My Crunch trainer recently introduced me to the assisted pull-up machine, and it might be my new favorite exercise. The machine uses counterbalance weights, which means the higher the weight you set ...

Place the pin at the desired training weight in the weight stack attached to the machine. Step up onto the machine before securely placing your knees on the pad. Extend your arms and grasp the machine ...

The main muscles recruited when performing a pullup are the back (specifically the rhomboids and lats ), arm muscles including the posterior deltoids and biceps, and the core. Here are some of the ...

Last week, Brigette Williams talked through the basics of building strength to do a pull-up. She says once you have mastered the TRX and assisted pull-up, you can move to a bar or pull-up machine.

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 a ...

Who says women can’t do pull-ups? Certainly not Neghar Fonooni, a Baltimore personal trainer who, in the span of a year, went from doing assisted pull-ups to hoisting her own body weight plus a ...

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 a ...