Kind of unintentional: Bought a pull up bar for my bedroom doorway last year on the advice of my physical therapist. I was to hang as long as possible to stretch out my back. So I got in the habit of doing that, even for only ten seconds several times a day whenever I thought of it. Then I saw pics of 80+ yr old model Carmen hanging and stretching from her bar as well as doing knee-ups for her abs. So I thought I'd do that, too. It wasn't easy at first but I kept at it, not in an obsessed way or anything. This was all in addition to my regular walking and weights workouts, which I continued as usual.
I had to replace my bathroom light fixture and the new one takes three bulbs so it's nice and bright in my bathroom. Plus I put up a larger mirror from Ikea. I was shocked to see I now have new muscle definition in my upper chest, shoulders and upper back that I never had before, even doing heavier weights!
Next goal is to pull myself up and hold for as long as possible for each rep.
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"Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you." Henry David Thoreau
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