Neutral grip pull-ups are an excellent pull-up variation that can be used to break up your chinning and pulling.
The neutral grip chin-up is a highly functional movement.
Try and notice how you lift things up in real life.
A heavy hammer for instance is always picked up with a neutral grip.
So this exercise carries over well to real world activities.
The neutral grip pull-up builds the brachialis and brachioradialis muscles of the arm.
Building the brachialis makes the lower part of your bicep pop, which looks great when you wear a t-shirt.
The brachioradialis on the other hand makes the forearms look bigger.
Look around you for people with big forearms. You’ll see that anyone who uses a hammer, axe or wrench has massive forearms.
This is because of the way these tools build not just the forearm, but make the lower portion of the biceps look big too!
Neutral grip pull-ups are my second favorite pull-up variation after chin-ups.
This is because neutral grip pull-ups will do more for your strength and physique than regular pull-ups will.
Get strong at them, you won’t regret it.