You know you're obsessed with fitness when you want to hang off everything in sight and do some pull ups on it.
Say whatever you will, I think the pull up is the best strength exercise for your upper body. But it can be a humbling experience for most gym rats who think just coz they can row a bar loaded with plates, then they should be able to kill it on the pull up bar. I just managed to get to a PB of 14 and I'm beaming. And maybe the last 2 don't count coz I barely got my head over the bar but who care? 12 is still impressive from where I'm coming from.
Trying to get to a muscle up and its the most frustrating thing ever. For those who don't know what a muscle up is, its when you complete the pull up motion by pushing your body above the bar and transitioning into a dip.
Not as easy as it sounds. After reading a million web tutorials and watching a bunch of videos, I'm still struggling to get above the bar. Still at the first step of my 4 step progression and progress ain't happening.
Sooner. Later. Whenever. For now, my pull ups will do. Maybe when I'm able to do 5 reps with a 20 kilo plate..... Maybe it gets easier.
