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If You Can Do This Many Pull-Ups Without Stopping, Your Upper Body Is Stronger Than Most People

Pull-ups are one of the most reliable indicators of real upper-body strength. Because they require you to lift your full bodyweight without assistance, pull-ups reveal what machines and momentum-based ...
The New York Times

100 Push-Ups and 50 Pull-Ups in Under 10 Minutes. What Could Go Wrong?

Fitness experts caution against jumping into a difficult routine suggested by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Pete Hegseth. By Calum Marsh Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenged Pete Hegseth to a test ...
Self

How to Do the Inverted Row to Light Up Your Back and Biceps

If you’re serious about strengthening your back, but don’t have weights at your disposal, might we suggest the inverted row? This bodyweight exercise—which involves lying beneath a bar and pulling ...
Military.com

Do This to Get Your First Pull-Up or Improve to Double Digits

Beginning in November 2025, the FBI will require special agent candidates to perform pull-ups as part of their graded physical fitness exam. Throughout the military, pull-ups are a tested exercise in ...