"Most girls and women can't do pullups"

Are pull-ups one of your fitness goals?

I posted a reel on instagram a while back detailing what steps to take to work your way up to your first pull-up. I had over 100 people save this reel just within the first half hour or so, which is A LOT for my little slice of social media real estate. That -- and the comments / DMs -- let me know this is a BIG goal for many of you.


And then last week I talked about why I do towel pullups here and had a bunch of DM conversations, again, mentioning how badly some of you want to get your first pullup ... which reminded me that it's been a while since we've discussed that here!



So, I decided I wanted to share it with you again here too in case you missed it -- but with more detail I wasn't able to share on that reel. How often should you do these practice exercises? Which days? How much rest? Any other considerations? How long will it take before you're showing off your new skills on every playground, horizontal bar or ledge you come across?



It's all here in this 3-minute video. 



I've been pretty obsessed with pull-ups since an elementary school gym teacher told me "Most girls and women can't do pull-ups" after I wanted to have a go at it and he just wanted to give zeros to all the girls across the board. :-/ And if you have that fire in you too, I hope this helps!



If pull-ups are not something you ever care about trying or are doing lots of already, maybe you'll enjoy this throwback one about how to determine whether your strength workout is 'effective' or not.



XO,
Tara



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