Building up strength to do a pull-up is a process. Brigette Williams with Living Balanced says pull-ups can be hard for everybody. She suggests starting with the TRX method, which uses straps to do ...

If you do the PT Pyramid enough, you will find it to be a great challenge at first, and you can mark your progress each time you do it. There is a warmup, max-out and cooldown in every PT pyramid.

Turning sub-max supersets into a short circuit (like the method below) is an efficient way to mix in all the elements of a PT test (pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups/crunches and running) as well as ...

Grasp the handles with both palms facing toward one another and brace your core, creating a straight line from your head to ...

I’m not an idiot. Can we just agree on that? I’m not stupid. I originally set out to play around with various home exercise trends — the Perfect Pull-up, TRX — all those things you learn about in ...

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.

Hold the TRX handles so that they are situated above your torso. While holding the handles, drop down slowly, allowing your arms to extend. Keep your torso straight, tuck your elbows back and pull ...

Learning how to do pull-ups can be a daunting prospect. From the slightly menacing chalky bar to the fact you're just not sure you can pull-up your entire body weight, there's a lot to consider. That ...

"Gym rat" is a term that everyone has heard at one time or another. I like to believe that, most of the time, it is applied as a compliment to those who have dedicated themselves to living a healthier ...

To strengthen your back, everyone knows that there is a key exercise: pull-ups. That said, this exercise already requires excellent sheathing and strong upper body muscles (biceps, triceps, trapezius, ...