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Check out Lisa's Torture of the Week - Pull Ups

Wow, she may be tiny, but she is strong!

I am lucky if I can do two or three at a time...she made it look easy!

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Re: Check out Lisa's Torture of the Week - Pull Ups

I never could do those, though I have good upper body strength. I'm six feet tall and I have to lift a large amount of body mass to arm muscle; a small person may mass half of what I do. That's why gymnasts are often under five feet tall.

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On 9/24/2014 Campion said:

I never could do those, though I have good upper body strength. I'm six feet tall and I have to lift a large amount of body mass to arm muscle; a small person may mass half of what I do. That's why gymnasts are often under five feet tall.

EXACTLY why I can only do 2 or 3 (on a good day) - too much body mass!

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Re: Check out Lisa's Torture of the Week - Pull Ups

On 9/24/2014 terrier3 said:
On 9/24/2014 Campion said:

I never could do those, though I have good upper body strength. I'm six feet tall and I have to lift a large amount of body mass to arm muscle; a small person may mass half of what I do. That's why gymnasts are often under five feet tall.

EXACTLY why I can only do 2 or 3 (on a good day) - too much body mass!

I have a body mass problem too -- horizontally! Wink

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Re: Check out Lisa's Torture of the Week - Pull Ups

She has great strength. Impressicve she has been committed to her workouts for several years now and the hard work shows !

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Re: Check out Lisa's Torture of the Week - Pull Ups

Very impressive.

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Re: Check out Lisa's Torture of the Week - Pull Ups

It is easier to do them with palms facing each other (as she's doing) instead of a wide grip with palms facing forward and she's also not fully extended at the bottom (elbows are bent a lot).

But I'm a critic. Some say a PITA!!!

But she does look great!

I love her cross bench jumps and the ""therapy"" thing with the ball on the rope. Great core stuff.

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Re: Check out Lisa's Torture of the Week - Pull Ups

If you've got long arms (relative to your body) it's harder, too.

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Re: Check out Lisa's Torture of the Week - Pull Ups

Just my opinion.... but, Lisa wonders why she has creepy people following her.... pictures of her working out, pictures of her home inside all lead to weirdos stalking her... she should learn from past experiences and not be so open with her personal life.