In high school around 8.

Now nearly 52 i barely managed to do 3 recently.

No cheating,you must straighten your arms and pull yourself up over the bar,then all the way back down again,then repeat.

This is not easy!

Nearly half a one.

Must............ avoid............ making............ jokes............ about............ pulling............

I can go non stop for more than five minutes using only one arm...

@95kg I can do ~15 palms facing me... 20 if I'm feeling good.
When I was 84kg before I went on that cruise 2 years I could do 20 easy, 25 feeling good.

Palms out now 10.

At 20 I could do 3 reps of 20, with 50 push ups and 100 sit ups between the reps.

I did 3 pulls ups two days ago at a mates place. 93kg. 45 years old. I also did 25 push ups last year.

Just running off on a tangent, how long can you wakeboard for?

I got into wakeboarding to learn board control for kiting, and its sucked me in. No need for wind, and with a cable park not far away, its pretty easy to get on the water.

For anyone that does it regularly, how long can you wakeboard for? When I first started I could hold on for about 3 laps before my arms were too tired. Now, I can keep going lap after lap for ages, but man do I feel it for the rest of the week. It uses muscles that are just not used any other way. I keep on thinking it will get better as my back muscles get stronger, but in reality that means that I wakeboard more instead of finding it easier.

Same age as Peter I can do 10, but I have a pull up bar in my yard, so it's kinda cheating..
Also I have a bursitis in both shoulders and a broken bicep long head tendon, but that doesn't help much

'93 I was 29 years old and 74ishkg, similar to 'Drip, I could hoik out several reps of 25+ no drama at all, push-ups I topped out at 40ish before the shoulders started complaining, sit-ups by the hundred were a doddle too.
I could even go up the rope to the ceiling of the drill hall like a rat up a drainpipe a few times with out using my legs.

These days.........just thinking about chin-ups has me reaching for the Voltaren and Panadol-osteo.

Push-ups and sit-ups remind me of rice bubbles [snap-crackle-pop sound effects]
I have enough trouble tying my shoelaces - stuff trying to climb ropes or dangle from a bar
[bars are for leaning on].


In my book, gavnwend is doing pretty damn good

I can do about 300 or so spread out over 30-35 years. One at a time

Never been good at pull ups, but at the age of 20-25, used to smash out sit ups like crazy for no particular reason. A few of us would even get drunk, and sit there doing situp wars, seeing who would give up first.I distinctly remember a time a few of us were drinking, and there were girls involved. Someone started bragging how they could do 100 situps. We regularly hit 100 or 200, so I laughed at him, called him a pansy, and said " mate, I could smash 500, right now". Of course there was a lot of doubt in the room until I hopped up and started. "1,2,3,4....."About the 250 mark I was kinda sore. 300 and I'm telling myself I'm over halfway. 400 and although hurting, I'm confident now of hitting 500. And when I hit that 500th sit up, I had a big grin on my face, and said " Told you so. Anyone else wanna try?" haha no takers.

Now, 35, although fit, no longer as flexible. I can pick up the salt wrong and my back will be out for a week. So the idea of doing any un-necessary sit ups frightens me. As Stephen said, tying my shoes is as close as it gets, and even that cant be touch and go lol. That said, I just spent 10 hours straight building a treehouse, mulyiple levels, twisting and contorting all over the place, cutting, drilling, lifting. But I now feel broken.

At 67 (next month), I can still do a belly grind.
I'll ask for you, "What the hell is a belly grind?"
Start in a pull up position, palms out, (hanging, no touching the ground) then pull your legs up and over the bar, so that the top half of your body ends up above the bar, grinding around the bar, on your belly, to get into that position.

That was one of the first things we had to learn how to do on the horizontal bar, while on the gymnastics team in high school, about 100 years ago, okay, about 50 years ago, it just seems like 100.

47 and 76kg. I have to do 50 sit-ups and 20 push-ups plus various hammy and lower back stretches or my back will likely go into a spasm during the day. As someone said just reaching for the salt can do it. I also don't sit down till 6pm for dinner, except to drive.

I was doing 20 pull-ups twice a day but found it aggravated my lower back. I can still knock out ten easily and not be worse for wear.

FWIW for people with sensitive backs it may be worth looking into. I find magnesium supplements as advised by my Dr crucial because I'm in the tropics and sweat a fair bit.

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FormulaNova said..
Just running off on a tangent, how long can you wakeboard for?

I got into wakeboarding to learn board control for kiting, and its sucked me in. No need for wind, and with a cable park not far away, its pretty easy to get on the water.

For anyone that does it regularly, how long can you wakeboard for? When I first started I could hold on for about 3 laps before my arms were too tired. Now, I can keep going lap after lap for ages, but man do I feel it for the rest of the week. It uses muscles that are just not used any other way. I keep on thinking it will get better as my back muscles get stronger, but in reality that means that I wakeboard more instead of finding it easier.

