Improve your upper body workout with 10 overlooked exercises that build more strength, size, and balanced muscle.

Pullups are an advanced upper body exercise that offers a wealth of benefits. They’re included in many bodyweight training routines. However, they’re challenging and require great upper body and core ...

Ah, pull-ups. They’re one of the most straightforward exercises around, and yet somehow one of the most difficult to do — especially with good form. They’re also an ideal way to improve your grip ...

"You have the grip strength of someone half your age." I'd usually take mild offense to such a statement. But given I was in a comprehensive Bupa health assessment with an exercise scientist, after ...

The next time you grab a pull-up bar, pay attention to where you place your hands because that can quickly turn a pull-up into a chin-up, and vice versa. While these two exercises look super similar, ...

“Grip strength was a more powerful predictor of cardiovascular mortality than systolic blood pressure.” That’s not a quote from a comic book blockbuster it’s a result of a 2015 study quoted by GQ, and ...

Most advanced lifters will tell you the stronger you get, the more grip strength matters. Oftentimes, when powerlifters or Olympic lifters fail a lift, it’s not because they aren’t strong enough—but ...

IN THE NICHE sport of competitive gripping (yes, you read that right), few feats are as impressive as the double-plate pinch hold with two old-school York Barbell 45-pound plates. Plate pinching ...

In the niche sport of competitive gripping (yes, you read that right), few feats are as impressive as the double-plate pinch hold with two old-school York Barbell 45-pound plates. Plate pinching ...