The "I am going to do a one-armed pull up" thread.....

[emptywallet]

I am going to do a one armed pull-up. Screw that 1 person out of 100,000 garbage, or some other statistic. I'm breaking all kinds of statistics in my ACLR rehab now, why not bust another? I can't do alot of stuff in the gym, so why not try the impossible for upper body? I haven't decided which arm to try, just yet, however I believe I'm going to do the right. For the record I am left handed. For some reason my left arm has the motor skills and my right has the strength, though I pretty ambidextrous in just about everything. Its going to be a complete hang, starting from dead stop one armed chin. I will to touch my forehead to whatever I'm holding on to with my hand. I'll be doing it underhanded with all of my fingers around the bar. The other hand will be resting at my side. For a comparison, I'm 5 foot 7 and weigh 173 (yes, I've lost like 30 pounds in the past three months since the ACL injury ). I think I have some pics on here in a thread I started if you want to see what I looked like then. I plan on doing one by one month from today, so that's July 11th. I'll keep this thread updated with my progress.

 

[revexrevex]

Goodluck with your ACL healing, you'll get back to where you were in no time. Just think of it as a long-term journey, the set backs mean nothing in the long run. You have a long way of catching me though, I did 20 1 arm pullups with 100 lbs attached to my waist for active recovery yesterday, just to pump some blood into my lats.. lol jk.. goodluck

 

[revexrevex]

I need to find some other impossible upper body things to keep my mind occupied.

I challenge you to a one-arm handstand pushup contest

 

[emptywallet]

Goodluck with your ACL healing, you'll get back to where you were in no time. Just think of it as a long-term journey, the set backs mean nothing in the long run. You have a long way of catching me though, I did 20 1 arm pullups with 100 lbs attached to my waist for active recovery yesterday, just to pump some blood into my lats.. lol jk.. goodluck

Thank you for the kind words. I'll get ya, lol. I fully believe now there is absolutely not a single thing I can not do if I put my mind to it time willing. I need to find some other impossible upper body things to keep my mind occupied. I'm absolutely going to do this, I don't care what it takes. Who else wants to try?

 

[gettinlarger]

I'll try it Monday.

By the by, good luck with your recovery man.

 

[emptywallet]

I challenge you to a one-arm handstand pushup contest

I'll start trying this next week. I'm still vastly sore in that area as this has been my first week back in the gym. I'm not sure if I could do one now, however, when I post the starting thread about it, in a week or so, we can begin. Its hard to me to flip up in a handstand position with the bum knee, I'm scared I might wack it on something, I'll have to have someone to help get me in position. I'm going to win. Thanks for the kind words GL.

 

[emptywallet]

Heh, this is what I have to get back to. It was pretty good for me, I was happy, though I think my chest could have been much better. Whats funny, is I took these pics on like March 31st, the day before my accident. I guess it was just fate. The thought just entered my mind that day to take a picture, I kept thinking "What if I get hurt? I'll need something to remember how far I can go and for motivation in case something happens" And the next day, there went the knee. So these are my goals.

http://hucker.fdns.net/EWcropped1.jpg
http://hucker.fdns.net/EWcropped2.jpg

Who else wants to join the one armed pull up mission? It can be a common goal among all of us.

 

[Thaibox]

Wallet, have you considered attempting some grip feats. There's a LOT of things to do....1" dumbbell, 50 lb blob, one hand thick-handle deadlift, #3 and #4 COC gripper close, 45# plate pinch, spike bending, etc....

A world class grip is more rare than a world class deadlift

 

[emptywallet]

Actually yeah, I copied and pasted some of those things you said you wanted to do, awhile back that involved gripping. Explain some of these to me if you would. Ha!! Your limited in some lower body things correct? Still the knee and back? I bet I do a one armed chin before you do!!

 

[Thaibox]

aw crap. Another challenge to deal with You're on fucker Just remember I weigh 260 and am working my way back up to 275. Thats my excuse in case you hit the chin before me

Check out www.cyberpump.com man. There's a ton of info on there about grip. The guys on there are serious grip dudes. There's a recent post talking about feats of strength. That would be a good place to look for new goals. Heath Sexton is about a mm away from closing the #4, making him the second man in history to do it. You could be the third.

I acheived my first goal of closing the #3 COC. I also want to pinch 2 45# plates. That's holding one-handed, smooth sides out, 2 45# plates together. 3 25# plates is also a good goal.

The 50# blob is half of a york DB that is very difficult to hang onto. There's some pics of these on cyberpump.

I also have some levering and bending goals. Levering is using an 8 or 10 lb sledge hammer in different positions uszing only wrists. My bends would be different size nails and steel bars.

Fun shit.