I like this vid because it shows a guy really struggling to learn a muscle up instead of a super buff dude who it makes it look so easy. It appears to me the bands must have really helped. I think now that maybe they will help me. I am 71 years old and can do 13 clean pull ups because I have spent the last 6 months getting stronger with pull ups, push ups, shoulder dips, and Burpees. So I know now I have the strength, what I do not have is the technique. I guess the bands will help with that. It's worth a try. A lot of young guys at the park tell me they know I have the strength but they are not quite good enough and coaching me on the technique. Enjoyed your video.
Because of you, I tried to do this as a sophomore in college. I got to the point to where I could do 7 pull ups and plenty of dips unassisted. I purchased the resistance bands, expecting to be able to do an assisted muscle up, no problem. I struggled exactly like you did, and got discouraged thinking I had the strength to do it, just like you did. I was also working out outside like you, but it became winter so I stopped. (Not an excuse, but I tell myself it is.) Fast forward 4 years later, I watch this video again and see my fiancé bettering herself by working out and changing her body for the better. I began training pull ups again last month, and ordered more resistance bands because I lost the others. 2 days ago, I was able to do my first assisted muscle up with 3 bands. Tonight I did 8 in a row, then 3 in a row, then 1 more. Getting over that bar was the most amazing feeling. I watch your video almost daily now all the way through to know that it is possible for me to do this, and it keeps me motivated to train harder, eat better, make sacrifices and live healthy. Thanks Mike
@@willdavis7254 After 2 months, I can do about 7 band-assisted muscle ups with 2 resistance bands like Mike started with. Will continue to push forward! Definitely not feeling close to one unassisted yet though haha
This video was the start of my calisthenics journey. 3 years later i can't imagine my life without training. It helped me a lot. Thank you Mike for the motivation
Thats literally how I felt when i first did it lol. I was at the gym and i busted out the smoothest muscle up, got down, and hollered "FUCK YEA". The guy next to me is just like "dude.... you shouldve recorded that". Such a great moment for me lol
@@shanks8681 Sup Shanks! Ive started doing a combination of weight lifting and calisthenics. Ive gotten stronger for sure but i havent mastered any of the higher level calisthenics moves. However, this year Im aiming to achieve one-arm pull ups. 💪
@@BeatzOnCleatz thats great, i really wanna see you post some stuff on ur yt channel showing your calisthenics stuff. id give u a sub if u do so, that would be amazing
I watched this video when I was 13 years old. I Had been going through a very rough time in life and was absolutely inspired by your videos. I am now 19 years old and came back to say, as of yesterday, I have achieved the muscle up.
I watch this video about once every 2weeks for motivation. At the start of this year I couldn’t do 1pull up. On the 13 of October I did my first MUSCLE UP
GREAT video! love your determination and effort you put into these videos. Have you thought about a "skills revisited" video where you check if you can still do the things you've learned along the way? Also.... LEARN A BACKFLIP! YOU CAN DO IT!
When I got into calisthenics i was 14 years old. I have a fitness park near my house. After school me and other 2 friends went to this park. At first i was only able to do 2 pull ups. In a short period of time my other friend did his first muscle up, that's when i found this video. It motivated me ALOT. I started to practice but I still wasnt even near to do one. I did 5 pull ups at this point. I kept rewatching this vid to get motivated even more and it worked. This time i rly was practicing hard. After 2 months i was able to do 10 pull ups and i could do chicken wing muscle ups. But i wasnt satisfied with that so i trained even harder. In 2 months i am finally able to do a muscle up. Took me almost half a year i think. Thank you for the motivation, I felt like i should write this cos you motivated me so much . :) Edit: i can do 15 now, keep pushing you will get it :D
I can do 10 pull ups in a row but I still can’t muscle up but I found out that I need more explosive strength so I’m training that right now I’m trying to get 10 explosive pull-ups in a row by the end or midway through august and I want to muscle up by the end of September with perfect form
It would be interesting to see how much his body transformed over the period. *EDIT - For some reason this comment has triggered the odd few. I said it would be interesting to see any transformation. Wether that be none or lots, it would be interesting to see the change of someone that hadn’t been doing regular exercise to daily pull ups/muscle ups. That is all.
