If you have a pull-up bar (and are already quite strong), there’s no doubt pull-ups are one of the best bodyweight exercises for strengthening your arms and shoulders. However, they’re a very ...

Being able to do a pull-up is a common fitness goal but which muscles do pull-ups work and why are they so difficult?

Press the weight straight up above your chest, holding the dumbbells in a neutral position (palms facing each other). Your ...

Training your biceps and triceps is a game-changer for mastering pull-ups. These muscles are some of your secret weapons for pulling yourself up with power and control.

From pectorals, deltoids and triceps up top, to quads and glutes further down, push exercises provide great all-round development.

Build stronger triceps muscles using these five exercises and a resistance band. Here's how to do them, according to a personal trainer.

The short answer—nearly of them. Pull-ups work the lats, pecs, shoulders, biceps, triceps, and forearms as well as chest-down muscles like the core, glutes, quads, and hamstrings, says Rivera.

An effective tricep workout targets all three parts of the muscle. These simple exercises will strengthen and tone the back of the arms.

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 ...