club Rebel Stronk: The art of lifting heavy things and putting them down again

[ViperN7]

On 10/14/2024 at 3:27 PM, Jarric said:

 

I agree - muscle ups are super cool. I can get a few kipping ones, and ring muscle ups, but not strict bar muscle ups.

 

It should be possible to do muscle ups on a bar without kipping, and as far as I know it is just pulling hard, but it's really hard to generate force all the way through that movement without kipping.

 

For kipping, I would use a normal pullup grip, not gripping too tight as your hand needs to move round the bar. I know some people who like a thumbless grip because it makes the transition at the top a bit easier, but it also runs the risk that your hand slips off and you hurt your arm/ribs/face as you fall on the bar. I'm not sure exactly what the grip is for strict muscle ups.

 

Ring muscle ups also look cool AF, if you have a bar you can hang some gymnastic rings from.

 

Thanks. Last week I had my first go at trying to pull up higher. I was going into it tired, so not ideal. I don't think it changed my pull up height at all, but it made my arms real tired real fast--surprisingly so. 

So I've got a long road. 

 

Also, you have a surprising number of adorable animal-based exercise memes. Hopefully someday I can muscle up with as much ease as this fluffy little red panda. ?

[Jarric]

On 10/16/2024 at 1:30 AM, ViperN7 said:

Thanks. Last week I had my first go at trying to pull up higher. I was going into it tired, so not ideal. I don't think it changed my pull up height at all, but it made my arms real tired real fast--surprisingly so. 

So I've got a long road. 

 

Maybe it's worth working on chest to bar pullups, and then working on making that contact point with your chest lower and lower? I also wonder if doing controlled negatives would be good - jumping on top of the bar and then trying to roll back off it and lower yourself down? I have never tried this and have no idea if it's a good strategy, but I might have to give it a go now I've thought of it.

 

On 10/16/2024 at 1:30 AM, ViperN7 said:

Also, you have a surprising number of adorable animal-based exercise memes. Hopefully someday I can muscle up with as much ease as this fluffy little red panda. ?

 

We all aspire to make it look as easy as that cute little bugger

 

[ViperN7]

3 hours ago, Jarric said:

 

Maybe it's worth working on chest to bar pullups, and then working on making that contact point with your chest lower and lower? I also wonder if doing controlled negatives would be good - jumping on top of the bar and then trying to roll back off it and lower yourself down? I have never tried this and have no idea if it's a good strategy, but I might have to give it a go now I've thought of it.

 

 

We all aspire to make it look as easy as that cute little bugger

 

Hmmm negatives are an interesting idea