed alongside excellent compound exercises like the squats, bench press and deadlift. Clearly curls don***8217;t work nearly as many muscles as the chin up exercise does.
builds your chest and back. The chin up exercise will not only cause your biceps to grow quickly, but this exercise will build your chest and back. Chin ups build your whole upper body as you have to tense all muscles whilst doing them to help keep you stable.
Teaches you to handle your own body weight. If you can***8217;t handle your own body weight then your never going to excel and can never call yourself truly fit. Whereas fat people can often lift a lot on the bench press, I***8217;m yet to meet a fat guy that can do twelve chin ups.
It will improve your performance. Dumbbell curls are joked about in changing rooms for building beach muscles that look good but have no strength. By getting good at the chin up exercise you can greatly improve your upper body strength and this will clearly help you to perform better at a whole load of sports.
Lets you lift a heavy weight. When you perform the chin up exercise your always lifting a heavy weight (your body) as opposed to the minor dumbbell weights you would be lifting. It***8217;s no secret that lifting a heavy weight forces your muscles to grow much more quickly than doing many reps of a lighter weight.
The chin up prevents injury from doing heavy pressing exercises. It is important to perform pulling movements like the chin up exercise if you regularly perform heavy pressing movements like the bench press or incline bench press***8230; otherwise you will create muscular imbalances that can lead to injury.
Works the biceps in the full range of motion. Chin ups require you to fully extend your arm at the bottom of a rep and then fully contract the biceps at the top to get your chin above the bar ***8211; this works the bicep muscles completely. Many people incorrectly perform barbell and dumbbell curls so that they don***8217;t fully straighten their arms at the bottom of a rep ***8211; this is why you see guys with strange lumps in the middle of otherwise thin arms.
Improves grip strength. Better grip strength will help you in real life, sports like rock climbing and will help you to perform other serious exercises like the deadlift where the limiting factor to how much you can lift is often how powerful your grip is.
By the way, I***8217;m not saying you need to stop doing curls. Consider doing your curls after the chin ups. They will obviously be harder when your already tired, but this is a good thing and will increase muscle growth.
