Progress
Added 2025-02-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTCMaybe this isn't much, it doesn't look like a huge progression (and the old video was shot on a potato, evidently. 🫠 A friend filmed and sent it to me by text which destroyed the quality.)
This is one of my favorite achievements. It's something that years ago I showed up and stayed late every day practicing until I figured it out. On the right is ~6 years ago when I successfully got over the bar for the first time. I only got up there 1 in 10 tries, but I could do it. Sometimes I would miss and smack my lower chest against the bar. I ended up with bruises. I skinned the inside of both thumbs trying to learn the proper grip. But I could do it.
I moved and was in a gym for some time where there were only double stacked pullup bars and I wasn't able to practice. When I moved again a few years ago I regained access to the right type of bar but had lost the skill. The past year I worked at it again consistently and now not only do I make it to the top every time, I can do it under fatigue and even string together several reps. I will continue practicing in 2025 and make some progress on the gymnastics rings as well, and hope you'll be here to celebrate with me then too :)
Folder for all February photos and videos in Dainty Daisy Part 1 - Links post from 2/27
