Lats · Body weight · Advanced
How to do Gironda Sternum Chin
The Gironda sternum chin is a challenging bodyweight exercise that targets the lats and requires pulling your chest up to the bar, emphasizing a strong contraction in the upper back. It also engages the biceps, rhomboids, and rear deltoids.
- Primary muscle
- Lats
- Also works
- Biceps, Rhomboids and Rear deltoids
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Level
- Advanced
- Category
- Back
How to do Gironda Sternum Chin, step by step
- Stand facing a high bar with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- Reach up and grab the bar with an overhand grip, slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Hang from the bar with your arms fully extended and your body straight.
- Engage your lats and biceps to pull your chest up towards the bar, leading with your sternum.
- Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower yourself back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Muscles worked
Gironda Sternum Chin works your lats as the main mover, with help from your biceps, rhomboids and rear deltoids.
Track Gironda Sternum Chin in SPLYT
Gironda Sternum Chin is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.
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