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  2. Why women tend to struggle with pull-ups, according to experts

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    The ability to do a pull-up is not entirely dependent on your level of fitness, so even very fit women may have trouble doing pull-ups. Why women tend to struggle with pull-ups, according to ...

  3. Pull-up - Wikipedia

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    The pull-up is a closed-chain movement where the body is suspended by the hands, gripping a bar or other implement at a distance typically wider than shoulder-width, and pulled up. As this happens, the elbows flex and the shoulders adduct and extend to bring the elbows to the torso.

  4. Muscle-up - Wikipedia

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    The muscle-up begins with the arms extended above the head, gripping a hold in the overhand pull-up position. The hold is usually on a chin-up bar or gymnastic rings. The body is then explosively pulled up by the arms in a radial pull-up, with greater speed than a regular pull-up. When the bar approaches the upper chest, the wrists are swiftly ...

  5. Gyroscopic exercise tool - Wikipedia

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    Video showing the use - from starting the rotation with a 'shoestring' over various movements with the holding hand until stopping the rotor with the second hand. The demonstrated speeds are, in part, very high and not recommended for normal exercise due to the resulting high forces.

  6. Handstand push-up - Wikipedia

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    The handstand push-up (press-up) - also called the vertical push-up (press-up) or the inverted push-up (press-up), also called "commandos" - is a type of push-up exercise where the body is positioned in a handstand. For a true handstand, the exercise is performed free-standing, held in the air.

  7. Pull-down (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    The pull-down is extremely similar to the pull-up, but uses moving external weights or resistance with a fixed body rather than a fixed bar and a moving body. This makes the pull-down an open-chain movement and the pull-up a closed-chain movement. The weight moved can also be adjusted to be more or less than the weight of the person doing the ...

  8. What does 'could I pull you' mean? - AOL

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    Jayphysiq’s video offered the male perspective on the trend. “Unfortunately I’d let you break my heart,” one person said. Who knows, maybe it could be the start of the next great viral ...

  9. Face pull (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    The face pull is a weight training exercise that primarily targets the musculature of the upper back and shoulders, namely the posterior deltoids, trapezius, rhomboids, Latissimus dorsi as well as the biceps. [1] The face pull is considered an important exercise for shoulder health and stability. [2]