Do pull ups and chin ups work different muscle?

[Vivaldi]

Do pull ups and chin ups work different muscles? Does someone who does pull ups have to do chin ups?

[Anonymous]

They work the same groups but with different emphasis. Pull ups will put more emphasis on the lats while chin ups take stress off the lats and incorporate the biceps more.

[Azgeda]

Yep , that abouts summarize it.
To add , if you're working out for aesthetics , for back width you'll want to do more pull ups , for more thickness you might want to focus on chin ups.

[Vivaldi]

Do I have to do china ups?

[Vivaldi]

Chin ups

[Azgeda]

Better at building biceps than bicep curls.

[Vivaldi]

Then I will also do chin ups?

[Azgeda]

For my back routine I start with pullups cos they are the hardest , then chin-ups , then dumbbell rolls , then dumbbell pullovers.

Don't just do one exercise , make sure you hit your muscles from all directions.

[TripleAce]

Just variations... pull ups is one of the best back excercises if not the best

[Vivaldi]

Do I have to do chin ups?

[TripleAce]

If you are doing it for your back do more pulls ups

for example everytime you do 5 separate sessions of pulls ups. The 6 you can do chin ups just to hit the back at a different angle

[Vivaldi]

You suggest that I also do chin ups?

[TripleAce]

Sure just to throw it in once in a while. variations never hurt

[Xfitchick]

Yes they do. You should feel the difference. Depending on the position of the hands you train biceps, shoulders and upper back.