In January 2011, I set myself a target which was ambitious but, I hoped, achievable. 20,000 pullups by the end of the year. I tried a few, decided how many I could do back then in one day, and set myself a target of 100 in the final day. A simple spreadsheet gave me my… Read More »
As I write this, I am about to go upstairs and do my final set of 10 pullups for the day. This will bring my total for today to 200, and my total number of chinups/pullups since last January to 19805. If I can manage a third day of more than 195 pullups tomorrow, I… Read More »
I managed to stick to my plan and achieved a solid 1000 in two weeks. Halfway with only a third of the year left feels a bit daunting and we’re away in a caravan for two weeks in September so consistency might be difficult (will have to find a playground or tree branch). To help… Read More »
It’s been a bit if a slog, but I’ve clawed back my lead and I am back ahead of schedule. 1000 more pullups and I’ll be half way to my goal. I hope to manage that in two weeks. Consistency is the key, and it’s the difficult bit. Feel free to head over to http://www.justgiving.com/20000pullups… Read More »
It took a few more days after the bruising showed up on my arm for it to feel strong enough to try a pullup again, but it was not to be. The muscle that was hurting in my abdomen was still extremely painful and is immediately engaged when doing a pullup. I had to exercise… Read More »
A frustrating week. I was making good progress for the first three days last week. On target for 100 pullups each day, to bash out the next 1000 in two weeks. Unfortunately, on thursday, I started to experience a pain in a muscle in my abdomen. I think I can trace it to straining it… Read More »
After reaching 4000 pullups not so long ago, I had a patchy few days so I decided to set a mini goal. I aimed to reach 5000 by the end of saturday, which required maintaining a decent daily rate for 4 days, allowing me to take sunday off guilt-free. As it happens, I managed 2… Read More »
The last few weeks have been pretty disruptive, what with Hannah having her PFO closure operation at the London Heart Hospital and such. I’ve struggled to consistently maintain a decent number of repetitions as you can see from the graph. Fatigue and busyness have been annoying me, but I did make it to 4000 pullups… Read More »
A quick update to say that I have set up a static page about this pullups malarky, and also a Just Giving page for taking donations:
I’ve had a flaky week or so, what with Hannah’s health and what not. I’ve kept the pullups ticking over, but missed a couple of days. Today I started out well with a couple of sets before breakfast and some more mid-morning. When I updated my spreadsheet, I noticed I was within 53 of hitting… Read More »