Close Grip Pullups / Chinups
- Step up to the bar and grasp it with your palms facing you and arms close together.
- Your arms should be fully extended.
- Cross your ankles and bend your knees,
- Pull your body up until your elbows are completely bent and close to your body, reaching your chin to the bar.
- Lower your body until your arms and legs are fully extended in the starting position.
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Close grip pullups / chinups is a gym work out exercise that targets lower back and also involves biceps and forearms and upper back & lower traps. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Resistance band glute bridges, bent over two-arm long barbell / t-bar rows and renegade / alternating plank / commando rows are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as close grip pullups / chinups. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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