Shashue 🌳🛖⛰️ on Nostr: I was doing some morning pulls ups today and almost mucked my back up. How? you ask. ...

I was doing some morning pulls ups today and almost mucked my back up.
How? you ask.
I normally use the monkey bar bars (1" bar).
I thought I'd try a 2" bar today (the frame on a playground swing set).

Yes, I was using the same muscle groups between the two bars, but I was stressing different strands of the muscle groups (my theory).
The first few reps felt normal but the fifth rep and gravity went a little scary and against my favor.
I didn't notice any difference with the chin-ups, but I did them before the pull-ups. So fatigue may have factored in a bit on the pulls ups.

Back feels fine now, but I did feel like I was going to faint for a couple 2-3 secs.
We'll see how back feels in the am.
If I had the time, I'd find a spa to wrap the day up with an ice plunge someplace for 5 minutes.

All that to say, not all pullups are the same. If your doing something different no matter how minor, take it slow and do a few light trial runs before going full Rambo on things. I'd budget 5-7 days.

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