Your upper-body muscles will suffer from pull-ups. Strength and conditioning specialist Laura Su, CSCS, your rhomboids and rotator cuff muscles are implicated.
Strong upper back and core muscles are vital for proper posture and preventing other body discomfort.
Lat-building pull-ups can make opening a heavy door or lifting a box of holiday decorations off the floor easier.
You have wings when you hold that bar and lift yourself. You see a tireless spirit in yourself even as you begin or continue your pull-up quest.
Put your hands on a pull-up bar slightly wider than shoulder-width. Face your palms ahead.
Su perceives people pulling themselves up to the bar with their biceps as a major technique error.