What is it about pull-ups that makes them so impressive, and why do so many lifters judge themselves based on how many they ...

When it comes to the ultimate test of upper body strength, there’s no better bodyweight exercise than the pull-up. However, despite their excellence for size and strength, trying to yank your ...

The biggest challenge of doing pull-ups is performing the first one, which is a pure strength exercise, and this single pullup tends to take the most time to develop for most people. However, ...

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 ...

In its simplest terms, the pull-up seems pretty basic: hang from a bar, then pull yourself up to it. It’s not complicated, but that sure doesn’t mean that it’s easy. In fact, this bodyweight, no-fancy ...

In this video, I explain the mechanics of L-sit pull ups vs. regular pull ups, provide some tips on how to properly warm up beforehand, then proceed to show detailed progressions for them. So, all in ...

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 ...

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.