Struggling with pull-ups? This video provides valuable tips and techniques to improve your pull-up performance. Learn about ...

Want a bigger back, stronger arms and a better strength-to-bodyweight ratio? Of course you do!

People often associate building strength with big weights. That’s one way to go about it, but it’s not the only way – and there’s one exercise that shines as an example of a move that breaks the iron ...

I stopped trying to pull myself up, and my pull-ups got better ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Pull-ups are a foundational strength training exercise that can help you build muscle, with nothing ...

If you’re a woman who regularly works out, there may still be one exercise that remains elusive: the pull-up. In 2012, the New York Times reported that researchers who documented women on their ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. “Be able to do a ...

Long considered an important milestone in one’s fitness journey, pull-ups build upper body strength and look impressive in the gym The pull-up has long been seen as an important fitness metric. From ...

Pull-ups are impressive, which means that for many athletes, they’re aspirational. If you can’t do one, odds are you’d like to. If you can, maybe you’re gunning for the single-arm or weighted ...