Here's what you need to know about pull-ups, including how they're done and which muscles they work. You'll also find everything you need to know about variations to use if you can’t yet do one.

You can do pull-ups daily, but only if your technique is rock-solid and your volume is smartly programmed. The answer will largely come down to your body's ability to recover in 24 hours. Think of ...

Pull-up muscles worked “Pull-ups mainly target your back muscles, with the latissimus dorsi 10 (aka “lats”) doing most of the heavy lifting,” Orsborn says.

Pull-up variations like the flexed arm hang hold can build strength in the muscles used to perform pull-ups, while also improving your technique on the bar. It’s a great way to learn the top ...

A wide variety of grips can make your pull-up workouts more enjoyable and diversify the strain on wrists, elbows, shoulders, joints and muscles. Let's look at a few and discuss why they could work ...

Strengthen Your Chest Muscles (And Nail Your Pull-Up) With These Exercises Create total-body tension and generate more power at the bar. By Talene Appleton, NASM-CPT Published: Apr 14, 2025 7:00 ...

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) ...

Getting technical, to build muscle, you don’t need weight — you need resistance; more accurately, you need tension. Tension ...

Warm-up with the Pull-up Pyramid 1-5, stretch/jog between sets (20 seconds) + one-mile run: This half-pyramid warm-up requires you to do 15 pull-ups in five sets of increasing reps: 1 pull-up, jog ...

Here's why you should add this full-body move to your next workout. Plus, alternatives to try if you're not quite there yet.