Learning how to do a tricep pull down sounds incredibly simple: You basically just pull a weight down using the muscles in the backs of your arms. But even though it seems foolproof, it’s important to ...

The pull-up is a phenomenal exercise for building upper-body strength and muscle, but they’re hard—horrendously hard. So hard, in fact, that most people will tap out after just a couple of reps, long ...

There are tons of ways to strengthen your upper body by using all sorts of dumbbells and kettlebells and bands. We know this already. So I'm here to tell you to set those aside and forget about that ...

MOST THINGS WE do are forward-facing. We walk forward, reach forward, bend forward—of course, because we primarily see in front of us. That’s caused us to put an emphasis on the aesthetics of the ...

At the same time, it's easy enough to slow down the pace if needed. This morning, for example, I performed a pull-down exercise and followed it up with a cable biceps curl. The biceps are active in ...

The biggest challenge of doing pull-ups is performing the first one, which is a pure strength exercise, and this single pullup tends to take the most time to develop for most people. However, ...