Horses Hate Facebook. They Love Skype.

We've all been there. You're enjoying a nice horse ride atop the Grand Canyon or some other cliff or mountain. The ride is going great when suddenly your cell phone starts buzzing. You've been invited to a Facebook event! It's to a reverse happy hour next Tuesday from 10 to midnight in a city 800 miles away from a "friend" that you no longer remember how you know. While you're preparing your witty post to make on the page wall and start to look up plane ticket prices, you suddenly notice that something has gone awry. You are 25 feet from the edge of the cliff! The horse notices this, too, and totally freaks the F out! The horse comes to a screeching halt and you are bucked off, flying directly toward the edge. By the time you get your bearings you have slid over the edge, but using your fifth, or maybe even your sixth sense, you somehow manage to grab the ledge. So there you are, hanging there, and the clock is ticking.

Will you be able to pull yourself up to safety? Or will a tombstone maker be carving "Here Lies Queeny McWeakLats, Who Was Unable to Save Their Own Life By Lifting Their Bodyweight."

Maybe that freakish adrenaline rush that happens when mothers see a car falling on their baby will kick in. Superhuman strength rulez!! I hope it does, because that might do the trick. But what if it doesn't?

So let's talk about the most feared word in exercise: pull-ups (honorable mention to squats and lunges). Pull-ups are to back development as Grey Poupon is to dijon mustard. The bee's knees, naw mean?

I know pull-ups are hard. Especially for the ladies. Testosterone allows dudes to build muscle in ways girls just can't match. But that's not to say you can't work toward doing a single pull-up. The benefits of a strong, healthy back and arms are worth the hard work.

For dudes, pull-ups are one of (if not the) best ways to work on your v-shaped torso. Studies have shown that this is a universally attractive look. Shoot for your waist to be 75% of the size of your shoulder width, and the greater you can increase that margin the better off you will be (meaning 60% would be better).

If you aren't anywhere close to pull-up readiness, I recommend you do the following:

-Understand how much muscle is actually on your back and that you should be working it as hard as your chest, abs and arms

-Work on strict lat pulldown form, rows, and any number of bicep exercises

-If your gym has one of the assisted pull-up machines, learn how to use it and then start using it

Before you know it, you'll have one sexy back. Oh I like that song. So catchy.