Can Women Do Pull-Ups? (Yes.) How to Get Your First Chin-Up + The Protein Milk Trend

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Can women do pull-ups? Yes—absolutely.
In this standalone Beast Over Burden episode, Niki Sims and Andrew Jackson break down the controversy around new pull-up standards and use it as a springboard to tackle one of the most common fitness myths: that women can’t do pull-ups.

You’ll learn:

Why benching your bodyweight often predicts your first chin-up
How to progress from bands and negatives to unassisted reps
Why bench and chin training sometimes interfere—and how to fix it
The truth about “high-protein” food trends like Starbucks’ new protein milk

This episode is a blend of myth-busting, practical programming, and smart nutrition advice for lifters who train for strength, health, and longevity. Whether you’re a beginner or chasing your next PR, this one’s for you.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Beast Overburden, powered by Barbell Logic.
0:06.2	We're Nikki and Andrew, your personal, professional coaches.
0:09.0	We help you take control of your fitness through hard but doable training and nutrition practices that fit your busy life.
0:17.0	Build a stronger, healthier version of yourself with lifelong habits.
0:25.0	Welcome to Beast Over Burden.
0:27.4	We want to interrupt our regularly scheduled client coach interviews with a current event update.
0:35.6	Not really current event based on this 24-hour news cycle, but... I'm trying to remember what the news, the current event update. Not really current event based on this 24-hour news cycle, but...
0:39.2	Trying to remember what the news, the current event.
0:41.9	There used to be a...
0:43.3	It's like a type-ri-ri-ry sound.
0:47.3	Breaking news.
0:48.4	Breaking news.
0:49.5	Barba Logic style.
0:51.2	Well, I opened my Instagram a couple weeks ago, and there was outrage about this new pull-up
0:57.3	standard for FBI special agents. Yeah, by the time this comes out, it's probably actually not
1:02.7	current events. Well, it's not official until November. Okay. So, still relevant. Yeah. Okay.
1:08.8	But the way I saw it appear on my Instagram was not from politicians or anything, but I saw it as react videos by women doing pull-ups.
1:21.0	And I was like, what is this about?
1:22.3	And so I watched this.
1:23.5	Because it was like a congressional hearing.
1:25.0	Yeah, it was congressional hearing.
1:26.4	Women reacting to that hearing.
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