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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Set up a bar at the Smith machine (the squat rack that has an adjustable bar attached to it) so that it’s about three feet from the floor. Lie underneath the bar. Grab the bar with palms facing away ...

Sometimes choosing which exercise is best for your target muscle group will largely come down to what kit is available and ...