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I thought I was fit but I still can't...

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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I dunno, age didn't stop me getting on the leader board my gym's one-minute burpee challenge (at the end of the HIIT circuit class) but after three weeks I sprained the joints in my feet and hands and haven't been able to burpee since :laugh:
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I finish in the top 5 women in my CrossFit box in all of the weightlifting workouts but I still can't do a pull up. I've been working on it 5x per week for 7 months and am not even close. I weigh about 170 with 27% ish body fat and when I use an assistance machine, I have to add at least 30 pounds.The bottom is my worst. I have no functional strength there. Rows, negatives, lat pull downs, banded pull ups, half pull ups, etc. etc. I've tried it all. I feel like I am too big for pull ups but I do know one other gal built like me who has hers, even chest-to-bar, so I will keep trying.

    even at 180 pounds I can still pull myself up.

    Sure it's HARDER than 10-15 lbs lighter (last summer I could bang out a few with a 15 lb dumbbell between my feet) now- not so much LOL.

    You need to practice ACTUAL pull ups- NOT on the assisted machine- that's the WORST way to practice for a pull up- it's, I would even hazard to say- more counterproductive than actually helpful.

    https://www.google.com/url?q=https://db.tt/EkLszOQP&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHzniVqGUdLxgAGt3lM8cPbRE_21A

    https://db.tt/EkLszOQP

    https://db.tt/sTIu04YE

    not sure which is the best way to copy- I'm doing a hoop jumping method to deliever my drop box stuff LOL
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I use the assisted pull up machine.. but I make it so I can barely get myself up i struggle to do two.

    I try without the machine and I can't even do a little 1/4 pull up.

    I really need to focus on upper body.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    This is an interesting post. I've often had thoughts about the divide between what I can do when 'working out' versus doing something in terms of function.

    For example, I can deadlift 175 lbs, but I still find myself struggling to lift heavier things in everyday life (like lifting drywall x_x). That feels defeating, the "I CAN DO THIS! I LIFT!" followed by "Nope, guess I'm still a shrimp." Still can't do a full pull up, either.
  • pookaroo78
    pookaroo78 Posts: 65 Member
    Unassisted pull-ups and handstands, my upper body is still weak after almost a year doing crossfit, frustrating! :sad:
  • greypilgrimess
    greypilgrimess Posts: 353 Member
    Play basketball with kids. Or any fast moving sport. I run half marathons, but I cannot seem to keep up with kids' boundless energy when it comes to other sports! I miss that youthful fitness!
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    skip to save my life...
  • Victoria2448
    Victoria2448 Posts: 559 Member
    Age doesn't have much to do with it..I crush younguns regularly!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I still can't do a push-up. I know I am stronger. My arms are more defined. But I STILL can't push my fat *kitten* up off the floor. :sad:
  • willrun4bagels
    willrun4bagels Posts: 838 Member
    I still can't do a real push up. :cry:
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    I still can't do a real push up. :cry:

    ^ Yup, me too!
  • quellybelly
    quellybelly Posts: 827 Member
    pull ups and chin ups >_< ahhhhhhh!

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