Want to test your upper-body strength? Here's how many pull-ups you should be able to do—and the best exercises to improve.

reading a list of the muscles pull-ups work makes it clear that the exercise effectively targets far more than just your arms, says Danelle Rivera, CPT, a certified personal trainer and group ...

Unless you’re naturally gifted with enough upper body strength to haul your body weight over the bar, pull-ups may not be in your exercise routine yet. Maybe you rep them out for fun, you’re ...

A pulled (or strained) muscle could take a few days to feel better. Severe injury could take weeks to months. Find out what ...

Wherever you are on your fitness journey, the pull-up remains one of the most challenging – and rewarding – exercises you can ...

Pull-ups, lat pull-downs and bent ... find that the PPL split initiates too much muscle soreness to make it comfortable, whereas a full-body workout, where a full day off is enjoyed between ...

After a body composition analysis, I worked with a trainer to find strength, core, and cardio workouts that can help me burn ...

More importantly, though, is that having a pull-up bar at home allows you to work those muscle groups and hang multiple days a week. Hanging even for a few seconds at a time helps build up the ...

The humble push-up will forever be one of the greatest exercise for building ultimate upper body strength. “It is one of the most effective bodyweight moves if you want to build bulletproof strength ...

Work up to 3 sets of 10. Hang from a pullup bar ... then allow the handles to pull you forward slightly to stretch the muscles. Pull the handle back to the chest pad to row the weight, driving ...

When a muscle contracts (bunches up), it gets shorter and ... Muscles can only pull and cannot push. Therefore muscles have to work in pairs to move a joint. One muscle will contract and pull ...