Have you ever struggled with a movement at the gym that you just couldn’t overcome? For me, that has always been pullups. Granted, I have some serious muscle weirdness going on in my upper back from my surgery (including bits that have never recovered feeling in them) but mostly it’s because, as a female that had no professional trainer, I avoided most upper body work. I don’t think I hardly ever did anything overhead…ever. When I started CrossFit, we were instructed on kipping pullups, but I barely had the strength to do even jumping pullups. We now know that NO ONE should be doing kipping pullups unless they have the strength to do at least a few strict pullups. So I continue on, with negative pullups during most conditioning WODs. I have achieved one strict pullup and I can do many kipping, but until I can do five strict, I’ll stick to the basics.

If you struggle with pullups, today is your day!

Today’s Prize in the 11 Days of Giveaways – Day 2 is 1 Perfect Pullup Bar courtesy of Fitness Town in Vancouver BC!

About Fitness Town

Fitness Town, now with 8 retail store locations to serve you, specializes in supplying the home and commercial markets with mid to high– end fitness equipment, weight training equipment and workout accessories in Canada. Our chain of fitness stores has grown from a single location in Burnaby to include South Vancouver, Kitsilano, Langley, Port Coquitlam,Surrey, North Vancouver and Edmonton, Alberta. Whether you work out at home or are purchasing fitness machines and accessories for a gym, Fitness Town is a one-stop depot for all your fitness equipment needs. We are the Fitness Equipment Experts.

Our Mission

Our mission at Fitness Town is to inspire healthy lifestyles and provide expert advice to help people to utilize the ideal fitness equipment for their needs and goals. The team at Fitness Town is greatly concerned about the rising rates of childhood obesity in North America and is dedicated to educating people of all ages to live a healthy lifestyle and be physically fit.

By providing customer focused health and fitness expertise and guidance, we allow the customer to make an educated commitment to their ever changing health and fitness goals. We work hard to make sure we have the best range of equipment available to our customers and have equipment that suits all fitness levels and interests.

Thanks a million to Dai Manuel for providing this prize! One (Canadian) Winner will receive the perfect Pullup Bar: