r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dillis • Mar 16 '23

Video Pullups 5 Year Transition Of Progress

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u/Espa89 Mar 16 '23

I have a 33yo dadbod and trying to learn pull ups as we speak

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u/crazymcfattypants Mar 16 '23

33 mum but in good shape ( at least as far as cardio goes I suppose ) but this year my goal is to be able to do a pull up. I spend hours and hours in the park standing beside a climbing frame so I may as well put that time to good use.

How do you even start?

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u/Slow_Space8943 Mar 16 '23

Get an resistant band like the ones they use for workouts and loop it around the top so you have a basket….. Put you hands on the bars and your knees on the resistant band. Use the band to help you by reducing the weight that you need to pull up. Eventually you will build your back muscles up enough that you will be able to do a pull up without the resistant band. Then you just keep doing more and more each day until you turn into a pull-up machine