Operation Pull-Ups: The Finale

Well, the finale wasn't as Grande as I'd hoped! Here's today's Go For the Goal...6 pushups!



I said I wouldn't be disappointed if I didn't make 6, but truth be told, I am a *little* disappointed :)

I did do better than this, this was not my best performance. THAT would be this day...Day 23:


So...Operation Pull-Ups is not over by any means, but my daily chronicalling of this journey will be taking a little break. As the (very correct) commentor said - more sets and some negatives will help. I plan to continue to "max" on unassisted sets as I've been doing, try to incorporate some negatives, and go and do a few sets on the assisted machine.

When I get 6 solid, Ahhh'll beee baaahhhck! ;)

I'm a huge dork, thanks for playing along!

Operation Pull-ups: Day 26 - The End is Near!

I haven't posted video of the past few pull-ups days for the same reason I haven't posted ANYTHING for the past few days.

Friday was a huge win and a big step toward reaching my May 2 Pull-ups Goal.

Yesterday, I started to go backwards:


Soooo...going to take a break. Didn't do any today, won't do any tomorrow, and then either Saturday or Sunday I'm going to go in and GO FOR GOAL....six pull-ups baby!

Results posted here!

Pull-Ups Day 23

A few days off...miracles!

I absolutely got that 4th rep, got a pretty solid (somewhat questionable but still) 5th, and half a 6th! YESSSSSS - getting there!

Day 21: Operation Pull-Ups

Can we get a verdict here?! I *think* I got my 4th?!



Yeah?! This was AFTER bench today today too, so not totally fresh :) I'm pleased with progress!

13 days for 2 more reps...awww yeaaahhh. I can do this!

Operation Pullups Days 19 & 20

So I seem to be stuck on getting a solid/complete 4th rep, so I decided to go ahead and try to pull through whatever I can of a 5th rep in the hopes that somehow helps, hahah.

So here's where we stand as of Day 19 - 3 solid reps, almost a complete 4th rep, and half of a 5th.



Today was Day 20, and it looks exactly the same as that, so I'll spare you :)

Goal stands - May 2, 6 solid reps!

Day 17: Operation Pull-ups

Alllllmost 4! The day that I get a solid 4th is going to be a great day...it's soon. I'm feelin' like it's happening this coming Monday ;)



Let's just for fun compare progress...here's Day 3:



2 weeks progress = almost 2 pullups more :)

So I'm thinking in 2 more weeks maybe I've got those 6 in me! Yeah!

Operation Pull-ups: Day 15

Very happy with today's pull-ups! I'm tempted to call it a full 4, but really it's not quite there...but seriously at least 3.88, right?! And aside from that last .88 rep, the shruggy thing is improving, as is ROM.

Six pull-ups will soon be mine! Oh yes!

Today, Day 15...

Operation Pull-ups: Days 10-14

Like I said, I just didn't have time to keep up with posting here, but I did keep up with my training. Today was Day 14 and I might be able to detect SLIGHT improvement from Day 9. Day 9 I managed 2 solid reps, a third "ehhh" rep, and a really crappy 4th rep :)

Today I managed 3 solid reps and a really crappy 4th rep ;)

I'm going to rest the pull-ups on 2 days/week instead of just one as I have been.

Goal: 6 solid pull-ups by 5/2.

Operation Pull-ups: Days 8 & 9 and Everything in Between

Day 8 was from last Wednesday, I tried a different grip that day to try to give my shoulders a break. Easier this way, so I got one more:



I went off to NYC on Wednesday after my workout and had 3 full days of rest - no workouts, just a little walking around the city. Definitely was in need of some rest, and I expected to be stronger on my return today than I was. A little disappointing. Training vids and pull-up vids in general this week will be from VA - this is my dad's gym, where I get yelled at for "dropping or slamming weights" when I set the bar on the floor. The rest of my week this week will be from Anytime Fitness (open 24/7).

Day 9 (after 3 days of rest):

Operation Pull-Ups: Day 7

Today was Day 7...

Almost 3, again.

Operation Pull-Ups: Days 5 & 6

Day 5 = REST
Everything needed it, and pull-ups definitely needed it, as was evident in Day 4.

Day 6



Probably could have used another day off from these. Better than Day 4, but not quite up to snuff with Day 3.

Not sure how I'm going to keep up with these in NYC :(

Operation Pull-ups: Day 4

I guess with 3 days of improvement under my belt, I shouldn't be overly concerned that I didn't see any today. Only managed two, but I'm feeling them big time from the past few days. That plus just the past few days of regular workouts taking a toll too. Some nice rest will help :)

Operation Pull-Ups: Day 3

Today:



Feeling the pull-ups from the past few days in the lats (good) and shoulders (probably not so good). Need to cut out the shoulder shruggy thing I'm doing at the top. Tried to correct that today..was somewhat successful on the first rep but on the other two..I think when I'm struggling at the top I throw my traps at it to try to finish it out.

Operation: Pull-Ups

I'm going to do them. I've made up my mind - pull-ups will be mine.
I'm close, I've made progress - I can at least lift myself. My ROM might totally suck but I no longer just hang there trying to pull myself up and stay still. Progress.

RC fwd'd me a link that suggests once a day, every day, a max set will improve, even double your pull-ups in less than a month. To which I replied, can you double zero? ;)

This makes sense, this is how I taught myself to do push-ups. Do a little every day, strive for one more each day, and next thing I know I'm banging them out.

So I'm starting.

Yesterday was Day 1, baseline. Here it is:


I paid more attention to full ROM today, Day 2:


Updates every day.
They will be mine!