Stop struggling on the pull-up bar. Learn which muscles this exercise targets, how to nail correct form, and how to get your first rep.

Find your step on the one-arm pull-up progression in one minute, from strict pull-ups through archer and towel-assisted reps ...

Part pull-up, part row, it trains your lats and upper back in one movement ...

It can be easy to confuse chin-ups and pull-ups. After all, they tend to be used interchangeably during gym chat about calisthenic exercises, but there are many differences between the two — ...

Pull-ups are notoriously hard to crack – in part, because they require a high level of full-body strength that takes most people a seriously long time to build. But, also, because they’re actually ...

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 ...

Ahhh, that first pull-up feeling. I’d say it took me about two years from knowing what a pull-up was to being able to do one, which sort of just…happened, in September 2020, on my home pull-up bar.

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Pull-ups are a demanding full-body exercise that ...