My first unassisted clean pull-up!

Can’t believe that just a while ago I was mainly focusing on getting my first pushup.
Now here I am, finally moving on to a new challenge, which is…

my first unassisted and clean pull up.

Unfortunately, I started writing this much later and have been training for a while already, so I couldn’t share a more detailed process of my journey here.

At the moment, I still struggle to get my chin up all the way above my hands.
But I can definitely report that I noticed a stronger mind-body connection in the movement itself.
Doing the negatives has become much easier and I can keep myself hanging with my arms in an “L- form” (anyone know what it’s properly called? xD) much longer compared to when I first started.

But besides that, I am surprised how manageable it turned out to be to learn those skills.

I still remember that day when I unexpectedly managed to do my first push up. (And not the wide-stance ones, here I was specifically targeting to achieve the narrow-stance!)

I’ve never been great at keeping track of my habits or planning workouts, and even less so at following them.
I tried working out alongside the workout-apps, but from my experience,
they have been a great introduction to what kind of movements you can do and how long it is advised to hold them,
but I wouldn’t say that they were great at building the habit itself for the long run.
Compared to how the apps made me feel, I would say my approach now is pretty “lazy.”

Yet, now when I think about it,
-it makes sense that a whole book about “atomic habits” was written.

And honestly, I believe this book is the key reason that I am able to push myself forward to this day and will be able to continue those habits for more years to come.

Don’t give up guys!