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 ...

The inverted row is a core training staple that can build size and strength in your back without picking up a weight (other than yourself)—but are you sure you're even doing the exercise correctly?

Trainer, author, and fitness model Kirk Charles, NASM-CPT CES, knows that as you get older, life can get more complicated. But that shouldn’t prevent you from being on top of your game. He’ll help to ...

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 ...

Using a bar that is adjusted to the height of your hips, take a shoulder-width overhand grip and slowly walk your legs under the bar until you are hanging at a 30- to 45-degree angle from the floor ...