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How To Do A Pull Up

Pull yourself up until your chin is above the bar. Think about pulling your elbows down and back. Your entire body should ...
The gold standard bodyweight exercise is notoriously tough. Here's what you need to know about nailing solid reps.
Ah, pull-ups. They’re one of the most straightforward exercises around, and yet somehow one of the most difficult to do — especially with good form. They’re also an ideal way to improve your grip ...
Pull-ups are one of those exercises that will instantly have you feeling like a badass whether you can do one amazing rep or 10. But we’d be lying if we said they were easy to nail. If you’re up for a ...
There aren’t stats available on the percentage of the population that can do a pull-up. But you can compete against yourself by recording your progress.
Pull-ups are an effective bodyweight exercise to build muscle and strength but can be intimidating. To learn how to do pull-ups, practice the right form and muscle engagement with scaled exercises. To ...
The trick is to break the movement into pieces and train with patience and deliberateness. Credit...Alana Paterson for The New York Times Supported by By Christie Aschwanden I’ve always loved pull-ups ...
"Since you're using momentum to execute the kipping pull-up, you generally perform more repetitions versus a standard pull-up. This builds up muscular endurance, which plays a key role in building ...
Up First, get yourself up to the bar, jumping up if you can, or using a stool if you can’t. Next, “hook your hand around the bar like monkeys in a barrel,” Dewar says. “Once you've done that, you’re ...