I imagine it'd take me some time to do even one pull-up, as the first months would mostly be me hanging from a bar while I spent some time developing enough mus

I imagine it'd take me some time to do even one pull-up, as the first months would mostly be me hanging from a bar while I spent some time developing enough muscle to get myself up. Arm, shoulders, core muscles, good joints, and some coordination go into that one exercise. Pull-ups are one of those 'difficult' exercises, and males have an easier go at it, actually. Some further reading: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/why-women-cant-do-pull-ups/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/why-women-cant-do-p...