Richard R not just a muscle up, even your first push up or pull up. As a person who couldn't do any of these two it felt great. Next aim is the muscle up.
Yeah, and the way this video was made, showing the humble beginning and failing sooo many times and at last experiencing the victory, is an awesome image of the reality of being successful. We all hear that we've gotta "throw many stones in the river continuously to build a bridge", but seeing it happen for real is so much more encouraging.
I saw this video 2 years ago, and because of it now I'm on calisthenics. I've got 5 muscle ups after some time, slow muscle ups, 20 pull ups and other skills. Currently I'm working on the planche and handstand. Than you Mike, for inspiring me to learn something new!
@@edwinbrycepillay7291 I didn't use any, but I can see that it would be WAY easier with those. Later on, I tried, and it makes any improvement faster. So yeah, it's beneficial, not only for muscle ups, also for planche and others.
@@edwinbrycepillay7291 There's no specific number, but some people believe that 10 is necessary. I had enough strength with 10 too, but 8 is enough to start training with the resistance band. Go for it. Also, shoulder position is really important. Search pull up tutorials in CalisthenicMovement channel (even if you can already do pull ups), they'll show how to avoid injuries pretty well. Sorry for bad english.
@@rcarrot2955 10 words per second is the same as 600 words per minute which means that you can type almost 3 times faster than the faster typer in the world, who types at 256 words per minute.
I think I took like months of regular 1 hour typing practice per day and went from 40wpm to 115wpm. Then I sort of maxed out at 115wpm. It's probably gonna take a long time to get to 150wpm.
I used to teach these all the time, and there are a few ways to do them faster and easier. 1: Get extremely explosive doing perfect form pullups. This is starting from a complete dead hang, and pulling all the way until your chest presses into the bar. If you cheat this, it's only going to take longer and you'll need to sacrifice somewhere else to make it happen, leading to a really ugly muscle up. You don't need to be able to do 20 regular ones this way, but being able to do a few with a lot of explosiveness is key. 2: When you've got the pull up section down and you're consistently getting to the top quickly and you start your attempts at transitioning to the dip, act as though directly above the bar there's a pane of glass. Try to smash the glass with your forehead. You've probably heard that your body tends to follow your head, and this is no exception. Use the momentum to bring your shoulders, then upper arms, then elbows over the bar. The dip is by a wide margin the easiest part, so to be honest I wouldn't even worry about it unless you're awful at them. 3. Less volume, more frequency. Doing fewer reps and sets per day, but doing it every day will get most people there way faster. People think you don't have enough time to recover, but with less workload per day, there's less to recover FROM. In addition, all exercises with complicated motions (bench press, squat, deadlift, clean and jerk, snatch, etc) are SKILLS as much as they are strength based. Muscle ups absolutely fit into this category. Skills in general improve faster the more often you practice them, rather than how much time you spend doing them per session. I sincerely hope this helps somebody!
I will try this out. Right now I can do about 17 consecutive pull-ups (not explosive). Update will follow of course, but be patient lol. EDIT: Just an update. I have done some muscle ups with elastics before corona, but have had to put it in a break since I don't own a pull up bar. I do have some dumbbells at home to train with tho so I can still train somewhat :) EDIT 2: Damn 8 months has passed. I have had my ups and downs with fitness, but you know what? I can do muscle ups! I still chicken wing (working on that) and I need some kip, but I can do a few now. If you're wondering how I did it, here's how. I actually followed a proper workout plan and paid attention to my diet (mostly cut down on alcohol haha). I put muscle ups on hold for a while, while training the whole body (including back and biceps), gained some muscle and tried a few days ago with success! So if I can do it, you can also.
