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Discover pull-up alternatives you can do at home. The trainer-approved exercises allow you to work the same muscles, no pull-up bar required.

Doing a pull-up is “an amazing feeling,” said Chilasa King, a powerlifter and coach at LiftedMBK in New York. The exercise boosts confidence and turns heads at the gym, she said.

A pull-up band can help you practice the movement of a pull-up without lifting all your weight, she explains. It’s also totally OK to just jump up on the bar and give it the ol’ college try.

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A wide variety of grips can make your pull-up workouts more enjoyable and diversify the strain on wrists, elbows, shoulders, joints and muscles.

Mastering a pull-up — and by this I mean one singular pull-up — was tough. I had to grit my teeth through several training sessions, and my arms and back experienced some serious burn.