When you see a pull-up bar, there’s one physical activity that likely comes to mind: pull-ups. While they’ve lent this piece of equipment its name, they aren’t the only physical feat that an athlete ...

I’d been attending CrossFit workouts for two months before I began to learn the Kipping Pull-Up. Until that point, every Pull-Up I’d ever performed had been the more traditional strict, dead-arm hang, ...

The dead hang exercise, involving hanging from a bar, is gaining popularity for its numerous benefits. Research supports its effectiveness in improving grip strength, shoulder mobility, and mental ...

MOST THINGS WE do are forward-facing. We walk forward, reach forward, bend forward—of course, because we primarily see in front of us. That’s caused us to put an emphasis on the aesthetics of the ...

THE PULLUP IS the gold standard for bodyweight exercises. It’s an old-school move you first learned on the grade school playground before you ever imagined it would be anything more than fun. It's ...

After years of relying on basic core workouts, I’ve turned to hanging knee raises to build a stronger, more resilient core ...