Assisted pull-ups with bands or a machine, lat pull-downs, horizontal rows, and bicep or hammer curls can all be helpful. Even farmer’s carries help by working on grip strength. Gargano suggests plank ...

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T-bar rows are an old-school favorite. Let the shoulder blades move freely for full activation of the rhomboids and traps.

There aren’t stats available on the percentage of the population that can do a pull-up. But you can compete against yourself by recording your progress.

If you cannot do a pull-up, get yourself over the bar by jumping or stepping on something, then slowly let yourself down, fighting the gravity of the downward pull-up motion.