Of all the exercises, the one with the largest mind game attached to it is the pull-up. One thing I have learned is that women and men cannot do pull-ups if they do not practice pull-ups.

It’s official. Men rule at pull-ups. Most female Marines can’t even do three lousy pull-ups! So goes the latest salvo in the battle of the sexes — a battle we thought was actually over in ...

Now regular push-ups are the standard in military and law enforcement. Women and men can do pull-ups. Women and men can fail at doing pull-ups. This is a societal problem. Men and women have to ...

Women find pull-ups more difficult than men do because they have less muscle mass in their upper extremities, said Tim Hewett, director of research in the department of sports medicine at Ohio ...