As an adult, monkey bars are still a fun way to build your upper body strength and endurance to ease you toward your first pull-up, or just feel like a strong-ass kid again.

This set of nine monkey-bar moves—weaving, side swings, and the typewriter, to name a few—help to build upper body and core strength while satisfying your inner gymnast.

MONKEY-UPS by The Editors of Women’s Health Published: May 08, 2008 11:53 AM EDT Save Article Media Platforms Design Team ...

Check out ACE-certified personal trainer Deepika Rao, known as @thefitfoodietravels on Instagram, for heart-pumping workouts and fitness challenges like this monkey-bar workout.

On October 23, 1923, Hinton—a patent attorney—was awarded the first of a series of U.S. patents for his “jungle gym,” and the monkey bars were born.