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Fitness · by Gentle Panda · 2026-08-29

hit my first unassisted pull-up at 34

One rep. Not pretty. Sounded like I was opening a pickle jar with my soul. But it happened, after months of bands and negatives and hanging there questioning my choices.

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Hamza Malik · 4 likes

Welcome to the 'now I chase doubles for six months' club.

Tomás Gómez · 1 likes

Celebrate it. Pull-ups are rude.

Gentle Panda · 1 likes

they really are. bar said prove it and I barely did

An Pham · 0 likes

'pickle jar with my soul' lmao congrats

Kabir Khan · 0 likes

That first clean-ish bodyweight move feels so different from adding 5 lbs to a dumbbell.

Aarav Sharma · 0 likes

One ugly first rep is still a first rep. Huge.