do 5 pullups

I do this often but not every day like I Know I should.

I’ve never been able to do a single pull up.

Growing up, I remember my neighbor could do pull-ups on this metal structure near their house. I’ve always admired that she could do that and make it look pretty easy.

I’ve been wanting to add more muscle tone and strength so now’s the time.

I can do push-ups but pull-ups seem hard to me. I came across a website that teaches you the steps so I’ll follow their plan.

Deadline: End of 2010.

Having been an outdoor educator for the last eight years, my body is built activity-specific. Large legs, overbuilt back, decent shoulders and small arms and chest compared to the rest of my body. The ability to do pullups is not really important to me, but having the strength-to-weight ratio that allows me to do it is. I’m making the goal activity-specific so I have a something definable and attainable to shoot for.

yesterday evening on the pull up bar in the rain. I didn’t make it. Since switching from the 3 maximum effort sets to the hundredpushups.com workout, I’ve noticed a marked soreness in my lower back and traps.

I’m going to give the pull up another shot today, however, I may have to put this goal on the back burner until I build up the upper body strength and lessen the body fat necessary to make it possible.

Otherwise, I’m just some asshole walking from his car to the chin up bar to fail miserably at doing one. Then waiting ten seconds to do even worse on the second attempt, before walking back to the car head hanging low and ashamed after the third attempt.

I can’t live like that.

I was able to do one full pull-up from a dead hang yesterday. I’m hoping to be able to claim the same victory today. I figure I probably can’t start the Armstrong program fully until I can do at least 3 consecutive.

I’m doing the daily pushup workout recommended by the Armstrong routine but I’ve been positively terrible about actually going to the park to do the pull ups, I’m going to have to work that into my afternoon routine, or stop on the way home from work. One or the other.

I can either do 1 or 2 depending on whether you view the first one as a full pull up. I do not. But I can hoist myself up above the bar and then drop to full extension, and then do 1…

Kinda.

I’m going every day to do this, but I don’t think I’ll start seeing results until I lose mad weight. I’m just to fat to pull myself up. I’m scratching up my hands and all kinds of shit.

The answer to this question is 1. Although I think I may have been on the wheelchair workout’s pull up bar. Hopefully I can find a slightly higher bar to attempt tonight.

1 Pull up. That’s pathetic.

I’ll see if I can talk Jess into walking down to Buccleuch Park and I’ll see how many Pullups I can do to start on their outdoor pull up bar.