this man is soo cute, it is really touching because anyone can see that he is extremely proud of himself, his joy of accomplishing something is contagious, and we can how happy and proud of him he is 🙂
Mike Boyd your not one of the best in my opinion you ARE the best you never fail to inspire me I think next you should try to learn to walk on your hands
Its crazy how fast a person can actually start to get cut by just doing it and having the determination it shows we really can do anything we out our minds to
This video was really inspirational to me. Ever since watching it I've wanted to be able to do muscle ups myself. I was beginning at a similar position to you, able to do 5 unassisted pull ups. I started in the summer and now at the beginning of December I managed my first 3 consecutive unassisted muscle ups. I've watched this video many times, and it gave me the drive to continue. One thing I would say to anyone else teaching themselves muscle ups is just to be careful of your elbows and tendons, because it's easy to injure yourself given all the accumulated shocks through the elbows. If you feel pain, stop and consult someone to make sure you're you're not going to cause yourself issues. I had this briefly but managed to ease back into training. Thanks again though to Mike for the inspiration to achieve this
In all fairness at least he's truthful. As opposed to a guy who looks like he just jumped out of Tekken being like OMGGG I DID 10 MUSCLE UPS FIIRRRSSSTTT TRYYYYY
I literally screamed when you did one! My wife was like “what the heck are you watching?” Your dedication to learning and self improvement is so inspiring.
Exactly a year ago on November 11, 2019, I saw this video for the first time. I don't know what it was about it, but it made me want to change. 2019: 5 ft 9 inch. 230 lbs 2020: 5 ft 11 inch. 165 lbs Thanks Mike ❤
I love that even though you have almost a million subs, probably make a bunch of money off of youtube, and have sponsorships, you don't have spotify premium.
it's pullups, not heavy lifting, i for example train in calisthenics everyday, and i have no problem, food is very important, and if i feel too tired or something, i take a day off, but i alter the workouts like, today heavy pullup workout and other stuff, tomorrow i do less pullups and i focus on legs or abs, whatever, you can't overtrain with bodyweight, it's an endurance and strength exercise, and endurance is build by working everyday, not 3 times a week
i was so proud of you when i saw you progressively get better. This exemplifies what dedication really is, I'm so proud of you. I genuinely felt happy for you as you progressed more and more throughout the video
That first muscle up, and his pure excited reaction had me tear up. So cool! That feeling of setting out to do something and seeing the results of your work!
Thank you very much for the video, you didn't show muscle ups, you showed patience and determination, you showed people that they have to be patient and determined to reach their goals. 🙏
@@Howzer1776 either you are naturally strong or like in the most bodyweight exercises you just don't weigh anything (maybe you are not tall, or don't have any reasonable amount of fat and/or muscle mass)
I can do weighted pull ups full extension with 30+kg added, but can’t muscle up. Seeing this has encouraged me to get the bands to practice the technique! Thanks for the inspiration.
I can't say how much i love this channel🙈 it's insane how much effort you put in your videos! I especially like the idea of never stopping to learn and approve things!♥
JakGatch wat he put ? Shit ? Idiot he is sponsoring adds and getting money by ur views.! Everyone can do this. He is doing this making videos and earning money from utube!
I can't describe how inspirational this video has been to me. Today I was able to get my first unassisted muscle up, plus two more on top of that, after nearly 2 months of hard training in nasty British weather. After every training session, I would come home and watch this video. Seeing the joy on Mike's face as he reached the top of the fifth rep made me remember what I was training for. Fantastic video.
I just conquered the muscle up about a month ago! It took me a few months to learn, I first started with the kip-up and kept going then one day I just went for it and got it, then the next time it just got easier and easier. Practice makes perfect
This is very inspirational. More so than most of your videos (I like those too). But to see you train for 90 days just for a RUclips video, when a lot of us can't find the desire to do those first few pullups for our own personal gain really makes me want to try harder. Thank you
I am smiling out of joy coz i know how difficult it is and how great you feel once you finally able to do it. I am also on my journey to do my first pull up . I practice daily and I can feel getting stronger every day .
Wow man! Absolutely awesome. I doing a 100 pushups a day for 30 days. Next stop is muscle ups. Thanks for the motivation very few people on earth can actually do muscle ups.
You're a freaking inspiration. I'm 57 and have been on this journey, and I think it will take me longer than you did it in, but I am going persist after seeing your consistency and dedication to achieve this goal. I can do chin ups and almost a pull up, so I have a long way to go. I can lose 30-50 pounds to make it easier and myself lean and once I can do 6 pull ups, I will reward myself with getting a resistance band to help me on starting the muscle ups.
