Back strength is crucial to mastering pull-ups, so you’ll want to strengthen several target muscles: your latissimus dorsi, which runs from your rib cage to hips, and your middle and lower trapezius, ...

Resistance bands have an impressive elevator pitch. These versatile training tools are capable of upgrading your warm-ups, ...

Once you can hold yourself at the top of a pull-up—chin over bar—for at least 10 seconds, it’s time to focus on lowering yourself slowly and with control. This is called the eccentric phase of a ...