Pull Up Challenge Results from New Year's Resolution

Aug 17, 2025

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Hey Gang!

The result is in for the New Year’s pull up challenge.

Normally I do however many reps my age is on my birthday.

Last year I did 51 pull ups — and a few to grow on — along with a 25lb weighted pull up.

However, in January my podcast co-host, Jonni, wanted to do a 1 rep max pull up challenge for our respective birthdays.

Her goal was to do a strict pull up and mine was to do an 80lb weighted pull up.

Everybody joined in with that New Year’s enthusiasm and then everybody quit when the New Year lost its luster a couple weeks later.

So, it was just me today. Haha.

When I was 45 years old my 1 rep max weighted pull up was 75lbs.

I thought I could beat that this year by 5 lbs.

I was wrong.

Menopause, seven years of aging and longer recovery times really take a toll on maintaining and growing muscle.

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