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Seated Chin Tuck
How to do the seated chin tuck, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Sit tall with your shoulders relaxed and your gaze level. Draw your chin straight back, as if making a double chin, lengthening the back of your neck. Hold briefly, then release and repeat.
- 1Feel the front-of-neck muscles engage as the chin draws back
- 2Keep your head level, gliding straight back rather than tilting
- 3Sense your neck lengthen tall out of your shoulders
Common mistakes
- Don't tip your head down or up; glide it straight back
- Avoid jamming the chin hard into your throat
- Don't let your shoulders shrug or round forward
Muscles worked
The seated chin tuck mainly works the upper traps.
- Upper TrapsPrimary
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More back exercises
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- How to do the resistance band assisted pull-up
- How to do the machine assisted pull-up
- How to do the back extension bench back extension
- How to do the machine back extension
- How to do the back lever
Last reviewed June 2026.