Lets come up with a test of basic fitness.

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Are pullups really that hard for people? I haven't really worked out in a year, but I'm sure I could do 10 no problem.

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it depends how much you weigh. In those presidential fitness test or whatever we did in school all of the really skinny kids did the most pull ups. In padre over sb the army had a pull up thing set up where if you got 20 you got a free shirt or something and almost no one even came close. If you havent worked out in a year I would almost guarantee you couldnt do 10 correctly

[/ QUOTE ]On this: NO ONE -- and I mean 0% of people, tall, short, skinny, fat, whatever -- can jump up on a pullup bar and do 20 correct pullups without being involved in some sort of fitness regimen, whether that's weights, body-weight exercises, or rassling cattle. People don't get up off their couch after 20 years and knock out significant numbers of pullups based on body type alone, but isn't this sort of the point?

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exactly! before I started training seriously, I worked out pretty much 3-4 times a week ... and the first day of my new workout regiment, I could do 7 pullups. I thought I was in decent shape too! 7 pullups! wtf! (5'9" 175 lbs)