How do pull-ups help running? Do they even help?

Pull ups are so hard wrote:

Anyone please tell me. What do pull-ups do for you as a runner? Seriously?

I feel like more of a badass while I'm running, bigger biceps and lats. instead of lookin like a skinny crackhead runnin to the pawn shop to try to sell a fake rolex I feel a bit more like rocky balboa training for his next fight.

Lol. If you want the ladies to look at you and see hotness and sexy then yes. To run fast then probably a waste of time.

If you can do more of em without increasing muscle mass, that's got to be a good thing. Upper body exercises and core strength help you produce more sustained power. Athletes who worked on a farm or who still do such work involving lot of lifting and carrying often find running to be more of a pleasure than a chore. Something to think about.

I used to do lots of pull-ups, and I would occasionally get chafing from my upper arms rubbing against my huge lats while jogging.

While most runners (and endurance athletes in general) avoid upper body strength like the plague for fear of lugging around a bunch of useless muscle, the reality is that our arms are a critical piece of our strength in running. This is especially true when running uphill or over technical terrain. The trunk and arms act as a counterbalance to our legs and also provide much needed power transfer down through our core to our legs. If you can gain strength in your upper body without gaining appreciable mass, you will be faster. The goal is to get functionally strong while staying light. Pull ups work your forearms/hands, biceps, posterior delts, lats, back muscles, and scapular and shoulder stabilizers with one exercise. Push ups, in turn work your triceps, anterior delts, pecs, abdominals, and scapular and shoulder stabilizers.

If you have trouble doing pull-ups,those links will help you:

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http://bit.ly/100pullsNow

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https://www.bodybuilding.com/eercises/pullups

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https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/how-to-o-a-proper-pull-up-and-why-you-need-to-do-them/

Related: if you can do a ton of pull ups, it helps to weigh less. That helps your running