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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 ...

These are the muscles you use when you do pull-ups – and how to get your first rep

Here's exactly what you're working when you hit the bar to do one of the most comprehensive upper body exercises ...
The Journal Times

Most consecutive pinky pull ups

Full-handed pull ups are already impressive. So why would anyone try doing them with their weakest digit? Tazio Gavioli of Cavezzo, Italy, did. 36 times, per the 2020 record book. That's just 32 fewer ...