pull up bar WHY!?!

dthompson9405
dthompson9405 Posts: 29
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
Dear pull up bar,
why do you taunt me so? why must you stand there lookin down at me? i give you my all eveyday and i get no where. why oh why must you be so mean, you let husband conquer you several times a day and all i ask for is once a day. just one pull up a day is all i ask for is that too much, really is it!?! i sit here staring up at you wondering is it a secrect trick to it that i am missing because the simply putting yours hands up and pulling up method is surely not working. i will not give up so you must give in mr. pull up bar. so just get used to me.

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  • MereRae
    MereRae Posts: 39
    I LOVE THIS! I feel exactly the same way. We bought one for the office and everytime I walk by it I try to do just ONE and fail miserably each time. I will NOT give up though!!
  • Msaip
    Msaip Posts: 482 Member
    Mine was being so mean I put it back in the box! lol :bigsmile:
  • JMJohnson1005
    JMJohnson1005 Posts: 209 Member
    I love it! I cannot do a pull up either. It is actually one of my goals to be able to do a pull up.
  • new_me_9_67
    new_me_9_67 Posts: 369 Member
    Made my day

    Thank you
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    Try starting with Jumping Pull Ups. Make sure you're still using your arms... but it builds you up so you can eventually do pull ups from a still start.
  • wondergirl1003
    wondergirl1003 Posts: 138 Member
    I just bought an assistance band from EliteFTS for around twenty bucks. Hopefully I'll be able to get a real pull-up, unassisted, soon.
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    Too funny! My kids got a pull up bar for Christmas 2009 just before I started this program. They can both do numerous pull-ups, and my older son even does "extreme pull ups" which is where you pull your legs through your arms (like a gymnast), turn upside down, then pull back through and pull up. Just disgusting!! Of course he has probably 1% body fat, and is a swimmer.

    So my goal when I started losing weight was, as you said, to be able to do ONE pull up. I am happy to say that now, almost a year and a half later, I can do TWO!!!!!!

    Here's the trick (coming from a PE teacher at my school): Start by standing on a stool so there is some bend in your elbows. When you can pull up from there, then progress to standing on the floor.

    Good luck. If I can do it You can too!!! (I'm wimpy). Go for it!!!
  • JPayne53
    JPayne53 Posts: 235 Member
    FYI ladies... it's due to our anatomy that pull-ups are extremely hard.. especially if there is extra weight on your body.. even in the military pull-ups are optional, it's usually suggested to "hang" for women, it's all part of the men have stronger upper bodies thing.. but with time it is possible.. how much time.. that's another question!
  • dthompson9405
    dthompson9405 Posts: 29
    Mine was being so mean I put it back in the box! lol :bigsmile:

    That is too funny! i just might threaten mine soon
  • mzbode
    mzbode Posts: 3
    Use a stool to step up on the bar in the pull up positon, then desend to the bottom of the pull up as slow as you can. Do 3 sets of 10 of these 2 times a week. The extremely slow desent will not only strengthen the muscles needed to eventually do the pull ups, it will also stimulate lactic acid production which helps fight the production of the hormone cortisol. Cortisol really is the hormone that causes you to store fat around your midsection.
  • dthompson9405
    dthompson9405 Posts: 29
    Use a stool to step up on the bar in the pull up positon, then desend to the bottom of the pull up as slow as you can. Do 3 sets of 10 of these 2 times a week. The extremely slow desent will not only strengthen the muscles needed to eventually do the pull ups, it will also stimulate lactic acid production which helps fight the production of the hormone cortisol. Cortisol really is the hormone that causes you to store fat around your midsection.

    you give great advice. however did you read my original post!?! 3 SET OF 10! i cant do one so thirty in one day impossible but hopefully you help someone else and thanks i didnt know that about the lactic acid
  • 2April
    2April Posts: 285 Member
    Use a stool to step up on the bar in the pull up positon, then desend to the bottom of the pull up as slow as you can. Do 3 sets of 10 of these 2 times a week. The extremely slow desent will not only strengthen the muscles needed to eventually do the pull ups, it will also stimulate lactic acid production which helps fight the production of the hormone cortisol. Cortisol really is the hormone that causes you to store fat around your midsection.

    you give great advice. however did you read my original post!?! 3 SET OF 10! i cant do one so thirty in one day impossible but hopefully you help someone else and thanks i didnt know that about the lactic acid

    I think they were suggesting 3 sets of negatives (start at the top with the help of a stool and lower yourself down slowly).
  • patricia909
    patricia909 Posts: 205 Member
    bump
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