Weighted Chin Up

Equipment: Plate

Weighted Chin-up

Description

The weighted chin-up is a challenging exercise that builds upper body strength, targeting the back and biceps. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Attach a weight belt around your waist with the desired weight.
  2. Grab the chin-up bar with an underhand grip (palms facing you), hands shoulder-width apart.
  3. Hang fully extended from the bar with your legs crossed to keep the weight steady.
  4. Pull yourself up until your chin is above the bar, engaging your back and bicep muscles.
  5. Pause briefly at the top, then slowly lower yourself back to the starting position.
  6. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Primary Muscles

  • Infraspinatus
  • Latissimus Dorsi
  • Teres Major
  • Teres Minor
  • Trapezius Lower Fibers
  • Trapezius Middle Fibers

Synergistic Muscles

  • Brachialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Deltoid Posterior