Struggling to learn pull-ups as a beginner? You're not alone — most tutorials skip the basics! In this full pull-up tutorial for beginners, I walk you through: -The key muscles to focus on — lats, ...

The muscle-up is a pretty unique exercise. It's considered a "radial" pull up because you're exploding up and around the bar to get over it. Part of how I learned to do it (and how most people ...

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, ...

Whether you're working on your deadlift PR, getting ready for a jog, or training for (gasp!) your first pull-up, warm-ups are nonnegotiable. It doesn't matter your fitness level or age either, says ...

Mastering push-ups and pull-ups requires progressing from building strength to developing muscular endurance. Conquering your first repetition of these calisthenics exercises is a matter of strength, ...

Ah, pull-ups. They’re one of the most straightforward exercises around, and yet somehow one of the most difficult to do — especially with good form. They’re also an ideal way to improve your grip ...

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 ...

Amy Kwan, DPT, PT, has been a physical therapist for over 10 years. A chin-up helps build upper-body strength by engaging arm and back muscles. Chin-up variations, like band-assisted chin-ups, help ...

They’re a cool party trick, a hallmark of any action-movie training montage and a requirement for entering the armed forces. But if none of those are part of your daily life or goals, do you really ...

In its simplest terms, the pull-up seems pretty basic: hang from a bar, then pull yourself up to it. It’s not complicated, but that sure doesn’t mean that it’s easy. In fact, this bodyweight, no-fancy ...

The trick is to break the movement into pieces and train with patience and deliberateness. Credit...Alana Paterson for The New York Times Supported by By Christie Aschwanden I’ve always loved pull-ups ...

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