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BTW, is this challenge just for this month or will it run throughout the year? I know the thread will be locked next month but just checking.

Well, re-read the first post of the thread. Maybe I didn't make it as clear as I though I did. Final test by 28 Feb. Locking a couple of days later. Sounds like just the month.

You are welcome to continue working on your chins throughout the year, and you are certainly welcome to report the results in the forum at any time. If you continue to increase by 10% each month for 12 months, you will increase your chins by... wait. This is like compound interest. Oscar? How much will he increase?

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I did read the first post and of course realised this thread is only for the month. But I was unsure if then a new one would be created for march and so on.. i.e this the first month of a challenge that lasts 2013.

Thanks for organising this

We used to do more frequent challenges but this one has become an annual event.

I know the month isn't over but I hit my goal of 2 proper pullups with no back pain.

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Strength is the adaptation that leads to all other adaptations that you really care about - Charles Staley
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Thanks TimD

Great job! I'll get it on the chart later.

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Member          Type          Pre-test          Goal          Post-test
Dub             SW PU         NR                "6+"
Ephs            SW NG         4@+1.25k           4@+10k
Proper Knob     MW PU         11                 12
Jungledoc       MW PU         9                  10              11
robertscott     NG            NR                 10@+10k
rbt-aus         PU            3                  6
JasonJones      CU            15                 15@higher BW
Travis          MG PU         9                  10
medic002        CU            8                  12
stuward         PU            1                  2          2--no, make that 3-- pain-free reps
leanmuscle13    PU            8                  15       (also with an injury)

SW=shoulder width; WG=wide grip; NrG=narrow grip; CG=close grip
PU=pullup (overhand, pronated); CU=chinup (underhand, supinated); NG=neutral grip (palms facing each other)
+10#=body weight plus 10 pounds

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So I went in for my regular workout, and realized that because I'm going to be the vic... ah... subject of a medical procedure on Wednesday, and that the prep for it would ruin my Tuesday, and probably leave me washed out (literally) on Thursday, today was my last chance to test my rep for the challenge. But I was tired from an extra-long day of work (Monday is always busy, and 2 of my colleagues are away), so I even considered postponing the whole thing. Of course I could cut myself and everyone else some slack on the deadline (and probably will anyway), but I decided to try to get it in today. Today was scheduled to be a circuit of 5 chins/10 pushups/ farmer's walk. So I just did the max in place of the 5 chinups in the circuit. I was real happy to get 11, one more than my goal.

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan

The end is near! Has anyone else tested their progress?

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan

I'll try and get my target when I train back next week. It'll technically be out of the agreed time frame but meh.

I'm not too confident I'll get it to be honest, but I'll try.

I've done 3 PUs a couple of time now. I think I can call that the limit of this time.

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Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food.~Hippocrates
Strength is the adaptation that leads to all other adaptations that you really care about - Charles Staley
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Thanks TimD

i failed.

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16@bw+4 pounds

I realize that sounds like a victory, even if modest, but I was planning on gaining more weight than that. However the missus and I booked a trip to Vegas at the end of next month that includes a couple pool parties, so if I wanna see her in a bikini I can't be making my famous pulled pork every day.

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Member          Type          Pre-test          Goal          Post-test
Dub             SW PU         NR                "6+"
Ephs            SW NG         4@+1.25k           4@+10k
Proper Knob     MW PU         11                 12
Jungledoc       MW PU         9                  10              11
robertscott     NG            NR                 10@+10k
rbt-aus         PU            3                  6
JasonJones      CU            15                 15@higher BW     16@BW+4
Travis          MG PU         9                  10
medic002        CU            8                  12
stuward         PU            1                  2          2--no, make that 3-- pain-free reps
leanmuscle13    PU            8                  15       (also with an injury)

SW=shoulder width; WG=wide grip; NrG=narrow grip; CG=close grip
PU=pullup (overhand, pronated); CU=chinup (underhand, supinated); NG=neutral grip (palms facing each other)
+10#=body weight plus 10 pounds

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan

No. No progress at all? There's still a day left for those of you in the Western hemisphere!

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For pulled pork recipes, see appropriate thread under "Diet and Nutrition". And let this be a lessen to any thread hijackers who might be lurking about--we will deal with you.

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan