BODYWEIGHT BACK TRAINING is never easy. The gold standard movement is the pullup—which can be devilishly hard to do for even seasoned gym-goers—and there are sparingly few other exercises that hit ...

Are you looking to increase back, shoulder, and arm strength but not ready for a vertical pullup? Consider the “down under” version, otherwise known as the Australian pullup, or inverted row. Pullups ...

When most people think of building the a powerful, strong body, they think about adding muscle on their chest, arms, and shoulders. They also think of doing a handful of classic exercises, moves like ...

Set up a bar in a rack at waist height. Grab it with a wider than shoulder-width overhand grip and hang underneath. Position yourself with heels out in front of you and arms fully extended. Your body ...

Put on a weighted vest and secure a bar at hip height on a Smith machine or power rack. Grab the bar with an overhand grip, palms facing away from you. Hang with your arms completely straight and your ...

Using a bar that is adjusted to the height of your hips, take a shoulder-width overhand grip and slowly walk your legs under the bar until you are hanging at a 30- to 45-degree angle from the floor ...

Sit on the floor, and grasp the bar above you with an overhand grip (your hands should be shoulder-width apart with your arms straight and your legs extended out in front of you) (A). Keep your feet ...