This video motivated and helped me so much in my muscle up progression. At first I couldn’t do one (3 weeks into training) and after watching this video and getting motivated I tried it until I got it on 7 weeks. The feet kicking up really made a big difference and was the key factor on how to learn muscle up fast! Hope this helps anyone else.
I can do 5 pull ups now and have challenged myself to do 1 muscle up in 30 days. I'm training everyday and your video helps heaps and its so motivational! Bet nothing feels better than achieving that first muscle up!
It took me personally 6 Months of training almost everyday to get from 2 pull ups to 2 muscle ups. Please do not rush!!! Learn to do clean 15-17 pull ups and 30 dips and than start learning muscle ups! It was mustake, I wasted A LOT of time on that
As someone on his way to do his first unassisted pullup (still got a long way to go, I'm 1.93m tall 87kg and need 50 kilos of support lol) but this is still extremely inspiring, it's all about that slow methodical progress, learning and adjusting every single time we try, thanks Mike!
I came back to watch this video since I started training for Calisthenics today, and I went to Kennington Park in London, and then I realised Mike is training IN THE SAME SPOT I was today. This is probably a sign for me to keep pushing and believing in myself. Thank you for this video!
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Nearly a 100 days just for a vid now that's determination if I have ever seen it
200* he did it every other day :)
@@youtubeplaylist4072 More like 1 day and 7 hrs of training? Spread out over 100 days. But still, not to bad.
@@runningwild9386 spred out over 200 days* but you are correct
@@youtubeplaylist4072 It's spelled 'spread' and it's around 100 days.
@@ethan2163 he did the exercise almost 100 times, and he did it ever other day so its not hard to calculate that its almost 200 days
"lets do a muscle up"
left elbow- yes
right elbow- nah
That's so true
Its the other way around for me
@Carpentrez right hand - unlimited power
left hand - 😳
Other way around for me but most i can do is 2 muscle ups
lol
I like this vid because it shows a guy really struggling to learn a muscle up instead of a super buff dude who it makes it look so easy. It appears to me the bands must have really helped. I think now that maybe they will help me. I am 71 years old and can do 13 clean pull ups because I have spent the last 6 months getting stronger with pull ups, push ups, shoulder dips, and Burpees. So I know now I have the strength, what I do not have is the technique. I guess the bands will help with that. It's worth a try. A lot of young guys at the park tell me they know I have the strength but they are not quite good enough and coaching me on the technique. Enjoyed your video.
Wow! I'm 15 and in good shape but I can barely do 10 pull ups. You have all my respect sir.
pffft when my grandpa was 71 he could do like 50 pullups
Mushroom Cube I will be 71 in December and I can do 100 pull-ups.
Wow 100 pull-ups is no joke. Keep it up :)
James Quimby j
Because of you, I tried to do this as a sophomore in college. I got to the point to where I could do 7 pull ups and plenty of dips unassisted. I purchased the resistance bands, expecting to be able to do an assisted muscle up, no problem. I struggled exactly like you did, and got discouraged thinking I had the strength to do it, just like you did. I was also working out outside like you, but it became winter so I stopped. (Not an excuse, but I tell myself it is.) Fast forward 4 years later, I watch this video again and see my fiancé bettering herself by working out and changing her body for the better. I began training pull ups again last month, and ordered more resistance bands because I lost the others. 2 days ago, I was able to do my first assisted muscle up with 3 bands. Tonight I did 8 in a row, then 3 in a row, then 1 more. Getting over that bar was the most amazing feeling. I watch your video almost daily now all the way through to know that it is possible for me to do this, and it keeps me motivated to train harder, eat better, make sacrifices and live healthy. Thanks Mike
Respect I'm on this journey to learn these also
Update please. 🙏
@@willdavis7254 After 2 months, I can do about 7 band-assisted muscle ups with 2 resistance bands like Mike started with. Will continue to push forward! Definitely not feeling close to one unassisted yet though haha
@Graham Rodig that's excellent! Keep it up, we're rooting for you. I'm working on regular pullups. Trying to get to 20 😆
@@The_Generalgr Hope u get there soon
Are we just gonna ignore the fact that he put 93 days of content into 8 minutes
Other RUclipsrs would make three 10 min videos for this
@@bennettgibson3738 or daily vlogs🙃🙃
Lj2711 nope i saw that
Are we just going to ignore the fact that you have a fortnite profile pic
@@dylanstanford3237 hahah
This guy is gonna be the ultimate dad
me: "I wanna try doing that too!"
my country: "in terms of pull up bars... we have no bars"
Do you have any kids playparks? They always have the kind of metal scaffolding you can do this stuff on. Failing that, there's always the gym.
