Chin-Up Check-In Friday 3.31

How DO you guys come across these sites so quick. Thank you Michele! But it doesn't look that good in the picture....NOT like a glazed donut. Maybe I need to be Italian, which I'm not. And how are you going to thread it onto the bar Catherine - tell me that! Yeah right, like you could balance it on the top - I think not}( }( }( -maybe duck tape?

Briee
 
Better post results....that was why we're here - I think.

I did pullups yesterday so I knew I'd be a little tired. Did 5 chinups, 1 negative at a 15 second descent, 4 chinups, 3 chinups. Those negatives are just the greatest, I'm debating doing these more often without rest days. Just for a change, maybe. I did these all after my workout which was TS #5, and TS shoulder work #4, then the chinups.

Briee
 
I got a medium, but I'm fairly broad in the shoulders and have what you may call a "barrel" chest, even tho' I have no boobs. The shirts are, thankfully, NOT the short short kind that hit above the belly button. They are making them longer now. I also got a Popeye one!

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain ;-)
 
>How DO you guys come across these sites so quick. Thank you
>Michele! But it doesn't look that good in the picture....NOT
>like a glazed donut. Maybe I need to be Italian, which I'm
>not. And how are you going to thread it onto the bar
>Catherine - tell me that! Yeah right, like you could balance
>it on the top - I think not}( }( }( -maybe duck tape?
>
>Briee



Yeah, that's it, duck tape. And I'll just take a bite as I pull up!!!

Trust me it's delish!! If you ever eat at Olive Garden you must try it.


:p

catherine
 
Hi all! I did my "cheat" chin-ups yesterday but never had time to post. I did 10, YES 10!!! I am sooo sore this morn. I was shaking bigtime on the descent. My arms turn into rocks while doing them...do you all notice that? Of course, they turn back into MY arms afterwards! Drat! Ha! Hey Briee, I sent you two pix of the "Drop & Give Me 20" tee. Take a peek! I am with you on donuts being better then tiramisu too! GLAZED, just baked, are the BEST!

http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid8692709

Your-Friend-In-Fitness, DebbieH (AKA "Den Mother Debbie") http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/aktion/action-smiley-066.gif[/img] If You Get The Choice To Sit It Out Or Dance...I Hope You DANCE!!!
 
HB!

Did you go to Belden's Kohl's? I saw that the mannequin had only ONE left on it. Bet you got that one! 15 Chin-ups by summer??? YOU Gooooooo! I'll be thirlled when I can do ONE REAL ONE!

http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid8692709

Your-Friend-In-Fitness, DebbieH (AKA "Den Mother Debbie") http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/aktion/action-smiley-066.gif[/img] If You Get The Choice To Sit It Out Or Dance...I Hope You DANCE!!!
 
That's funny about the negatives... I saw that thread the other day and have been instructing my boot campers to do them... but wasn't about to do any in front of them!!! LOL.

It's official. I need to get something installed someplace in my house so I can do these puppies. :D

Yay!!!!! New exercise equipment!!!!! Won't my DH just love that... :eek: }( :7

Thanks for the welcomes!!!
 
I'm posting again because I'm curious if any of you have the Door Gym. Is it really this simple?? Pinky posted something a few months back (miss ya Pinky!!):

http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?...806&mesg_id=238806&listing_type=search#238881

and I didn't pay too much attention at the time, thinking I'd never get into the pull ups... and look at me now. Sheesh!

Since I'm in a rental, I'm not keen to put MORE holes in the walls. Any experiences with something like this?? The Door Gym is here:
http://www.prolithic.com/hpages/trn_acc/doorgym.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...036-6248032?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=3375251
 
Amy, Amy!!!!
YAY!!! Misery loves company!!! I can't do even one single flippin' pullup. I'm "negatives" all the way and have to start back today after 2 days off from w/o.

OK, gals, sorry to be so enthusiastic in the "wrong" direction...Melody soooooo loves chinups, soooooo loves chinups....soooo....did I tell you about the "Death by Chocolate" cake I ate for dessert last night....Melody sooooo loves chocolate, uh, chinups.....


Edits, BTW, knows all you gals want to check out the updated pic trail to know I've been in "OZ" instead of doing chinups.:)
 
But I still need a WAY to do the negatives!!!! *drums fingers across keyboard impatiently*

DH just isn't as into this idea as I am... }(
 
Amy,

I don't know anything about the doorway bars. We have a weight machine contraption (?) and if I lock the lat pulldown bar in "stored" position I can do (well, not actually "do"), attempt chinups and wide grip pullups on it. I also go outside on the boys' monkey bars.

Good luck especially on convincing DH.:)
 
RE: HB!

I got it at the Arlington Rd. store. They had one left - my trip to get one t-shirt yielded 8 total! I should know better than to ever go to Kohl's!

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain ;-)
 
Amy,
Sorry, I'm not much help with the door contraption either. I will say that even just attempting chinups does awesome things for your upper body!!!

Melody,
I love your loft!!! Oh and I feel your enthusiasm ;-)

Debbie,
10 negatives you go girl!! It's amazing how hard the arms get when doing negatives. Mine stay sort of pumped for a while. I have a hard time shaving my legs in the shower after a good upper body workout!!

Catherine
 
Amy,
Sorry, I'm not much help with the door contraption either. I will say that even just attempting chinups does awesome things for your upper body!!!

Melody,
I love your loft!!! Oh and I feel your enthusiasm ;-)

Debbie,
10 negatives you go girl!! It's amazing how hard the arms get when doing negatives. Mine stay sort of pumped for a while. I have a hard time shaving my legs in the shower after a good upper body workout!!

