2. Getting the USMC women's maximum pull- up (eight reps) 3. Getting the USMC male maximum (20 reps) I received one of the best email responses in more than a decade of writing articles on tactical ...

Practicing pull-ups and other pulling movements will improve your tactical ability by being able to pull yourself over obstacles like walls and fences. Many would-be recruits training for military ...

Ahhh, that first pull-up feeling. I’d say it took me about two years from knowing what a pull-up was to being able to do one, which sort of just…happened, in September 2020, on my home pull-up bar.

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. “Be able to do a ...

Long considered an important milestone in one’s fitness journey, pull-ups build upper body strength and look impressive in the gym The pull-up has long been seen as an important fitness metric. From ...

Pull-ups are impressive, which means that for many athletes, they’re aspirational. If you can’t do one, odds are you’d like to. If you can, maybe you’re gunning for the single-arm or weighted ...

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, ...