Want to test your upper-body strength? Here's how many pull-ups you should be able to do—and the best exercises to improve.

In my opinion, pull ups are the best bodyweight exercise you can do and they’re up there with the most effective exercises of ...

Decades following his retirement Dorian Yates is still giving back to the bodybuilding community. In his latest venture, shared via Instagram on January 15, 2025, Yates broke down his 1990 Night of ...

Chin-ups and pull-ups emphasize muscle groups slightly differently; chin-ups use an underhand grip and are more front-shoulder and bicep-oriented, while pull-ups are more back-body and lats-dominant.

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a barbell with an underhand grip. Keep your elbows tucked at your sides and curl the barbell toward your chest. Squeeze your biceps at the top, then ...

The lat pulldown is a vertical pulling exercise ... Usually you can only do overhand or underhand with this, so you have fewer grip options available. Before we sit down on the machine, we need ...

Number of reps: Repeat for 10 reps. Directions: Grab the pull-up bar with your palms facing you (underhand grip) and your hands shoulder-width apart. Let your body hang with your arms fully extended.

Return the bar to your shoulders and repeat. Hang from a bar using an overhand slightly wider than shoulder width grip (pull-ups), or an underhand narrower than shoulder width grip (chin-ups). Without ...