Many would-be recruits training for military service have high goals of getting 20 pull-ups on their fitness test. This is typically the gold standard for branches of service and groups that test pull ...

Of any calisthenics exercise, pull-ups are the most difficult to perform and see improvements without significant time and effort. Your pulling muscles (biceps, latissimus dorsi, rear deltoids, ...

If you’re going to be stuck at home for the foreseeable future (spoiler alert: you are), what you need is a way to trick yourself into burning calories and building muscle. Because when this pandemic ...

A pull-up is an exercise where you grasp a bar over your head and pull your body off the floor but which muscles do pulls up work? Well, this is an exercise that uses multiple muscle groups – in fact, ...

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If you’re a woman who regularly works out, there may still be one exercise that remains elusive: the pull-up. In 2012, the New York Times reported that researchers who documented women on their ...

Jamie Foxx said he, unlike many actors, doesn't have a personal trainer. Instead, he just has a pull-up bar in his bedroom that he uses for pull-ups every morning. Foxx's other workouts don't involve ...