@staxx Do you do inverted rows by chance? The Nerdfitness link discusses these. You can do them off a dining table for instance. They will help tremendously
@twinmama I have tried doing them with furniture like a table but it seems like my cheap Ikea furniture is not stable enough to feel secure, haha. I did do some searching just now and found an idea of using a broom between two chairs so I'll try that!
@staxx That will work! Be certain to secure it, don't want you slipping off. As another user commented as well, a local park is a great option if you have one available
@staxx You can also search for calisthenics parks. Some cities have little calisthenics set ups in parks or along trails. Maybe less likely to be populated than a playground
@twinmama This is so very thorough. Kudos @twinmama!
And thank you for calling out the assisted pull-up machine. It is not your friend & will not get most (I’m sure there are exceptions) people to a strict pull-up. Yes...I’m still annoyed I wasted 6 weeks last year on them hoping for improvement.
@markinsydney Indeed! I progressed much faster once I ditched it. I’m finally at sets of 10 unweighted & 5 weighted, no thanks at all to the assisted pull-up machine
@calso Ahh thank you! That makes sense and I’m going to try to incorporate it !
For a while I was found 10 pull ups every day and definitely noticed that if I started with 4 but the end I was struggling for 2 so then I’d drop to doing like 3 to try to remain consistent but I think that was the wrong call.
Thanks so much! Funny looking back at you precious comment because you were worried about six!
This is geared towards females in the Army and a specific exercise called the leg tuck that is on the newish fitness test for the service- however, this could also benefit those who want to work on their pull ups as well.