THE PULLUP IS one of the cornerstone exercises in fitness. The bodyweight staple grows your back, builds strength, and provides a solid benchmark of real-world capability. The downside? It’s really ...

Of all the exercises, the one with the largest mind game attached to it is the pull-up. One thing I have learned is that women and men cannot do pull-ups if they do not practice pull-ups. On the flip ...

Remember the thrill of conquering the monkey bars as a kid? That feeling of hanging in the air, defying gravity, and channeling your inner gladiator? It turns out, there’s more to those playful ...

In the quest to learn impressive skills in the gym, it is easy to forget the most basic exercises. And it cannot get more basic than reaching up for a pull-up bar, gripping it with both hands, and ...

If you’re like an average gym-goer, you don’t exactly want to be as jacked as a bodybuilder. Thing is, you don’t want to be a distance runner either. Instead, what you may very well want is to look ...