Pull-ups and push-ups are fundamental movements for strengthening the upper body and improving overall posture. Learn the difference between isometric and isotonic exercises, and explore if facial movements can truly lift sagging skin.
A compound exercise, pullups require that you use numerous muscles in the upper body to pull yourself up to a bar. You mainly rely on the latissimus dorsi muscle of the back to perform a pullup, but you also use the muscles in your shoulders.
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Despite being one of most difficult exercises to perform, pullups are also one of most effective exercises at building back and upper strength.
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Wall pushups are an easier version of the standard pushup and work to improve muscular strength and endurance in the chest, shoulders and triceps muscles. Because pushups are a body weight exercise, there are many ways to perform them to make them easier or more difficult depending on your fitness level.
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