59. Ken attempts to break a pull up world record… and fails

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Setting Big Goals and Confronting Set Backs

If you’ve been a long time listener of the show then you’ve undoubtedly heard me reference the Pull Up World Record goal that I’ve been training for. You may have also been wondering “what in the world has taken so long?!”. Well allow me to explain…

The record is for most pull ups in under one minute with a 100 lb back pack. Niche? Yes. Difficult? Apparently so.

In this episode I’ll recount what I believed to be my most recent successful attempt. The Guinness World Record application process. The waiting for verification. An the soul crushing defeat of finding out the record attempt was disqualified (soul crushing might be a bit much, but I certainly had a bee in my bonnet).

We’ll talk about how to approach set backs and “failure”. Most importantly, we talk about the path to redemption so that Ken’s kids can continue to believe he’s the strongest man on the planet.