Slowly lower back to the starting position. The National Academy of Sports Medicine suggests using a resistance band or an ...

I became well acquainted with the assisted pull-up machine, which uses a counterweight to help you do a pull-up. The heavier the weight, the easier the pull-up. I also loved ...

Assisted pull up machine ‘Most gyms now have an assisted pull up machine which can allow you to train through full range of motion without the need to lift your entire bodyweight,’ says Mitch.

Achieving a pull-up is a significant fitness milestone for many people. First one, then maybe five, 10 or more: “The ability to do pull-ups is, in my book, an impressive sign of fitness and not ...

The exercise move, in which you use your lats, traps and shoulders to pull your body up to an overhead bar, serves a greater ...

Assisted pull-ups with a machine like the Gravitron (above) that takes off as much weight as you like. The more weight you put on the stack, the easier these get (the opposite of how most machines ...

2. Build Your Muscular Endurance. 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.

Pull-ups look like such an easy exercise. I've seen lots of Instagram videos where fitness pros gracefully lift their body weight through several reps of this deceptively challenging exercise, using ...