In my December interview with Oprah Winfrey's health expert, Dr. Oz, I harassed him about not doing real pull-ups with a bar. (He was using the Gravitron). I gave him a bit of a ration, detailed in his Celebrity Fitzness Report interview, and he promised to get a bar and start doing them. He was very inspired viewing this video of Anthony Field of The Wiggles performing an amazing pull-up routine. So, I emailed Dr. Oz some links on where to get pull-up bars etc. and harassed him only a teeny bit more.

Well, Friday I randomly sent him an email asking "how are the pull-ups coming"? His awesome response was that he just filmed an Oprah show and demonstrated 21 pull-ups on air! Hooray for Dr. Oz! The show will air tomorrow, Tuesday February 5th and I'm looking forward to it. I'm so proud of him!

When Dr. Oz and I spoke in mid December, he claimed to only be able to do four pull-ups at one time. He's apparently up to at least 21 now, which is an amazing accomplishment. He hadn't been doing regular pull-ups in the past, simply because he didn't feel like he could do enough. With a bit of encouragement though, he's even proven his brilliant self wrong....and is now an even better role model for health and fitness. Maybe you too, can work on something you don't think you're already capable of. I think you ought to try!