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Pull up vs Chin up pour avoir de gros dorsaux ?

Messagepar Jean-Calude le 20/02/2008 11h48

Qu'en pensez-vous? :idea:

PULL-UPS/CHIN-UPS

Misconception #8:

"They say pull-ups work your lats more than chin-ups because they minimize the use of your biceps. They're also harder so they must be better."

I can hear the whistle of incoming flames already. Some of you are probably thinking, "Surely this can't be a misconception." Well, just hang in there (pun intended) and hear me out. Others may be scratching their heads and saying, "But aren't pull-ups and chins just different names for the same exercise?" No, they're not. Let's once again define our terms. When you do pull-ups, your hands are pronated (palms facing away from the body when placed on the bar), and you typically grip the bar a bit wider than shoulder width.

This is a pull-up.

When you do chin-ups, your hands are supinated (palms facing towards the body when placed on the bar) and you grip the bar right around shoulder width, or a bit narrower or wider depending on individual comfort.

This is a chin-up.

Most people find that chin-ups are easier because you're better able to use your biceps, and pull-ups are harder because you can't use your biceps as much. They likely deduce that because of this, pull-ups allow you to put more stress on the lats, and therefore are better for lat development. It's an understandable conclusion, but it's wrong.

In the chin-up, the biceps are placed in a much more efficient pulling position. This enables one to do more reps, or use more weight, as compared to the pull-up, which places the biceps in a comparatively weaker pulling position. If we are trying to get maximal development of the lats, we want to maximize the loading (and loading duration) of the involved musculature by placing the smallest muscles in a position where they can last the longest or be loaded the greatest so that they don't give out prior to the larger muscles involved. Chin-ups accomplish this. Pull-ups don't.

Make no mistake about it, in the pull-up the elbow still flexes, and the movement will be over when the elbow can no longer flex. In addition, the lat contracts through a greater range of motion at the glenohumeral joint on the chin-up. Generally, it's always better to take a muscle through its full safe range of motion for optimal development.

Many times, though, trainees will become concerned with where they "feel" the exercise and they imagine they "feel" the pull-up more in the lats and feel chin-ups more in the biceps. However, unless you have some crazy strength imbalance and can curl your bodyweight, you don't need to worry about feeling chin-ups in your biceps.

By the way, about that upper back "pump" you think you're feeling in your lats after a set of pull-ups: what you're actually feeling is the teres major (a.k.a the "mini-lat"), a relatively small muscle that's being recruited more in the pull-up variation because of the greater adduction component at the shoulder.

That "lat pump" you feel after doing pullups is actually the little teres major.

I'm not suggesting that the pull-up isn't a viable alternative to chins on occasion, but I do believe that if you're using them to maximally develop your lats because you think your biceps aren't involved as much, you need to re-examine your approach.

Chins are probably a better option because you can increase the duration of loading on the lats and use more load in comparison along with an increase in the range of motion. The arm development from chins is a nice side benefit as well, which I'm sure many wouldn't complain about.
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Pull up vs Chin up pour avoir de gros dorsaux ?

Messagepar Thory le 20/02/2008 11h58

C'est de toi? :p
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Pull up vs Chin up pour avoir de gros dorsaux ?

Messagepar Jean-Calude le 20/02/2008 12h10

Même si ca m'arrangerait que ca soit vrai, non. :D
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Pull up vs Chin up pour avoir de gros dorsaux ?

Messagepar Patrick B le 20/02/2008 12h41

Ca vient de T-nation
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Pull up vs Chin up pour avoir de gros dorsaux ?

Messagepar Pat G le 20/02/2008 12h42



yep, je suis resté septioque sur cette partie de l'article, mais je suis assez d'accord, avec les chin-up je ressent plus les dorsaux alors qu'avec les pull-up j'ai l'imression que c'est surtout les trapezes qui bossent.
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Pull up vs Chin up pour avoir de gros dorsaux ?

Messagepar Romain R. le 20/02/2008 13h00

Pour que les pull-ups soient efficace, il faut déja être assez fort pour pouvoir les faire correctement ! Généralement l'exécution se transforme vite en n'importe quoi...
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