Follow this guide to elevate your pull-up game.1. Build Foundational StrengthIf you can’t complete a full pull-up yet, start with foundational exercises. Inverted rows (using a bar or TRX straps) ...

2. Build Your Muscular Endurance. Once you can hold yourself at the top of a pull-up—chin over bar—for at least 10 seconds, it’s time to focus on lowering yourself slowly and with control.

Deedon says pull-up alternatives aren’t just a great way to work up to a full pull-up. These arm and back workout options are also beneficial for anyone who can already perform a pull-up and is ...

Mastering a pull-up — and by this I mean one singular pull-up — was tough. I had to grit my teeth through several training sessions, and my arms and back experienced some serious burn.

What's In The PDF. The complete downloadable strength training plan, which features nine 30- to 45-minute full-body workouts; Guidance on weight selection; Visuals of how to do each exercise with ...

Achieving a pull-up is a significant fitness milestone for many people. First one, then maybe five, 10 or more: “The ability to do pull-ups is, in my book, an impressive sign of fitness and not ...

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 ...

Here’s how to do the pull-up hold step-by-step, the benefits, and a few tips and exercises you can try to help you build to your first pull-up. How to do the flexed arm hang (pull-up hold) ...