It was cold during my hike today. So until either March arrives or I find my winter gloves to replace the red mittens I borrowed from my girlfriend, all my exercise has to be indoors.
Regular blog readers know that the evidence on my fitness is mixed. On the positive side, I have enjoyed stable weight and low cholesterol despite the occasional late night cookie bowl. On the other hand, I have never done a pull up. This winter, I am determined to change one of those.
I have been lifting for nearly a year and I still don’t know if I’ve accomplished anything. I will feel much better with a measurable objective. My new goal is to increase my lifetime number of pull ups from 0 to 1.
My favorite exercise machine is the Gravitron anyway because it’s most like a ride. Luckily, it is also basically a pull up. If I understand the physics behind it, and let us hope I do since I just passed in my physics final, the Gravitron is basically a pulley. The more weight counterbalancing one’s own body mass, the easier it is to do a chin up.
For example, I most recently did three sets on the Gravitron at 140 lbs. This is an improvement since a week ago when I did them at 150 lbs. Of course, to do a real pull up, I need that weight to be zero. So that is my goal for the next three months.
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