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Tommy Elrod
Same with the pull ups. I didn't do pullups for about a month and it felt like I had never done them in my life.
That's the problem with pullups, especially as you get older. Plus, they are very contingent upon how much you weigh. If you put on just a few pounds, you want to shoot yourself before doing another one. If you put on 10, forget about it.
When I was a kid and weighed next to nothing, I could knock out 20+ easily, and those were real pull-ups, not the kipping shit that passes for them today. All the way up and all the way down and your legs not giving you an advantage. Over the years when I've gone back to them, I always start off barely doing any, but then can work into the teens after a while if I put any work into at all. Last time I was in shape I think I could do around 16, but it's just not an important exercise for me anymore, nor is lifting really. Plus I weigh a lot more than I did when I was in HS so it isn't fun.
Side note-- I bought a bike and did the Peloton app thing and got bored with it just as I thought I might. Thankfully, I did not go overboard with the bike purchase, thinking that I might burnout. I'm back to the old standby P90X workouts. Those are great and even though I've done them a million times, I'd rather listen to Tony Horton's corny jokes than pedal for 30 minutes.