"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve ever watched a badass woman at the gym effortlessly crank out multiple pull-ups and thought, I ...

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Six-time American Ninja Warrior, three-time cover athlete and Miss Fitness America Angela Gargano doesn’t just build strength ...

Mastering a pull-up isn’t just about brute strength—it’s about proper technique. Even if you’ve been grinding through upper-body workouts and practicing your reps, even seemingly teensy form mistakes ...

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 ...

Chin up. Despite what you may have recently heard, doing a pull-up in 2013 is a perfectly reasonable resolution. Expert trainer Rachel Buschert explains why. When the New York Times Magazine published ...

A fitness influencer with an unbreakable spirit smashed a pull-ups record after training day in, day out. Xie Ting (China) claimed the record for most pull-ups in one minute (female) with an ...

A dedicated Australian bodybuilder broke a Guinness World Records title that had stood for nearly a decade when she completed ...

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, ...

When it comes to targeting and strengthening all of your key running muscles—legs, arms, chest, and back—you may be accustomed to hitting major muscle groups over the course of a few days rather than ...