Bro do you live in Australia we have none just none. Btw if did my first one today I am very happy
Same here. The closest one is like 5-6 kilometers away.
you can buy pull up bars
Build one, it's actually really fun and you'll love that you made something.
This video was the start of my calisthenics journey. 3 years later i can't imagine my life without training. It helped me a lot. Thank you Mike for the motivation
same for me :-)
Keep going man and inspire others.
So awesome!!
How are you going three years later
The real question is how he found all of those random bars near him
HaroldTheHairy London baby
At a lot of parks there are outdoor gyms
At a park
Lol 😂😂😂 , same question
Search for outdoor gym in your city
I love normal people empowering themself and struggling many times. This is the real life. Thank you so much.
Ingo W what is a not normal person? Everyone is the same. U say normal as if it is uncommon even though anyone who is a human is normal
@@navalidon581 Pls read "normal" as "common", "ordinary". It's just a wrong translated german word.
Your determination amazes me
Priyanka Dayabhai ikr? love it so much, u can clearly see the effort in his vids :))
Thats literally how I felt when i first did it lol. I was at the gym and i busted out the smoothest muscle up, got down, and hollered "FUCK YEA". The guy next to me is just like "dude.... you shouldve recorded that". Such a great moment for me lol
Noice
you probably won't see this, but I really want to know where you at now
@@shanks8681 Sup Shanks! Ive started doing a combination of weight lifting and calisthenics. Ive gotten stronger for sure but i havent mastered any of the higher level calisthenics moves. However, this year Im aiming to achieve one-arm pull ups. 💪
@@BeatzOnCleatz thats great, i really wanna see you post some stuff on ur yt channel showing your calisthenics stuff. id give u a sub if u do so, that would be amazing
@@shanks8681 You know Ive considered doing videos. If I start a channel on my fitness journey i'll be sure to let you know! Thanks man! 👍
This is such a good and transparent video.
Congrats dude. It's not easy to do a muscle up. Not everyone can do it.
Chispa Motivation All u need is good technic not even be strong :)
S3bus so wrong smh
It depends if its a strict muscle up or not
I did a muscle up on age 11 it hurt though!!!
Yo look how many likes
One of the best muscle up videos ever mate. Both funny and you kept your shirt on the whole time!
made * not mate
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Nah mate is fine just read the sentence differently
@@wouterschoenmakers3073 Im idiot i know 😂 When I typed it I noticed but was like meh.. too much work to delete it...
Damn straight
@@filipvelkov1631 you thought it was made because he doesn´t know how to use commas. it should be a comma before "mate". no one can blame you
Day 1: park equipment looks brand new
Day 93: park equipment is bent
Atleast some1 is using it now a days nobody goes to the park
Nice likes
Lmao downstairs my house some guy broke the bar and it is on the ground bended
Same here. But 2 pull up bars
Deeznutz dotcom “now a days”
I watched this video when I was 13 years old. I Had been going through a very rough time in life and was absolutely inspired by your videos. I am now 19 years old and came back to say, as of yesterday, I have achieved the muscle up.
congratulations man!!
I watch this video about once every 2weeks for motivation. At the start of this year I couldn’t do 1pull up. On the 13 of October I did my first MUSCLE UP
Good for you dude! Keep up the great work!👏👍👍
Atta boy
Keep up the good work
legend dude keep going
Cameron Gray that’s insane dude... do you have any tips?
Thanks for watching guys. I know a bunch of people may have questions on training etc. So reply to this comment and I'll answer as many as I can :)
Mike Boyd how much did you train per day
GREAT video! love your determination and effort you put into these videos. Have you thought about a "skills revisited" video where you check if you can still do the things you've learned along the way?