Same as you dude. Initially arms falling off after 3 laps. I bloody envy you that you live near Penrith... bast@rd. Cable is the best thing ever. I'm assuming you tuck the bar under elbow in corners to save energy and stuff like that...

Just for the contrary l can hardly pull my sail up at times.

I don't know why, but I've always been able to do about 30, while most people seem to have trouble doing 5 or so. On the other hand, I struggle to do half the push-ups that other people can do.

I guess being a flyweight is a big help.

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FormulaNova said..
Just running off on a tangent, how long can you wakeboard for?

I got into wakeboarding to learn board control for kiting, and its sucked me in. No need for wind, and with a cable park not far away, its pretty easy to get on the water.

For anyone that does it regularly, how long can you wakeboard for? When I first started I could hold on for about 3 laps before my arms were too tired. Now, I can keep going lap after lap for ages, but man do I feel it for the rest of the week. It uses muscles that are just not used any other way. I keep on thinking it will get better as my back muscles get stronger, but in reality that means that I wakeboard more instead of finding it easier.

Same as you dude. Initially arms falling off after 3 laps. I bloody envy you that you live near Penrith... bast@rd. Cable is the best thing ever. I'm assuming you tuck the bar under elbow in corners to save energy and stuff like that...

I don't live near Penrith, but I manage to get away from work once a week to get there at 4pm and you get 2 hours of fun in, which is pretty cool when there's not much else you can do at that time after work. On weekends its too busy, but on weekdays there's not many people there and if you can time it right you get almost continuous laps.

Yeah, I put my arm through the bar for a bit of that, but the more I do it the stronger the arms and back gets. Don't get me wrong, I am still a beginner, but getting better.

I didn't even notice that this place existed until I went to the cable park in Perth two years ago when there was no wind. When I came back to Sydney I figured it would be a good way to get some board skills sorted out. Now, I think I prefer the cable park.

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FormulaNova said..

superlizard said..

FormulaNova said..
Just running off on a tangent, how long can you wakeboard for?

I got into wakeboarding to learn board control for kiting, and its sucked me in. No need for wind, and with a cable park not far away, its pretty easy to get on the water.

For anyone that does it regularly, how long can you wakeboard for? When I first started I could hold on for about 3 laps before my arms were too tired. Now, I can keep going lap after lap for ages, but man do I feel it for the rest of the week. It uses muscles that are just not used any other way. I keep on thinking it will get better as my back muscles get stronger, but in reality that means that I wakeboard more instead of finding it easier.

Same as you dude. Initially arms falling off after 3 laps. I bloody envy you that you live near Penrith... bast@rd. Cable is the best thing ever. I'm assuming you tuck the bar under elbow in corners to save energy and stuff like that...

I don't live near Penrith, but I manage to get away from work once a week to get there at 4pm and you get 2 hours of fun in, which is pretty cool when there's not much else you can do at that time after work. On weekends its too busy, but on weekdays there's not many people there and if you can time it right you get almost continuous laps.

Yeah, I put my arm through the bar for a bit of that, but the more I do it the stronger the arms and back gets. Don't get me wrong, I am still a beginner, but getting better.

I didn't even notice that this place existed until I went to the cable park in Perth two years ago when there was no wind. When I came back to Sydney I figured it would be a good way to get some board skills sorted out. Now, I think I prefer the cable park.

100% agree. Cable kicks kitesurfing arse big time. As you said, if you time it right and avoid weekends and school holidays, there is pretty much no unpredictability factor, hence you can progress at a far more effective rate. Not to mention how much fun it is hitting all the obstacles... I been going to Syd every 2 months for couple of days just for the cable... and it gives your overall core strength a massive workout...

only thing is kiteboarders are generally a bit more frendlier bunch than wakeboarders for some reason... although MTB-ers beat both group when it comes to friendliness...

I go kite and SUP surfing plus kayaking for fun and fitness.

72 and 65kg, managed 8 this arvo.

56 , 98 kg;s , just popped a valve,
I got 4 out


pushed out 30 push ups at work last week for a carton .

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Cassa said..
56 , 98 kg;s , just popped a valve,
I got 4 out


pushed out 30 push ups at work last week for a carton .

Jeez! Who was the sucker?

I am 36 and I can do 16 pul ups and 55 pushups. I have been working out few times a week for almost 2 years, but Calisthenics I am doing for 6 months. This is the best way of workout to stay in shape, not get injury and most important to doo other sports. Lifting weights is shortening Your muscles, You are getting slow and not flxible.

I did two last week but struggled to get a hold of ledge at the top of the door.

Did a short sprint against a 18 year old former number two in the state in U/16 at 200m,

he gave me about a 3 metre start and by the 10 metre mark flew past me like i was in reverse

He did 53minutes in the recent HBF 12 km fun run.

Got my revenge today though by crushing him at arm wrestling.

I know it's hard to believe for someone so fast,but basically there is very little strength in his 65kg body.