My Crunch trainer recently introduced me to the assisted pull-up machine, and it might be my new favorite exercise. The machine uses counterbalance weights, which means the higher the weight you set ...

Amy Kwan, DPT, PT, has been a physical therapist for over 10 years. A chin-up helps build upper-body strength by engaging arm and back muscles. Chin-up variations, like band-assisted chin-ups, help ...

Who says women can’t do pull-ups? Certainly not Neghar Fonooni, a Baltimore personal trainer who, in the span of a year, went from doing assisted pull-ups to hoisting her own body weight plus a ...

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 a ...

Arguably the most versatile piece of machinery in any gym, a cable machine allows you to attack virtually every muscle in your body through a range of both total-body and isolation exercises, says ...

If you’ve ever attempted a pull-up, struggled, and thought, Nope, not happening for me—you’re not alone. But what if we told you there’s a better, strategic way to build the strength, control, and ...

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 a ...

I remember the sunny spring day in seventh-grade during P.E. class when it was time for the fitness tests. I knew I’d ace it since I played sports my whole life. Laps around the track, check. Sprints, ...

I’ve spent most of my life looking up at pull-up bars, wishing I could ascend to their height. Sometimes I would train hard, and I would get one (1) pull-up. But then I’d slack off for a hot minute, ...