I have developed the feather brained idea that I am going to complete a pullup come the end of this year. More precisely, TEN pullups. Now, I HAVE been lifting weights. I do quite well, all things considered. I bench 85 and my free weight curls are at 20 pounds. I THOUGHT I was fairly strong. Then I attempted a pullup two days ago. I KNEW I wouldn't succeed. But I didn't think I would fail so horribly. I couldn't even get 5 inches off the floor. Not even close. So, OCD and type A personality me set out on how to find a way to train my body for this impressive task. I learned a few things in my research these past couple of days....
1 - Roughly only 1-3% of American women can do ONE pullup.
2 - The Marines have eliminated pullups from the requirement for women due to the difficulty they have getting off the ground.
3 - Women are very unlikely to be able to do a pullup if they exceed 130 pounds and have more than 10% body fat.
Right then. Well, until I prove myself wrong, I call bunk on all of this. I mean, sure, it probably is accurate, but I am a strong believer that you shape your own destiny and I REFUSE to be the statistic society thinks I should be. So, here I am, setting off to prove it CAN be done. And what better way then to take up Mark Lauren's YAYOG?
So, calling out to all my fellow men and women...who's up for a bit of a challenge? Today I start my fitness assessment based out of Chapter 5. My tomorrows shall be grueling and exhausting but I WILL prove some statistics wrong, one way or another! Who's with me?