Calisthenics Exercise: Chin-Ups To Add Muscle Mass & Reduce Skinny Fat, Workout At-Home

Aug 28, 2025

Muscles Focus (1, 2, 3, 4): arms/biceps, forearms, back/latissimus dorsi/lats, rhomboids, trapezius, shoulders/posterior deltoids

*Add muscle mass, reduce skinny fat (lack of genetic muscle), build strength, and maintain muscle with more reps while increasing muscle endurance (tone)

*You can only maintain and tone muscles you already have (genetically and/or added via resistance/exercise)

Calisthenics Exercise: Chin-Ups — via Inspire US

Calisthenics Exercise: Chin-Ups To Add Muscle Mass & Reduce Skinny Fat, Workout At-Home — via Inspire US

Pull Up vs Chin Up — via Fit Life Regime

*Here are more calisthenics exercises that add muscle mass to reduce skinny fat (lack of genetic muscle tissue)

References

Inspire US: Chin Ups: Benefits, Muscles Worked, and More, August 1, 2023, Debbie Luna (Reviewed by Daniel Dominick TE, PTRP). https://www.inspireusafoundation.org/chin-ups/
Ace Fitness: ACE Technique Series: Chin-ups. https://www.acefitness.org/continuing-education/prosource/february-2016/5799/ace-technique-series-chin-ups/?srsltid=AfmBOoqwNZHwlOzaLo3uSVlBEzvppkFQyC2QWeQWSHmldymZ-rGh_PAl
NASM: Chin Ups vs. Pull-Ups: The Difference, The Benefits & Muscles Worked, https://www.nasm.org/resource-center/blog/chin-ups-vs.-pull-ups-the-difference-the-benefits-muscles-worked
Fit Life Regime: Pull Ups vs Chin Ups: The Ultimate Comparison, https://fitliferegime.com/pull-ups-vs-chin-ups/