The pull-up is one of the most recognized and respected upper-body strength exercises on earth. If you’ve ever seen a training montage in film or television, you’ve probably seen the lead character ...

WASHINGTON - Dead hangs and pull-ups might sound simple: just hang down or pull yourself up, but both are surprisingly tough. They've been popping up all over social media lately thanks to a viral ...

Esther Smith, DPT, Cert. MDT is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who has specialized in treating athletes, specifically rock climbers, for the last decade. She is a storyteller, a mountain athlete and a ...

The biggest challenge of doing pull-ups is performing the first one, which is a pure strength exercise, and this single pullup tends to take the most time to develop for most people. However, ...

While it’s true that pull-ups are, indeed, an extremely advanced exercise, it’s also true that learning how to do them unassisted – regardless of where you currently are in your training journey – is ...

Pull-ups are notoriously hard to crack – in part, because they require a high level of full-body strength that takes most ...

Doing a pull-up might seem easy—you're just, ya know, pulling your body up sans equipment. That is, until you actually try to do one. This strength-training move is shockingly tough for even seasoned ...