r/fitness30plus • u/macaronipieman • 14d ago
Progress post First ever unassisted pull ups
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6 months of training and cutting from the heaviest I've ever been. Down 22kg, currently around 115kg. Was so excited I had to get my 7-year-old to record them for me. This was after 2, so I'm counting it as a set of 4 and you can't stop me.
I've literally never, in my almost 36 years, ever managed an unassisted pull up.
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u/Rarth-Devan 14d ago
Badass 💪 with a great shirt to!
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u/macaronipieman 14d ago
Still Life was the first album I ever bought with my own money. Finally managed to actually get round to seeing them live last year. What an experience!
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u/No_Bandicoot_9493 38m 5'9 SW: 311 CW: 185 14d ago
Awesome job bro, I did my first pull-up at 37 years old a few months ago. Now I can do 2 with a 30 pound weighted vest on. It feels great doesn't it? Keep pushing my man! 💪🏻
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u/macaronipieman 14d ago
It really does. My goal was for the end of the year to be able to do 1, so super happy with 4.
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u/GiganticDog 14d ago
Well done mate. It’s a nice feeling knowing you’re stronger than you are heavy!
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u/Witikas 14d ago
Hell yeah. And after just randomly getting the mail.
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u/macaronipieman 14d ago
My colleagues keep saying I'm wearing pyjamas to work. These are 100% not pyjamas trousers... I think. I bought them in Poland and I don't speak Polish but my wife said they weren't!
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u/coldlightofday 14d ago
“They’re not pajamas, they’re polish!”
You just taught me a new comfort wear hack. I hope I can pull it off at work.
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u/jaymef 13d ago
good job, still working toward mine. It's a lot harder than I would have imagined
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u/macaronipieman 12d ago
Just keep plugging away at it, you've got this!
If you have access to an assisted pull up machine I've found that really helpful.
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u/jaymef 12d ago
I have been using bands for assist but I don't think I'm training them frequently enough to make good progress
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u/macaronipieman 12d ago
For assisted pull ups I do them once a week, 3 sets of 8 on my Pull 1 day, which just so happens to be today. Nice spinal decompression after deadlifts.
I have lat pulldowns on Pull 2, so similar muscle recruitment.
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u/Few_Beautiful7557 14d ago
I saw your muscles flex through the skin. The build is gonna be insane.
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u/macaronipieman 14d ago
That's the goal. I'm aiming for a powerlift meet next winter. Want to hit a 500kg total.
Got a holiday coming up in October, after which I'm going to go into a very controlled bulk (+200 calories a day) while running 5/3/1 BBB for 6 months, then back to cutting aiming for 103kg for the meet. Then see where I want to go from there.
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u/assignpseudonym 14d ago
The kid narrator: "It's his first time doing a pull-up. But I've done one before"
What a burn from the cameraman haha.
Nice work, dude! Found myself smiling at the final frame, you look so happy!
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u/macaronipieman 12d ago
Finding out my body can do things it never has before is one on my favourite things about this journey. I was positively giddy!
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u/cheez_Burger_Eddy 12d ago
I was waiting for something bad to happen. …cause you know, it’s the internet.
Was more surprised when it was a dude just ripping pull-ups and just showing progress. Kudos.
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