Also.... LEARN A BACKFLIP! YOU CAN DO IT!
I trained 40 minutes per day, every second day (or so). I warmed up for 15 mins then did 25 mins of had training.
Thank you so much!!! I was just going to request this video, but I thought it didn't quite fit your type of content
So glad right now!
Mike Boyd Do you think having long arms is a big disadvantage for muscle ups?
When I got into calisthenics i was 14 years old. I have a fitness park near my house. After school me and other 2 friends went to this park. At first i was only able to do 2 pull ups. In a short period of time my other friend did his first muscle up, that's when i found this video. It motivated me ALOT. I started to practice but I still wasnt even near to do one. I did 5 pull ups at this point. I kept rewatching this vid to get motivated even more and it worked. This time i rly was practicing hard. After 2 months i was able to do 10 pull ups and i could do chicken wing muscle ups. But i wasnt satisfied with that so i trained even harder. In 2 months i am finally able to do a muscle up. Took me almost half a year i think.
Thank you for the motivation, I felt like i should write this cos you motivated me so much . :)
Edit: i can do 15 now, keep pushing you will get it :D
Great job my dude 👍 congratulations brother! 💪💪 stay strong and keep training to get even thougher.
Took me 1,5 year lol
I am the same
muscle up you done i 14 too but in 1 years i only achived the chicken
I can do 10 pull ups in a row but I still can’t muscle up but I found out that I need more explosive strength so I’m training that right now I’m trying to get 10 explosive pull-ups in a row by the end or midway through august and I want to muscle up by the end of September with perfect form
When you do that first muscle up it’s such an amazing feeling
Watching this made my eyes tear from the discipline and the perseverance that you have...
YES!
Me too
Did it make you get out and start trying?
ddruff yes
what the fuck
It would be interesting to see how much his body transformed over the period.
*EDIT - For some reason this comment has triggered the odd few. I said it would be interesting to see any transformation. Wether that be none or lots, it would be interesting to see the change of someone that hadn’t been doing regular exercise to daily pull ups/muscle ups. That is all.
Even I'm keen to see the progress
probably not much
@@notoriousgib ur right 3 months of chin ups 4-5 times a week ud be looking pretty dam trim - if u werent a fat bastard to begin with
Luke G 100% correct 👌 Dudes upper body would be looking good. Depending on his body fat % of course
Tysier Newbie gains are pretty major gains. In 90 days you will see clearly noticeable changes in your body for a complete starter.
It's actually a great feeling once you finally get your first muscle up. I was smiling the whole day after I got mine. Great job Mike
I got mine yesterday!! Feels absolutely amazing:D
Richard R not just a muscle up, even your first push up or pull up. As a person who couldn't do any of these two it felt great. Next aim is the muscle up.
Yeah, and the way this video was made, showing the humble beginning and failing sooo many times and at last experiencing the victory, is an awesome image of the reality of being successful. We all hear that we've gotta "throw many stones in the river continuously to build a bridge", but seeing it happen for real is so much more encouraging.
Me too, it taught me a lesson that nothing is impossible
Richard R I did my first like 2 weeks ago
I saw this video 2 years ago, and because of it now I'm on calisthenics. I've got 5 muscle ups after some time, slow muscle ups, 20 pull ups and other skills. Currently I'm working on the planche and handstand. Than you Mike, for inspiring me to learn something new!
Nice! Would you say it’s beneficial to have the resistance bands?
@@edwinbrycepillay7291 I didn't use any, but I can see that it would be WAY easier with those. Later on, I tried, and it makes any improvement faster. So yeah, it's beneficial, not only for muscle ups, also for planche and others.
WizardLuigi I’ve ordered one, is there a specific number of pull ups one should be able to do, I can do about 8 dead hang.
@@edwinbrycepillay7291 There's no specific number, but some people believe that 10 is necessary. I had enough strength with 10 too, but 8 is enough to start training with the resistance band. Go for it. Also, shoulder position is really important. Search pull up tutorials in CalisthenicMovement channel (even if you can already do pull ups), they'll show how to avoid injuries pretty well. Sorry for bad english.
I’m surprised you can only do 20 push-ups tho 😯
You should do learning to type 150 words per minute.
