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 ...

Offering a challenging, low-impact, yet effective total-body workout, rowing machines now stand alongside treadmills and spin bikes as some of the most popular additions to home gyms. And though the ...

If you’re serious about strengthening your back, but don’t have weights at your disposal, might we suggest the inverted row? This bodyweight exercise—which involves lying beneath a bar and pulling ...

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No longer the overlooked machine next to the treadmill and elliptical at the gym, the steadfast rowing machine is having a renaissance. With the proliferation of sleeker, connected rowers designed for ...

Total-body workouts are all the rage, especially since so many people are pressed for time. Still, finding a piece of exercise equipment that hits every major muscle group is next to impossible — ...

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