owning pull ups

[jbell]

There seems to be a lot of talk on here lately about pull ups and how to get better at them. Well I am posting this link to show if you work hard at them you CAN do them.

This is my 7 year old daughter. She has been doing pull ups for about 1.5 years now and is starting to get damn good at them. I dont push her to do them she does it on her own and its starting to rub off on her little sister (6 years old). The younger one can do 2-4 depending on how hard she wants to push her self.

In this video she is on her 3rd set in about 5 or 6 min. I watched her do 2 sets back to back and decided to get a video of this last set. She did 3 trips down the monkey bars with 6 pull ups in each trip for a total od 18 pull ups with a bar change between each one. I am very proud of her to say the least! Hope the link works:

 

[Smurfwarrior]

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Thats awesome, she'll blow the boys away in gym class!

 

[fx77]

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Ultimately at maturity women generally cannnot do pullups. % body weight is never less than 10%.
Even with extensive training for months, with documented increased Upper-body strength, their lack of testosterone does not permit significant buscle bulk to do the job.
Also those who are tall and with long arms have a harder time than the shorter limbed mesomorphs..FWIW
Never discourage her..
But pullups are just not an indication of fitness..too many uncontrollable variables.

 

[cavemanmoore]

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That's awesome!

 

[smokenfire10]

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Very impressive little athlete!

 

[1kHIT]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: smokenfire</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Very impressive little athlete! </div></div>

+1!!

 

[jbell]

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Thanks guys! She is truely hard. She pushes herself @ everything she does. I cant wait for when she is old enough to start racing so we can do some endurance races together. I hope her little sister follows in her footsteps as well, but if not thats cool too.

 

[Elkhunter]

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Totally awesome.

For conversation - http://rosstraining.com/blog/2012/10/26/women-can-do-pull-ups/

 

[rockrat]

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very impressive, but it may be difficult to maintain beyond puberty.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/why-women-cant-do-pull-ups/#postComment

meanwhile, with a little development however, your daughters just might be able to crush...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YixG7b0g6BE
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rock-center/47824538#47824538
http://www.rockandice.com/news/2325-the-future-is-here-ashima-shiraishis-incredible-tear-in-the-red
http://vimeo.com/33306702

 

[jbell]

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rockrat, thank you for posting the videos those girls are truely skilled! I will show the videos to my kiddos for sure.

 

[Teamor]

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thats awsome i have people in the gym that couldnt do that

 

[Wolfrandal]

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Those things are hard. Good job.

 

[leprechaun]

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Be very proud of her!

 

[jbell]

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Thank you, I am she is hard core!

 

[jhr1986]

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That's awesome; at my peak I did 4 sets of 10...I'd be lucky to do 2 sets of 5 now

 

[AirborneFO]

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Very impressive, she has inspired me to get back into it.

 

[roosterpig]

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GI Jane!!