Gironda Sternum Chins

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Gironda Sternum Chins — start position
Start
Gironda Sternum Chins — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryLats
SecondaryBiceps, Mid back

How to do it

  1. 01

    Grasp the pull-up bar with a shoulder width underhand grip.

  2. 02

    Now hang with your arms fully extended and stick your chest out and lean back. Tip: You will be leaning back throughout the entire movement. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    Start pulling yourself towards the bar with your spine arched throughout the movement and your head leaning back as far away from the bar as possible. Exhale as you perform this portion of the movement. Tip: At the upper end of the movement, your hips and legs will be at about a 45-degree angle to the floor.

  4. 04

    Keep pulling until your collarbone passes the bar and your lower chest or sternum area touches it. Hold that contraction for a second. Tip: By the time you've completed this portion of the movement; your head will be parallel to the floor.

  5. 05

    Slowly start going back to the starting position as you inhale.

  6. 06

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Gironda Sternum Chins appears when you own the kit it needs and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have the kit it needs

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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