I think you’d be surprised. Where I worked, they added a fitness center and in those first two weeks where everyone was going to use it, a bunch of us guys tried the pull-up station - about a dozen. Two refused to even try, being somewhat heavy and unfit, and only two made it over 5 - and both of us were already quite fit.
Also a lot of guys around here focus on squats and whatever all those other things (not a fitness buff, don’t know names) are that make their legs look all beefy, but ignore their upper body. I can’t see that having 10 pounds of extra muscle on your legs to drag up by your little weeny arms would help any with pullups, even if the guys in question consider themselves “fit.”
Odd. I have never heard of this tendency before in my life. Universally beginning body builders tend to go for upper body improvements first.
shrug I’ve only ever been to the one gym, so maybe it was a thing there?
I mean, it wasn’t like they had noodles for arms, but the… bulk that was there for the legs was most certainly not there for their upper bodies and arms.
Which I found to be a personal travesty, because I’m a girl who appreciates a good set of shoulders and upper arms.
Speed skaters maybe?
Ditto - it’s a common joke among experienced lifters that newbies focus on the “ego” muscles - biceps, abs, and pecs - and leave legs alone. Lasciel saw an anomaly, I think.
My expectations are much different - I think the number of women who can do 8 pullups is very, very small.
It seems my expectations are closer to the experience of the Marines. If it were common for women to be able to achieve 8 pullups, why don’t they commonly pass the Marine test?
Regards,
Shodan
How many pullups did vasquez do? She was in the space marines.
+1. Around here that leads to what we refer to as someone with light bulb syndrome.
The pullup standards done for military testing is from a dead-hang too, no swinging. It’s surprisingly hard.
Zero G. Meh.
Do you happen to know if they are pull-ups (palms away from you) or chin-ups (palms towards you). Chin-ups are easier.
Regards,
Shodan
Either is acceptable, as long as both palms are facing the same direction.
I’ve no idea what the Sulaco was using for artificial gravity, but you can pretty much rule out zero G the moment you see Apone lighting up a stogie. 
I’ve *never *kippled.
So can my grandmother. I guess the Navy has been wasting a lot of money on training.