Who can do a muscle-up - Page 2

EricT · 05-16-2008, 10:01 PM

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They are not easy, I have been working at em for about 3 months! I get a short platform and work on the transfer. Hell at 210 its just not easy!

Yeah, it's hard enough to keep up your pullups as your weight increases, not to mention adding weight to them, as I'm obsessed with dong all the time. I think some of us need to be careful, really. Muscle ups are really a gymnastics move. You watch a guy on the high bar and your will see a muscle up basically...only not for reps, lol. But you don't see many 200+ pound gymnasts.

This is like one of those crossfit things and, well, I don't know if anyone's noticed, but crossfit philosophies do not produce big guys who have a hard time mastering their bodyweight..let alone without having beauscoup starting strength on a pullup.

But it's still fun to try it. It's hard to resist a challenge.

wala · 05-19-2008, 07:29 AM

I'm gonne attempt my first one of these tonight.

I don't have a bar that I can do it on, so I'll use the cable fly machine which has square tubbing for its frame, hopefully won't be too hadr to grab hold of.

If I do it, I'll get someone to vid me doing one

Malley · 05-19-2008, 12:45 PM

Crossfit is where I got the idea from. They do not preach the best form on things, but I enjoy doing em.

strawser9 · 05-19-2008, 11:14 PM

The only person I know that can do a real one is a 5'5" vietnamese dude...who is a former gymnast.

I can get myself up, if I throw my abs on the bar...lol.

It depends on how high the bar is as well...the lower the bar, the easier to do(obviously) the pullup bars in my gym are about 8 feet...I could do one on a 7 foot bar...

also depends on whether you are talking from a dead-hang, or on the first one?

they are fuggin HARD.
I'll take a vid of me cheating tonight haha. I'll try to do a real one as well.

tyciol · 05-20-2008, 12:36 AM

I have been able to do pullups more explosively lately but I'm not sure if it's enough for a muscleup. I can't find out because I do it on a bar in my doorway, so my head hits the ceiling if I try.

1quick1 · 05-20-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by tyciol

I have been able to do pullups more explosively lately but I'm not sure if it's enough for a muscleup. I can't find out because I do it on a bar in my doorway, so my head hits the ceiling if I try.

Time to cut a whole in the ceiling

wala · 05-20-2008, 03:44 AM

I CANNOT do a muscle up, not a clean one anyway!

I think I could manage maybe one if I could do it very horribley and possibly injure myself in the process!

strawser9 · 05-20-2008, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by wala

I CANNOT do a muscle up, not a clean one anyway!

I think I could manage maybe one if I could do it very horribley and possibly injure myself in the process!

haha...you wouldn't injure yourself...just do a pullup, and get your stomach on the bar. then push yourself up from there...
clean? hell no! but you still essentially did a "muscle-up" lol.

to complete a CLEAN version, you have to have an amazing mixture of strength and flexibility. Also, very hard to do when you weigh ~200lbs. easier to do when short/light...

wala · 05-20-2008, 04:47 AM

Yeh Straws, definately help to be alot lighter with explosive energy.. I'd like to be able to to it tho, something I may work on

cabUK · 05-20-2008, 04:56 AM

mmmm a pull up would be nice first

would love to do these one day but one step at a time and build my pull up strength first, they be going into my routine after a long lay off in the next few weeks.

Striker · 07-24-2008, 02:27 PM

I can, they work well when climbing fences when running away for some reason . ;D

sundevil#82 · 07-24-2008, 05:28 PM

am i cheating if I do it from a hammer grip pull-up station?

1quick1 · 07-24-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Striker

I can, they work well when climbing fences when running away for some reason . ;D

Trust me doing them on a bar and doing them on a fence/wall are two totally different ball games. I can pull myself and push myself right over a tall wall but the bar I can not.

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Originally Posted by sundevil#82

am i cheating if I do it from a hammer grip pull-up station?

Bar or bust

sundevil#82 · 07-24-2008, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 1quick1

Trust me doing them on a bar and doing them on a fence/wall are two totally different ball games. I can pull myself and push myself right over a tall wall but the bar I can not.

Bar or bust

damn it haha I thought i was good.

