Maggie's Farm

Both are intense and difficult calisthenics, and even more so for most women.

A Pull-up is with overhand grip. The challenge is mostly to your upper back. You pull with your back while your arms mostly just hang on.

A Chin-up is with underhand grip. The challenge is primarily to arms and secondarily to upper back.

I shamefully still can not do enough reps of either to make for a worthwhile exercise, so I am practicing with jumping pull-ups, pull-ups with the band, and holds. Also, the pull-up machine sometimes.

If pull-ups and chin-ups are too easy for you, widen your grip or put on a weight vest.

My goal is 10 reps of each, but I may never get there. When I was in high school you had to do 10 or they put you in remedial phys ed which was basically an excellent sort of boot camp for 2 hrs/day. In fact, it was a lot like Crossfit with medicine balls, sprints, jumps, push-ups, 1-mile races, etc.