Quest for the One Arm/Hand Chin-up

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When I started this blog, I wasn’t familiar with the vernacular of the one arm chinning throngs, and I mistakenly named the blog, onehandchinup.com. Apparently there is a distinction between a one hand chinup and a one arm chin. A one hand chinup refers to a chinup done with one hand on the bar and the other hand holding the wrist of the hand holding the bar. Of course, as you are still using two hands, this is not really a one hand chin nor is it a one arm chin. It is still a two hand chin up.

A one arm chinup refers to a chinup done with one hand on the bar and the other dangling free (not providing any assistance).

I guess if we want to get into semantics – a one hand chin and a one arm chin are really the same thing. You are only using one hand/arm to accomplish the feat.

Nuff said.