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    Saw a post about monkey bars here before. Decided to try again after a long hiatus

    I was pretty good at them when I was a young kid. Then I got fat when I hit puberty and stopped doing them. Until recently I came across an ascend/descend monkey bars near my daughter’s daycare and was surprised I could do them. This straight one was at a random fitness corner I saw after a...
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    Skinny Obese?!? DEXA Surprise, 32f 5'9" 152lbs 44%BF!

    @dawei7 Most people have give pretty good advice here and honestly I was a bit surprised to see that you are at a BF% of 44% seeing that you do judo twice a week and walk an average of 10k. You are actually not very sedentary. How's your diet like? I would suggest going for a simpler approach...
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    Can you do a pull up if you can pull your bw in a lat pulldown?

    @josh88 I started off with being able to do 2 pull ups. I have been lifting for years and I do Muay Thai so the strong core perhaps helped. I started in late June and by mid Dec I could already do 9 good ones. I train 3 times per week 5 sets each.
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    Can you do a pull up if you can pull your bw in a lat pulldown?

    @josh88 This isn’t the optimal place to put your legs because you’re making it tougher for yourself. Instead, you should place your legs slightly out in front of you in a hollow position Ok this is how I do it. The lighting isn't the best though : When you put your legs straight out in front...
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    Can you do a pull up if you can pull your bw in a lat pulldown?

    @josh88 Yeah I can do 9 pull ups, 10 chin ups but can barely finished 6 x 38.5kg lat pull downs. Same with dips. I can do 7 bodyweight dips but my bench sucks. It's currently only at 37.5kg and I can only do 4. Negatives are the way to go for pull ups. I have found assisted machines and...
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