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gorilla chin

gorilla chin is a common strength training exercise. Below are form tips, steps, and demos.

Steps

Step 1. Hang from a pull-up bar with an overhand grip, slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and your arms fully extended

Step 2. Engage your core and pull your body up while shifting your weight toward one side

Step 3. Bend the arm on that side, driving your elbow toward your ribs while keeping the other arm mostly straight

Step 4. Continue pulling until your chin rises above the bar on the bent-arm side

Step 5. Lower yourself back down with control, then repeat the movement, shifting your weight to the other side

Step 6. Alternate sides with each repetition.

Muscles & body parts

Primary muscles

lats

Secondary muscles

bicepsforearms

Primary body parts

back

Common mistakes & warnings

Form & control

Avoid momentum and excessive swing; keep core stable; match breath to movement; control the eccentric phase.

Control breathing and core; keep a steady tempo.

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