Yes I can I love doing them. Hurt myself last summer doing them and then read about making your muscles strong with other exercises. Like rows and pull downs. Last week when we were almost done our workout I tried a few did 2 sets of four had more but didn't want to do to much.but it felt so good to do them made me feel strong!

Even as a serious athlete I found pullups impossible. No clue why. Bad form maybe?

My wife is a figure competitor and I train her. One of the places she was lacking was back width so about 8 months ago I had her start doing wide grip pull ups. Now she couldn't do one by herself so I would help her up by pushing her feet. I had her do 4 sets, twice a week and each week I would help a little less each time. Now she does 4 sets of 8 wide grip pull ups all by herself. No Kipling, swinging, or any of that other bullshit. I'm proud:)

If you have a spotter or workout partner I suggest trying this out. Yes, there are exercises you can do to help but a pull up is a pull up. You just have to do what you can and shoot for more next time.

Good luck!

pullups crunches push-ups and running is all a girls needs to be fit! Of course that might not be all she wants though !

do you do lat pulldowns with a wide grip?

I do negatives on all my exercises if it doesn't help it certainly won't hurt..

I started out by training the movement so that I developed the neural pathways ..

Well I'm not a female but so them on the weight assisted machine until you improve on the regular bar...warm up with them everyday and progress will come quick