Seated Chin-Up (Low Bar Position)
The seated chin-up to a lower bar: the body leans back under it and the chest is pulled toward the bar, a pull halfway between a chin-up and a row.
How to do it
Setup
Seated with straight legs under a bar at about head height, underhand grip shoulder-width, leaning back on long arms.
Steps
- Pull the chest to the bar, the body rising in one line.
- Touch the bar with the upper chest, elbows behind the ribs.
- Lower back to long arms, heels still down.
Common mistakes
Hips folding as the chest rises: squeeze the glutes and keep the line. Chin chasing the bar: the chest reaches it, the neck stays long. Dropping back down: return as slowly as you pulled.
Breathing
Exhale on the pull, inhale lowering.
