Chin-up bar

I was shocked when I was 25 and I found myself on monkey bars and I couldn't even pretend to hold up my own weight. This weekend my boyfriend installed my chin-up bar for me. I'm sort of remotely pretend in shape at the moment. Which both means I can hold myself up for 1-2 second, but I'm also mentally prepared to not do it for longer than that. He got it up and told me to put my weight on it to make sure it would hold. I did my two seconds and every muscle between my finger tips and my lower back said, "Wow, ow, ok good she's stopping." It was the best 2 second workout ever. I get major tinglies every time I pass under it now. I can't wait to do it again.

Last week I had another minor milestone. I did 6 squats with a weighted bar, held behind my neck just like the professionals. I've been doing the remedial stretching and strengthening to be able to do squats with no weights, putting my hands wherever just for balance. Of course, every day I go to work at a desk for 8 hours and largely undo the stretching I did, but eventually the work will accumulate. It already is, slowly.