Catherine
 
Melody...I checked out your picture trail. What a beautiful home. As soon as my son comes back I'll have to take some pix out of our loft, it's similar. I LOVE windows!!! Really beautiful!! What a restful Yoga atmosphere....except when you have little boys running around. When we were building ours...we hung a rope and swung around from the loft over the room below and back to the loft again....you really ought to do this, major fun!! Actually our kids stacked the insulation and did running swan dives off the loft into the insulation. Good thing they never missed!!

Debbie..way to go....all those negatives. AND thanks so much for the Tshirt picture. Bethany and I are really excited to get ours (yes she wanted one too so I had to buy 2!!). So when did you get yours?

Catherine...I have a hard time going to the bathroom after a LOWER body workout. It's sitting on the toilet seat that hurts...ouch! I'm trying to institute the Freestyle (lower body thing) so I've been extremely sore lately. Makes me forget about my aching lats.

Briee
 
Melody...I checked out your picture trail. What a beautiful home. As soon as my son comes back I'll have to take some pix out of our loft, it's similar. I LOVE windows!!! Really beautiful!! What a restful Yoga atmosphere....except when you have little boys running around. When we were building ours...we hung a rope and swung around from the loft over the room below and back to the loft again....you really ought to do this, major fun!! Actually our kids stacked the insulation and did running swan dives off the loft into the insulation. Good thing they never missed!!

Debbie..way to go....all those negatives. AND thanks so much for the Tshirt picture. Bethany and I are really excited to get ours (yes she wanted one too so I had to buy 2!!). So when did you get yours?

Catherine...I have a hard time going to the bathroom after a LOWER body workout. It's sitting on the toilet seat that hurts...ouch! I'm trying to institute the Freestyle (lower body thing) so I've been extremely sore lately. Makes me forget about my aching lats.

Briee
 
OK, I have good news and bad news to report for today. The bad news is I opted not to do chest and back today as sched because I helped my in=laws do some moving today. I figure, that would dampen my results. So it's on sched for tomorrow. I promise NO EXCUSES!!!

Good news,..... Drum roll please,.......
I did 2 back to back unasissted chinups today!!! I had just taken my doggies for a walk and passed by my bar it called out. First one- up, down not too bad. OK lets go for two-up, sticky point, breath and up the rest of the way and down again. Woohoo!!!! So it's taken me about three weeks after being able to do my first one to add that second one. Not too bad I guess. Can you tell I'm excited!!! More's coming I just know it}( }( }(

Catherine

PS: Oh and Briee, I so hear ya about going to the bathroom after a good leg workout :p
 
OK, I have good news and bad news to report for today. The bad news is I opted not to do chest and back today as sched because I helped my in=laws do some moving today. I figure, that would dampen my results. So it's on sched for tomorrow. I promise NO EXCUSES!!!

Good news,..... Drum roll please,.......
I did 2 back to back unasissted chinups today!!! I had just taken my doggies for a walk and passed by my bar it called out. First one- up, down not too bad. OK lets go for two-up, sticky point, breath and up the rest of the way and down again. Woohoo!!!! So it's taken me about three weeks after being able to do my first one to add that second one. Not too bad I guess. Can you tell I'm excited!!! More's coming I just know it}( }( }(

Catherine

PS: Oh and Briee, I so hear ya about going to the bathroom after a good leg workout :p
 
Melody...I checked out your picture trail. What a beautiful home. As soon as my son comes back I'll have to take some pix out of our loft, it's similar. I LOVE windows!!! Really beautiful!! What a restful Yoga atmosphere....except when you have little boys running around. When we were building ours...we hung a rope and swung around from the loft over the room below and back to the loft again....you really ought to do this, major fun!! Actually our kids stacked the insulation and did running swan dives off the loft into the insulation. Good thing they never missed!!
>>>>>


OMG, Briee!!! I must NEVER EVER let my guys see this post. I mean chasing black bears, skunks, and wild turkeys, swinging from tall tree to tall tree, spinning each other in the dryer, oldest getting youngest to chew off oldest's toenails....I mean, really, I have enough to deal with. (And what I listed is the tame stuff) They'd be swan diving onto the sofa in the great room below...we live too far from the ER.


>Good news,..... Drum roll please,.......
>>>>>>>>I did 2 back to back unasissted chinups today!!!
>>>>>


Oh Catherine the Great, I bow to you...WOO HOO, way to go!!!
 
Melody...I checked out your picture trail. What a beautiful home. As soon as my son comes back I'll have to take some pix out of our loft, it's similar. I LOVE windows!!! Really beautiful!! What a restful Yoga atmosphere....except when you have little boys running around. When we were building ours...we hung a rope and swung around from the loft over the room below and back to the loft again....you really ought to do this, major fun!! Actually our kids stacked the insulation and did running swan dives off the loft into the insulation. Good thing they never missed!!
>>>>>


OMG, Briee!!! I must NEVER EVER let my guys see this post. I mean chasing black bears, skunks, and wild turkeys, swinging from tall tree to tall tree, spinning each other in the dryer, oldest getting youngest to chew off oldest's toenails....I mean, really, I have enough to deal with. (And what I listed is the tame stuff) They'd be swan diving onto the sofa in the great room below...we live too far from the ER.


>Good news,..... Drum roll please,.......
>>>>>>>>I did 2 back to back unasissted chinups today!!!
>>>>>


Oh Catherine the Great, I bow to you...WOO HOO, way to go!!!
 
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