Close Grip Chin Up Video Exercise Guide

The close grip chin up is a variation of the chin up and an exercise used to target the muscles of the back. In particular, the close grip chin up works the lats, but also indirectly hits the muscles of the upper back, biceps, and core.

The close grip chin up will encourage slightly more involvement from the biceps than other chin up variations. Thus, the close grip chin up is best used as an exercise to overload the biceps when attempting to maximize bicep muscle growth.