I did real, completely unassisted chin-ups last night! Ever since my bf bought a chin-up/pull-up bar I've been practicing both. I have been kneeling on swiss ball and managing to do 4 or 5 of either pull-ups or chin-ups. Last night I went ahead and started with knees on the ball for the first one, then as I came down full stretch I kicked the ball out of the way and managed two more. Then I decided to start without the ball, just hanging, and see if I could pull myself up--and I did it! Okay, the last 2-3 maybe have been slight cheats since I didn't let my elbows straighten out completely, but its something. It is huge for this girl who has never been able to do ONE without that running start, that little momentum one gets when they kind of jump into it. It's called progress! Still can't quite get it with the wider, pronated grip, but it's coming.

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