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Push ups are done by pushing oneself up off of the ground (arms only) and pull ups are done by lifting oneself up by means of an elevated bar. Pull ups are much harder to do. Different muscles are exercised by these two types of exercise.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agobetter in terms of muscle use would be pull ups. better in terms of difficulty would be chin ups. chin ups work your biceps way more than pull ups.
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∙ 12y agothink of it this way, if you do a chinup then you pull urself up to ur chin. if you do a pullup that's when you go full on and pull urself up to ur shoulders.
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∙ 13y agothey work different muscles... so i'd do both of them
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∙ 12y agoChin ups are used to pull the body up with an underhand grip. Pull ups are used to pull the body up with an overhand grip (palms faced away).
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