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What do you call a chin-up?

The test in which you hang from an overhead bar, then pull your body up so that the chin is over over the bar height, can be called either a chin-up or pull-up. The bar can be grasped using either an overhand grip (palms facing away from the body) or underhand grip (palms facing towards the body). Some sources use the term chin-up only for describing the test when the underhand grip is used. On this website, we have used mostly pull-up, but the terms pull-up and chin-up are sometimes used interchangeably. We won't get into a discussion about whether it should be 'chinup', 'chin-up' or 'chin up'!

I have given you four choices in this poll, what you call it should be covered by one of these.

Is it a pull-up or chin-up?


A chin-up is ONLY when
an underhand grip is used
A chin-up is ONLY when
an overhand grip is used
I ALWAYS call it a chin-up,
no matter what grip
I ALWAYS call it a pull-up,
no matter what grip

Disclaimer: These polls are not scientific, and only reflect the opinion of visitors to this website who have chosen to participate.



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