Owing to our ape ancestry, we were born to hang, and a new branch of research suggests that spending time hanging loose is a real boon for the body. A dead hang, which can easily be performed at home, ...

After a long day hunched over my laptop, my body sometimes feels like a crumpled up ball of paper ready to be thrown in the trash. Just standing straight again can be a real, um, stretch. But I’ve ...

If you’ve scrolled through fitness TikTok or Instagram lately, you’ve probably seen the dead hang trend, people simply hanging from a pull-up bar for as long as they can. It looks simple enough, ...

What Is the Dead Hang? The dead hang is a deceptively simple fitness exercise: hanging from a pull-up bar with arms fully extended. While it seems easy, this exercise has gone viral in 2025 because it ...

Core workouts can get old when you never break away from the back corner of the gym and the same planks, situps, and crunches. You'll have more fun (and get a much better training session) when you ...

The dead hang exercise, involving hanging from a bar, is gaining popularity for its numerous benefits. Research supports its effectiveness in improving grip strength, shoulder mobility, and mental ...