If you haven't already done so, you must visit Fitz's website Fitzness.com for a look at her encounter with the blue Wiggle Anthony Field. In the bottom right-hand corner of her site you'll find a once-pudgier Wiggle working his magic with a pull-up bar. He swears by it -- he loves a pair of rings too -- and says he's used nothing but his own body weight to transform his physique. What a physique it is.

Fitz told me I should take a stab at this pull-up bar thing. She's incorporated it into her workout routine and says it's really making a difference in her abs. That's what I need -- different abs -- so I gave it try. We happen to have a bar here at my house and so I gave it a whirl. Well, a whirl implies I made something happen with that bar. I did not. I simply hung there. I tried to lift my body but it never did budge. I almost pulled my arm from its socket in my struggle to make a move, but progress? Nope. The fit and trim Wiggle says that's OK. If you can't do anything but hang, then just hang. Keep at it and eventually, you'll make strides.

Mr. Field makes pull ups look effortless. At this point, maybe they are for him. But I bet when he was heavier and not so agile, they weren't such a cinch. Success takes time, patience, determination, and lots of practice. Once I muster up this bundle of characteristics, maybe I'll be able to pull up my entire 135 pounds. Maybe Fitz will feature me on her website too.