05-19-2008, 07:29 AM	#16
wala Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Merseyside Age: 26 Posts: 4,937 Height: 5'11" Weight: 195lb Rep Power: 222093	Re: Who can do a muscle-up I'm gonne attempt my first one of these tonight. I don't have a bar that I can do it on, so I'll use the cable fly machine which has square tubbing for its frame, hopefully won't be too hadr to grab hold of. If I do it, I'll get someone to vid me doing one __________________ Email: wala[@]extremebodybuilding.net

05-19-2008, 12:45 PM	#17
Malley The EB Super Mod! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,613 Rep Power: 66570	Re: Who can do a muscle-up Crossfit is where I got the idea from. They do not preach the best form on things, but I enjoy doing em. __________________ Personal Training Director in Alton Illinois (Club Fitness) http://www.crossfit.com/ http://www.cloud9fitness.com/

05-19-2008, 11:14 PM	#18
strawser9 COMMITTED Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MICHIGAN Age: 21 Posts: 606 Height: 5'9 Weight: 185 Rep Power: 9038	Re: Who can do a muscle-up The only person I know that can do a real one is a 5'5" vietnamese dude...who is a former gymnast. I can get myself up, if I throw my abs on the bar...lol. It depends on how high the bar is as well...the lower the bar, the easier to do(obviously) the pullup bars in my gym are about 8 feet...I could do one on a 7 foot bar... also depends on whether you are talking from a dead-hang, or on the first one? they are fuggin HARD. I'll take a vid of me cheating tonight haha. I'll try to do a real one as well. __________________ http://www.extremebodybuilding.net/f...l-fantasy.html PLAY FANTASY FOOTBALL with EB.NET members. MRI results: Partially torn patallar tendon (left knee) Partially torn patellar tendon (right knee) Partially torn Meniscus (right knee) PAIN COUNTER: 23 months of hell

05-20-2008, 12:36 AM	#19
tyciol Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Re: Who can do a muscle-up I have been able to do pullups more explosively lately but I'm not sure if it's enough for a muscleup. I can't find out because I do it on a bar in my doorway, so my head hits the ceiling if I try.

05-20-2008, 03:44 AM	#21
wala Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Merseyside Age: 26 Posts: 4,937 Height: 5'11" Weight: 195lb Rep Power: 222093	Re: Who can do a muscle-up I CANNOT do a muscle up, not a clean one anyway! I think I could manage maybe one if I could do it very horribley and possibly injure myself in the process! __________________ Email: wala[@]extremebodybuilding.net

05-20-2008, 04:47 AM	#23
wala Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Merseyside Age: 26 Posts: 4,937 Height: 5'11" Weight: 195lb Rep Power: 222093	Re: Who can do a muscle-up Yeh Straws, definately help to be alot lighter with explosive energy.. I'd like to be able to to it tho, something I may work on __________________ Email: wala[@]extremebodybuilding.net

05-20-2008, 04:56 AM	#24
cabUK Gym Rat Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nelson, Lacnashire, United Kingdom Age: 29 Posts: 270 Height: 5'9" Weight: 228 lbs Rep Power: 769	Re: Who can do a muscle-up mmmm a pull up would be nice first would love to do these one day but one step at a time and build my pull up strength first, they be going into my routine after a long lay off in the next few weeks.

07-24-2008, 02:27 PM	#25
Striker Gym Legend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Age: 17 Posts: 1,458 Height: 5'10 Weight: 155 lbs Rep Power: 1515	Re: Who can do a muscle-up I can, they work well when climbing fences when running away for some reason . ;D __________________ "There is no destination in bodybuilding, this is our lifelong journey." -Striker bench 230 squat 315 deadlift 350 bulkin to 165 Striker's Workout Journal

07-24-2008, 05:28 PM	#26
sundevil#82 Gym Rat Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CA Age: 16 Posts: 345 Height: 6'1 Weight: 190 Rep Power: 2475	Re: Who can do a muscle-up am i cheating if I do it from a hammer grip pull-up station? __________________ As of 5/12/08 Bench - 230x1/ Goal - 250x1 Squat - 225x10/ Goal - 275x5 Deadlift - 315x4/ Goal - 350x1 Hang Clean - 185x5/ Goal - 205x5 Weight - 192lbs/ Goal - 200lbs Height - 6'1 Body-Fat - 14.1%/ Goal - 12% Arms - 15.0(R), 14.75(L)/ Goal - 15.25(R)in, 15.0(L)in

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