If you're getting ready for a military program, you're most likely to find a fitness nemesis in one of two places: running or pull-ups. Statistically speaking, those are the two things with which most ...

Because of the differences in grip, chin-ups mainly work muscles in the front of your body, whereas pull-ups focus on the ...

Many military fitness tests include pull-ups or other pulling exercises. And nailing pull-ups is not just about the pull-ups themselves. As you prepare specifically for them, keep in mind that your ...

Pulling yourself from a dead hang until your chin is over a bar recruits all of your back muscles, requires core strength, and proves you have full command over your body weight. The pull-up is a time ...

Esther Smith, DPT, Cert. MDT is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who has specialized in treating athletes, specifically rock climbers, for the last decade. She is a storyteller, a mountain athlete and a ...

Zou Heping of China began running uphill in 1979 -- now his regimen includes weighted pull-ups, rope or pole climbing, handstands, and frog-jumping the 2,500-plus steps from the base of Gele Mountain ...

Professional rock climber Alex Puccio just posted a video of herself completing a single-arm weighted pull-up on Instagram. The 11-time National Champion shared one of the exercises from her self-made ...

Remember the elementary school fitness test, where you had to hang from a bar while your gym teacher judged your entire ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Pull-up bars are essential equipment. It’s a grand statement, but we stand by it. Pulling yourself from a ...