The benefits of pull-ups for girls

It is more difficult for girls to do pull-ups as their arms are not strong enough, they cannot do too many pull-ups and it will make their arms thicker, so many female friends are reluctant to do pull-ups. In fact, it is beneficial for girls to do pull-ups. It can exercise the back muscles, regulate the heart and lung functions, and can also help with weight loss.

Are pull-ups suitable for girls?

Suitable but not necessary! Many healthy people, especially women, cannot even complete a pull-up. Pull-ups are a hanging force exercise that uses one's own strength to overcome it. It requires people to have a certain level of grip strength, upper limb strength, and upper shoulder girdle strength.

Regardless of whether they are men or women, people who can complete pull-ups generally have stronger overall strength and a low body fat percentage, and are generally shorter in height. During training, women's muscle growth is lower than that of men due to the lack of testosterone in their bodies. In addition, women naturally have higher body fat content than men - the body fat content of fit men can be as low as 4%, while the lowest body fat content for women is 10%. No matter how fit and healthy the women are, they cannot possibly outperform the male participants in the pull-up exercise.

The benefits of pull-ups for girls

1. When doing pull-ups, the body should hang down naturally at the same time. This can relax the muscles of the waist and back, which is helpful for growing taller. At the same time, rhythmic inhalation and exhalation can exercise the body's cardiopulmonary function.

2. When doing pull-ups, you need to use the latissimus dorsi muscles of the human body to contract, so that you can pull yourself up with your arms bent, until your chin is slightly above the bar or the back of your neck is close to the bar. Therefore, it seems that regular pull-up exercises can train the body's back muscles, shoulder muscles, as well as our upper arm muscles and chest muscles.

3. For people with overweight, they can also achieve weight loss through pull-up exercises. Pull-ups can double the strength of the upper limbs and shoulder straps. For this method of weight loss, it is also necessary to control the weight in time and follow up on the implementation of the weight loss plan.

4. Pull-ups require both hands to hold the horizontal bar at a certain width and distance, and the muscular torso needs to be straightened. This can exercise the shoulders, increase the width of the shoulders, and enhance the strength of the arms and waist.