Every Woman Should Be Able To Do A Pull Up

Every Woman Should Be Able To Do A Pull Up. I made that statement knowing it was going to be controversial but I was genuinely surprised by how much pushback it got. So I wanted to break down what I actually meant, because the pull-up was never really the point. In this episode, I'm talking about why so many of us have been conditioned to write ourselves off from hard things before we ever truly try. Whether it was a gym class, a throwaway comment, or someone else's limiting belief passed down as fact — we carry these ceilings around with us and never think to test them. I'm also making the case that building toward a pull-up pays off way beyond the gym. The work addresses posture, scapular control, grip strength, neck and shoulder aches — things that matter more and more as we get older. It's use it or lose it, and I'd rather we use it. And if a pull-up is something you've always had that little itch to try, I walk you through exactly how to build up to it — the mobility work, the activation exercises, the vertical pulling progressions — starting right where you are. This episode isn't about shaming anyone. It's about stopping the habit of letting doubt make our decisions for us.

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Every Woman Should Be Able To Do A Pull Up is an episode from Redefining Strength Fitness Hacks by Cori Lefkowith.

This episode is 11:06 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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