Bro that's easy I do 10 words a second
@@rcarrot2955 10 words per second is the same as 600 words per minute which means that you can type almost 3 times faster than the faster typer in the world, who types at 256 words per minute.
@@rcarrot2955 no you don't lmao
@@lumina_ yeah I know I was being a crackhead
I think I took like months of regular 1 hour typing practice per day and went from 40wpm to 115wpm. Then I sort of maxed out at 115wpm. It's probably gonna take a long time to get to 150wpm.
I used to teach these all the time, and there are a few ways to do them faster and easier.
1: Get extremely explosive doing perfect form pullups. This is starting from a complete dead hang, and pulling all the way until your chest presses into the bar. If you cheat this, it's only going to take longer and you'll need to sacrifice somewhere else to make it happen, leading to a really ugly muscle up. You don't need to be able to do 20 regular ones this way, but being able to do a few with a lot of explosiveness is key.
2: When you've got the pull up section down and you're consistently getting to the top quickly and you start your attempts at transitioning to the dip, act as though directly above the bar there's a pane of glass. Try to smash the glass with your forehead. You've probably heard that your body tends to follow your head, and this is no exception. Use the momentum to bring your shoulders, then upper arms, then elbows over the bar. The dip is by a wide margin the easiest part, so to be honest I wouldn't even worry about it unless you're awful at them.
3. Less volume, more frequency. Doing fewer reps and sets per day, but doing it every day will get most people there way faster. People think you don't have enough time to recover, but with less workload per day, there's less to recover FROM. In addition, all exercises with complicated motions (bench press, squat, deadlift, clean and jerk, snatch, etc) are SKILLS as much as they are strength based. Muscle ups absolutely fit into this category. Skills in general improve faster the more often you practice them, rather than how much time you spend doing them per session.
I sincerely hope this helps somebody!
I will try this out. Right now I can do about 17 consecutive pull-ups (not explosive). Update will follow of course, but be patient lol.
EDIT: Just an update. I have done some muscle ups with elastics before corona, but have had to put it in a break since I don't own a pull up bar. I do have some dumbbells at home to train with tho so I can still train somewhat :)
EDIT 2: Damn 8 months has passed. I have had my ups and downs with fitness, but you know what? I can do muscle ups! I still chicken wing (working on that) and I need some kip, but I can do a few now. If you're wondering how I did it, here's how. I actually followed a proper workout plan and paid attention to my diet (mostly cut down on alcohol haha). I put muscle ups on hold for a while, while training the whole body (including back and biceps), gained some muscle and tried a few days ago with success! So if I can do it, you can also.
@@AwesomeSmiley87 cmon mate, i can do about 8 pull ups, im working my way to do it
Thx alot!!
I don't know why but for me it's easy af...
Edit: I work out probably once a week
Haha, this will help me, thank you!
this man is soo cute, it is really touching because anyone can see that he is extremely proud of himself, his joy of accomplishing something is contagious, and we can how happy and proud of him he is 🙂
i just saw that video before this one 👀
Honestly, it takes me back to when I first learnt to ride a bike.
haha gay
@@stefantheconqueror8710 lol no u
Imagine how fast he would have been able to do one if he used full range of motion in his pull-ups
Or if he even used the correct technique to muscle up
Technique comes with practice.
He probably wasn't strong enough at the start and didnt want to go to the gym and use a lat pulldown or assisted pull up machine
@S its because we all lift and obviously know stuff about it
It is very easy when u can do pull-ups it is the triceps that are hard. For that I did some dips and was done. I can do 7
I’m 109 years old and now will try muscle downs
Lol
Hahauravirgin don't push yourself gramps
Wow! No channel on yt has ever inspired me more than yours :D I feel like I have to start learning something asap:p
That's really nice to hear! Let me know what you decide to do!
try and learn how to around the world with a football . btw really like your vids
Same here, Mike is just too amazing!
Good
I know right. Mike your awesome
You should learn the human flag
For 15 seconds
Even if he already started, you aint seein it for at least a year :D
Alex Barčovský Muscle ups is Harder.....
@@lukasstranger6013 Nope. Human flag is wayy harder
Ferris it depends on which exercise you practise....
