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99% of the population can’t do 1 pull-up, let alone 10. Most of the people I go to the gym with would struggle with more than a few. Hell, even marines and ran

99% of the population can’t do 1 pull-up, let alone 10. Most of the people I go to the gym with would struggle with more than a few. Hell, even marines and rangers have lower fitness standards (3 and 6 dead hang chin ups respectively).

graeme 8y ago
That's a gtoss misrepresentation of the marines' standards. The tables are here: https://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/MCBUL%206100%20DTD%2015DEC16.pdf?ver=2016-12-27-125044-450 https://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/MCBUL%206100... 3 is for men over 51. And that's the bare minimum, not get kicked out of the marines threshold. To reach top rank scoring is more like 15-17 for most ages. Mid rank is about 11 or up. Maybe 99% of the population can't do a pullup, but I feel that's an overestimate. In any case, that says more about our overall societal weakness than anything else. What are your gym friends doing if they couldn't do more than a few? Are they strength training or just doing cardio? Serious question, I'm curious. With a few months training ar age 26 I was able to do 5 reps of my bodyweight + about 40 pounds IIRC. And now, even when I periodically stop strength training, I am rarely below 8-10 when I start again. Chin-ups are hard, but they're not that hard if you train them or do any activity that works those muscles.