My first month of ring training I felt like I had never worked out in my life. Everything was harder. Now two years in, it's the best training I've ever done.

As a QA engineer, I can add some context here

My gym closed during a lockdown and I switched to bodyweight. Three years later I'm way stronger than I was with barbells and I have no plans to go back.

Negative pull-ups every session for a beginner is probably the fastest path to full pull-ups. The eccentric builds strength faster than assisted concentric work.

The thing about small venues is that the bad sound can actually add to the experience depending on the music.