Eccentric Chinups Exercise: What Are They & How To Do Them

What Muscles Does Eccentric Chin-Ups Workout?

Primary Muscle: Middle Back/Lats

Secondary Muscles: Biceps/Shoulders

What Equipment Is Needed To Do Eccentric Chin-Up?

You will need a pullup bar & a box or a chair. Something sturdy that you can stand on.

How To Do Eccentric Chin-Ups?

Eccentric Chin-Ups are basically an easier version of regular chin ups.

Instead of having to pull yourself back up and down, you just focus on the going back down part.

This helps with building up the muscles needed to get you to where you can do regular chin-ups in the future.

Here is a good video of someone doing eccentric chin-ups to give you a visual idea.