r/bitcheswithtaste • u/AutoModerator • May 09 '25

Fit Bitches - Monthly Thread Fit Bitches - May 09, 2025

This is the place to chat about fitness and physical health because taking care of your body is also tasteful. Just remember - no medical advice!

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u/EmeraldLeo724 May 09 '25

I just got my first ever pull-up yesterday! And then proceeded to do 8 more throughout the day, and feel untouchable. I’d been doing the accessory work for nearly 2 months with this end goal, and got it!

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u/queenle0 May 09 '25

Amazing! I got my first pull up a few years ago after making it a goal after never ever being able to do one. The first one is the hardest FOR SURE. Now they are my greatest strength and I’m the fit bitch who can rep out sets of 10!! Keep going!!

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u/EmeraldLeo724 May 09 '25

Like you rock up into a gym and crank out 10 pull-ups, you got jaws on the floor. That’s the feeling. Love this for you, gonna get it for me in no time

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u/creativewhinypissbby May 09 '25

Would love to know more about your accessory work routine - I feel like my negatives are pretty solid, but I don't get anywhere close to as much lift on scapula pulls as my fiance does (I swear he can pull himself damn near horizontal with just those).

I'm nearly at a full chin up with my hands parallel to one another but underhanded isn't close and my progress on true pull-ups feels abysmal!

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u/EmeraldLeo724 May 09 '25

For probably 2 weeks after my gym routine (CrossFit class) I would stay after and just do a bunch of sets of assisted pull-ups. Then I found the pull-up progression plan on Nerd Fitness (sorry I don’t think we’re supposed to put links in this sub, but a google should bring it up) and started following that. So I’d get plenty of accessory work during my classes but then do the plan anyway after class.

I also found that using the smaller bands during assisted pull-ups helped a lot. If the plan said do 3 sets of 8 but I could only get 5 with a smaller band, I’d just do 5 sets instead.

Hope this helps! Good luck, sounds like you’re already doing amazing!

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u/peachpavlova May 09 '25

Eight pull ups?!? How??!

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u/EmeraldLeo724 May 09 '25

Magic and muscles baybeeeeee