I did a pullup! I did a pullup!

"Larisa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

Good for you.

Not that many women can do a pullup.

You are in the minority.

In a good way.

On 19 May 2005 18:56:50 -0700, "Larisa" <[email hidden]>
wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

Congratulations!

Quoting Larisa:

Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

Way to go! I understand the feeling. Pullups rock.

"Larisa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since
then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I
decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

Brava! Using the negative to work up to something is a great strategy
for many movements, especially pullups.

Brava - again!

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

Congrats..most folks cant do 1...now work your way up.

Jim

Quoted message said:

Using the negative to work up to something is a great strategy

for many movements>

Not so good for sex though...

Quoted message said:

A

month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish.>

Didn't your arms get tired after a month of hanging there? Not to
mention sleeping, eating, and pooping.

On 19 May 2005 18:56:50 -0700, "Larisa" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

LM

Great stuff. Same for me RE: Handstand pushups.

Give them a go. Report back. Took me about two weeks (four workouts)
to perform one complete rep of handstand pushups (after just
performing negatives (basically just lowering myself)). My shoulders
are noticely bigger. Can do about 8 reps now.

On Thu, 19 May 2005 22:22:51 -0400, "Jim" <[email hidden]> wrote
in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

Congrats..most folks cant do 1...now work your way up.

You followed up to the wrong person, Jim.

"Larisa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

LM

That's awesome! Keep it up! Sounds just like Demi Moore in that movie Navy
Seals!

On 19 May 2005 18:56:50 -0700, "Larisa" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

Congratulations. Not a lot of women can do pullups. It's
a real accomplishment.

--
Helgi Briem hbriem AT simnet DOT is

Larisa said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

Congrats. Major step.

"Larisa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

LM

way to go!!
I am going to work out witha friend that can already do 3...She wants to do
10 by Labor day.

What are your goals now?

"Larisa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

LM

Congrats ... always good to see hard work pay off.

-JS2

On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:21:08 -0600, "JS2" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"Larisa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since then,
I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I decided
to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

LM

Congrats ... always good to see hard work pay off.

-JS2

This may sound ignorant, but a pull-up is pulling yourself (own
weight) up past the chin hanging from a bar, correct? If so, I've
never really implemented those into a routine..... Should I?
~GJ~

On Fri, 20 May 2005 10:51:25 -0400, Gemini Jackson <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

This may sound ignorant, but a pull-up is pulling yourself (own
weight) up past the chin hanging from a bar, correct? If so, I've
never really implemented those into a routine..... Should I?

Yes, they are probably the best lat exercise going and
very good for the biceps and traps. Provides some
benefit ot the forearms and abs too.

--
Helgi Briem hbriem AT simnet DOT is

Nameless said:

On 19 May 2005 18:56:50 -0700, "Larisa" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Sorry about all the excitement - I still can't believe I did it. A
month ago or so, I could only hang there like a dead fish. Since

then,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've been doing lots and lots of negative pullups, and today, I

decided

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to try and see if I could do a real one - and I did it!

OK, OK, I'll calm down now.

LM

Great stuff. Same for me RE: Handstand pushups.

Give them a go. Report back. Took me about two weeks (four workouts)
to perform one complete rep of handstand pushups (after just
performing negatives (basically just lowering myself)). My shoulders
are noticely bigger. Can do about 8 reps now.

Hm, I should try those. It'll probably take me longer than 2 weeks,
though. It sounds like it'd be good for the shoulders.

LM

Quoted message said:

What are your goals now?

At present, they're all upper-body goals - I screwed up my knee and
it's still giving me trouble (i.e. no squats, no jumping rope....
sigh). So, I'll probably work towards more pullups; it would be nice
to do more than one. I also want to learn to do dips. At present, I
can't do even one. Maybe, in a month...

And once my knee gets better, I want to learn to do a one-legged squat.

LM

I'm mostly feeling it in my rear deltoids for some reason - at least, I
think it's my rear deltoids. Some kinda shoulder muscle in the back of
the shoulder, anyway.

LM