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@downtherabbithole Thank you! That's a good question. In between these two pictures was a point where I was 150 lbs. I was at about 15% body fat according to my scale (they are terribly inaccurate, so that number could be pretty far off from reality). But I really wanted to be able to see my...

@thomaslowrens Initially I couldn't do a "real" pull up. I had to have my palms facing me and my hands close together. It was more of a row than a pull up. But I aimed for 3 per set. I couldn't actually do 3 per set, mind you, but that was the goal. When I couldn't pull myself up to finish a...

@dawn16 In the past I made a few attempts to put on muscle, but I never stuck with it long enough to really see much progress. There were 2 things that were different this time that I think made the difference. One was that I found a reason to work out. I fell in love with obstacle course races...

@bibbigo Thank you! I'm really sorry if I didn't follow the rules. I did browse the FAQ. I'll look again. But if you could point me in the right direction, I would be grateful. Edit: Found it! Should be easy to add. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

@sakura2015 Thank you! And good eye :). Here's my Tara Dactyl: https://www.facebook.com/TinyTaraDactyl She's been a huge part of my progress as well. Aside from the love she provides, which is invaluable, she also got me out of bed on days when I couldn't find the motivation myself. She gets me...

So admittedly this is about progress in general. Not all of it is bodyweight fitness. But its been a journey, and this has been a huge part of slowly rebuilding my self confidence. Two years ago, I was in the midst of my divorce. I was thin to begin with, but when this picture was taken, I...