Can any women here do pull ups?
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Re: Can any women here do pull ups?I have, but she's a gymnast.(Original post by Average_Aaron)
I've never met a woman who can do consecutive pull ups with good form.
If a woman can do 5+ pullups, she is stronger and 90% of women
I don't know where you got your stat from, but I doubt it's far off. -
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Re: Can any women here do pull ups?Aivi can do about 2-3 consecutive chins/pullups. The guy who owns my gym hadn't seen a woman do a pullup irl for a long time and he's had some seriously freaky lifters around such as Gary Taylor.
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Re: Can any women here do pull ups?Females usually have pretty damn weak upper bodies compared to males...their lower bodies can actually be pretty damn strong and with the same effort they could be closer for lower body than people think. They generally don't put the effort in and very few actually lift weights so tiny talent pool also.
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Re: Can any women here do pull ups?I can do about 5 but probably not more than that. On the whole though the only place I try is my boyfriends as his housemate has a pull up bar.
I didn't used to be able to do any, I assume that it's all the pole dancing that's done it. -
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Re: Can any women here do pull ups?He's right though.(Original post by IRL)
I doubt many can here. Remember that most women here are nothing more than sedentary slobs who do one half-assed workout a month and then wonder why they start to look chubby, and after "dieting" wonder why they are not losing weight. -
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Re: Can any women here do pull ups?How is that sexist?(Original post by hopingtobeadentist)
Sexist.
a) he has never met any women that can do a pullup. That doesn't make him a sexist, it just means he hasn't met many women that train, or those that he has met can't do them. There was nothing sexist about this first statement.
b) That wasn't him being sexist, it was a genuine statistic. It is scientific fact that women are the physically weaker gender, especially so in upper body strength. 90% of women cannot do more than 5 pullups statistically speaking. It's science, it's not sexist.
Calm down, you seem to be letting your emotions get the better of you.
For someone who's hoping to go into an academic field such as dentistry, you are very closed minded.Last edited by HFerguson; 30-06-2012 at 13:43. -
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Re: Can any women here do pull ups?Unfortunately this. I've never seen a woman do a pull up in the gym, ever, but I've seen loads of guys do them.(Original post by IRL)
I doubt many can here. Remember that most women here are nothing more than sedentary slobs who do one half-assed workout a month and then wonder why they start to look chubby, and after "dieting" wonder why they are not losing weight.
Your jimmies appear to be rustled.(Original post by hopingtobeadentist)
Sexist.Last edited by sil3nt_cha0s; 30-06-2012 at 13:45.
hopefully that will improve when I start to eat more and build muscle.
