Tomorrow’s Work Out: Pull-Ups
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Bright-n-early tomorrow morning — well, early, anyway — I’m heading to Sky Sport gym in Beverly Hills to assist on a photo shoot for an upcoming article on learning to do a pull-up. Or, better yet, many pull-ups. (Sky Sport also happens to be where Bravo’s reality show Work Out is filmed, so you’d better believe I’ll be on reality-TV-star watch.)
The article is slated for publication in the May issue of Experience Life, and it’s one I’m really excited about. Pull-ups are one of the very best indicators of strength-to-body-weight ratio (also known as “relative strength”), and I hear too many women say they could never do one. Horse hockey. Or pucky. Or whatever.
My friend Stubot has agreed to take on what the two of us have dubbed the Pull-Up Challenge. (I offered to use only her initials in this post to afford her at least pseudo-anonymity, but her response was, “I want the glory.” I remain unconvinced there’s much glory to be had, but there it is. Bask away.)
The deal is, I’m going to send her the exercise progression from the article now, and she’s going to embark on a mission to crank out her first-ever pull-up. She may even invest in a Door Gym. Worth every penny, in my book.
So. Please join me in wishing Stubot luck, and once the article is online, let me know if you decide to give the progression a try yourself. I’d love to hear how it goes.
