{"id":9327,"date":"2011-09-15T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=9327"},"modified":"2022-01-06T23:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T04:20:53","slug":"how-to-get-started-doing-pull-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/how-to-get-started-doing-pull-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Started Doing Pull-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/J0r9UkgsJ90?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/J0r9UkgsJ90?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Pull-ups yield spectacular results, because they are a really challenging exercise. 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