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Pull up strength is an indicator for health and longevity. But most people can't even do one. My 50 year old client Eric is now doing weighted pull ups with ease. Here's how you go from zero to pumping out pull ups for fun: (Instant bookmark) = Thread =

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Sen. Senator Mazie Hirono asks about requiring FBI agents to do pull-ups. FBI Director Kash Patel: "If you want to chase down a bad guy and put him in handcuffs you better be able to do a pull-up...Doing one pull-up is not harsh."

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No matter how chaotic or exhausting life is, I try to show up as much as I can for myself. Even if motivation is low and it’s only a few minutes a day. Went from 4-14 pull ups in 3.5 months, despite a drastic decrease of my workouts.
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No matter how chaotic or exhausting life is, I try to show up as much as I can for myself. Even if motivation is low and it’s only a few minutes a day. Went from 4-14 pull ups in 3.5 months, despite a drastic decrease of my workouts.

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this is Pranav Iyer, he’s 25 y/o from 🇺🇸 who’s building his Sedona Health — luxury $60,000/year healthcare for $500 he's also on his way to set the World Record for the most pull-ups ever done in a day (11,707) storytelling by Hardeep, supported by localhost HQ

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64,881 views • 1 year ago

And for my friend Marc Lobliner - IFBB Pro who did an excellent job explaining butterfly pull-ups, CrossFit, and overall his usual smackdowns to the critics today, I’m doing lots of lifting too! 💪 Y’all should listen to Marc, he knows how to train and how to train people to meet their goals.
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And for my friend Marc Lobliner - IFBB Pro who did an excellent job explaining butterfly pull-ups, CrossFit, and overall his usual smackdowns to the critics today, I’m doing lots of lifting too! 💪 Y’all should listen to Marc, he knows how to train and how to train people to meet their goals.

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Pull-Ups vs. Lat Pull-Down: For muscle growth in the Lats, give me a well-built Lat Pull-Down over a Pull-Up Bar any day of the week There are 2 key reasons for this: 1) Greater stability….obviously this has become a bit of a meme but it does matter for hypertrophy 2) The Lat Pull-Down setup will afford you the ability to manipulate body position to better bias the Lats FWIW, I don’t think the gap in terms of effect size/outcome is all that large here but I do think it exists

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