The BIG “O”
I’ve seen guys do this many times in the gym. I like to watch sometimes, watch the muscles work as they perform a chin-up. They make it seem so easy. However, I have come to the conclusion I will probably never be able to complete a chin-up, or is it called a pull-up? Same thing. This has plagued me since 4th grade. Yes, I’m afraid we must take a trip into elementary school. I was a mere 10 years old and in the middle of our small playground was a set of monkey bars. I decided I was in the mood to monkey around and so I made my way across the playground. After much swinging and sitting on the monkey bars I was hanging from the monkey bars, holding on with my hands, feet pointed to the ground. I got the bright idea to pull myself up, arm strength only, and I got close but no cigar. I kept trying of course and as I kept giving it a go an unfamiliar pleasurable and delicious feeling kept building and building somewhere in that one place where boys were not allowed to get near. I kept going, it kept building and there it was..O..O..OOOOHHH.
Now, fast forward 26 years. If I try a chin-up doing a negative rep., no problem. On the positive though….well now. I always pause in front of that particular machine and ask myself..should I or shouldn’t I? It feels wrong, people around me. I wonder if someone would be able to tell. If so, what will I say? "Yeah…that was good….I mean hard..yes hard…that’s what I mean." LOL. This is most certainly getting in the way of fitness.
For the record, I had no concept of the big "O" when I was ten. As for the gym, I don’t know, but if I decide to give it a go…I will never tell. You realize though, if this was turned around and it happened to a man, chances are he’d be doing chin-ups ever chance he got!
October 24, 2007 at 7:11 am
wait a minute, you climax when you do chin ups? I dont think I’d ever stop!
October 24, 2007 at 7:51 am
LOL, yes. That’s what I figured, you’d be doing chin-ups like mad men.
October 24, 2007 at 8:37 am
WOW!!!!!
October 24, 2007 at 8:50 am
Believe it or not….this sometimes happens to me when I do leg lifts….I make sure I do the leg lifts at home…ALWAYS…
October 24, 2007 at 9:15 am
hahahaha….love it.
For me it’s the elliptical. Shhh…don’t tell!
October 24, 2007 at 9:48 am
I always thought it was impossible to be the one and only. Now I know! LOL. Hey, the leg lift thing..that’s another one for me also. Maddi…you go all the way in public..don’t you? LOL!
October 24, 2007 at 10:15 am
Dam….wish there could be one exercise like that at the gym….I would go 3/4 times a day.
October 24, 2007 at 3:54 pm
i am struggling with pull-ups, however if thats the result i better get on it!!!
October 24, 2007 at 5:46 pm
I’m not quit sure how to respond to this blog but I do know I will never forget it???? LOL!!! WOW!!
October 26, 2007 at 6:22 am
That’s just awesome. You’re one lucky gal. Let me know if you ever need a spot
Take care.
October 30, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Mine came from being strapped into a harness and doing back flips while on one of those spider jumps. I was embarressed at first, then I realized that no one knew, so I enjoyed myself again. I was hoping that indoor rock climbing produced the same affect but I guess it is different muscles.
November 1, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I don’t think you should feel as though it’s a guy or girl thing with chin-ups. At 6′5", currently 265lbs., it has taken me a year and a half to do body weighted chin-ups (un-assisted). I started doing 4-5 sets of 10-12 reps of good weight on pull downs when I trained my back and kept at it. I tried to do chin-ups when I first started (at 367lbs.) and it didn’t go too well to say the least. It was a little embarassing being in a gym with women, girls, and built guys doing it, but I just waited until I found the confidence and felt that I built enough strength to try it. I only did 1-1/2 reps the first time, but it was better than what I had done before. So keep it in your mind and don’t let it stop you from continuing your fitness lifestyle. Best of luck.
November 8, 2007 at 6:44 am
WOW I’m jealous
November 8, 2007 at 6:56 am
and where do you girls work out?
LOL
November 10, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Sometimes on a stationary bike where the pedals are in front of you and you pedal parralel to the floor going fast the rocking motion can bring an unwanted friend to want to say hello. Guess that means I gott keep pedaling till he takes a nap.