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 ...
Burbank High freshmen outperformed their fellow ninth-graders at Burroughs High when state officials tested their abdominal and upper-body strength as well as flexibility last school year. Success in ...
An Australian police officer, Jade Henderson, has broken the world record for the number of pull-ups performed in one hour, ...
Pull-ups are an effective bodyweight exercise to build muscle and strength but can be intimidating. To learn how to do pull-ups, practice the right form and muscle engagement with scaled exercises. To ...
As you go about your business in the weight room, have you ever glanced over at a personal trainer during one of their client sessions and idly asked yourself something like, Dang, I wonder if they ...
Three years ago, she couldn't do a single push-up and certainly had never heard of a "reverse fly." Today, Solveig McCulloch, 79, can do 10 push-ups easily and rocks her five-pound dumbbell flys. "I ...
The next time you grab a pull-up bar, pay attention to where you place your hands because that can quickly turn a pull-up into a chin-up, and vice versa. While these two exercises look super similar, ...
Remember the Presidential Physical Fitness Test? That fresh hell where you had to run the dreaded mile, throw out your back in sit-and-reach, and worst of all: PULL-UPS. Ugh, the pull-ups. I remember ...