Though seemingly simple, dead hangs are a deceivingly tough bodyweight exercise. Hanging from a pullup bar with fully extended arms allows the body to hang with dead weight, testing grip strength.

She can hang with the best of them. A 90-year-old grandmother broke a Guinness World Record for being the oldest woman to hold a dead hang. Ann Crile Esselstyn of Ohio held her body weight for two ...

April 3 (UPI) --A lifelong athlete from Ohio broke a Guinness World Record by holding a dead hang position for nearly 3 minutes at the age of 90. The record-keeping organization said Ann Crile ...