I have done calisthenics for 6 months now and can do muscle ups and almost a human flag.
Can't even lie your reaction after doing 5 muscle ups actually put some tears in my eyes. GOOD FOR YOU DUDE
Your name is the definition of dedication.
Is it?
seriously one of the best channels on RUclips. love the grind
thanks for saying so. That means a lot. :)
Mike Boyd your not one of the best in my opinion you ARE the best you never fail to inspire me I think next you should try to learn to walk on your hands
“Yes! Yes!” * Goes for another one* “No”
I'm glad he never injured himself while on training.
I can't believe you only have 118k subs...you deserve so many more.
thanks for saying so. I'm sure they will come soon enough.
Seriously, production quality and great content. I share this channel a lot with friends, but most of my friends aren't that big into youtube sadly.
Mike Boyd you have to learn how to front flip!!!
you learn everything,this is so sick!
Don’t worry. He got more
Now i know why he hasn't been uploading
;)
you has bad english
aThrasheR maybe english isn't his/her first language?
aThrasheR good job at being ignorant. What second language do you speak?
English isn't my first language either, but I'm just a jerk.
oOoNiTrOoO It's French. English is my third language by the way.
Its crazy how fast a person can actually start to get cut by just doing it and having the determination it shows we really can do anything we out our minds to
This video was really inspirational to me. Ever since watching it I've wanted to be able to do muscle ups myself. I was beginning at a similar position to you, able to do 5 unassisted pull ups. I started in the summer and now at the beginning of December I managed my first 3 consecutive unassisted muscle ups. I've watched this video many times, and it gave me the drive to continue. One thing I would say to anyone else teaching themselves muscle ups is just to be careful of your elbows and tendons, because it's easy to injure yourself given all the accumulated shocks through the elbows. If you feel pain, stop and consult someone to make sure you're you're not going to cause yourself issues. I had this briefly but managed to ease back into training. Thanks again though to Mike for the inspiration to achieve this
Ye, vid is interesting to watch, but his program is too hasty, so the technique ends up being rough and dangerous
In all fairness at least he's truthful. As opposed to a guy who looks like he just jumped out of Tekken being like OMGGG I DID 10 MUSCLE UPS FIIRRRSSSTTT TRYYYYY
Who
@@jarisjauhari6904 I think he is called Joe
@AlvaroPS Joe who
@@jarisjauhari6904 Joe mamaaaa hahahahahahaha stupid bitch.
@@alvarops6438 god damn
I literally screamed when you did one! My wife was like “what the heck are you watching?” Your dedication to learning and self improvement is so inspiring.
This guy probably has tons of random skills by now 😂😂😂
V5 Cinematics "how to slide down a slide the fastest way"
lmao i guess that's a skill
V5 Cinematics ikr
V5 Cinematics yep he does
V5 Cinematics he soes
Exactly a year ago on November 11, 2019, I saw this video for the first time. I don't know what it was about it, but it made me want to change.
2019: 5 ft 9 inch. 230 lbs
2020: 5 ft 11 inch. 165 lbs
Thanks Mike ❤
how tf have u got taller
Absolutely inspiring man, great comment
@@lancashiteman because that’s what happens to people they grow same as you did
I love that even though you have almost a million subs, probably make a bunch of money off of youtube, and have sponsorships, you don't have spotify premium.
Yes I saw that ahahaha
You made me laugh out loud dude 😂😂😂
Nobody is going to buy Spotify premium anyway 😂
screw spotify premium expensive asfff
Lmaooo
@@MarsLos10 lol
Thats just ignorant
that one learn ‘quick’ video that takes 93 days
you cannot develop strength faster than that
depends on the body, the did a total of 31 hours of training, over the course of 3 months, you can half that if you pump up the training everyday
ofc because the body hasn´t to rest....
it's pullups, not heavy lifting, i for example train in calisthenics everyday, and i have no problem, food is very important, and if i feel too tired or something, i take a day off, but i alter the workouts like, today heavy pullup workout and other stuff, tomorrow i do less pullups and i focus on legs or abs, whatever, you can't overtrain with bodyweight, it's an endurance and strength exercise, and endurance is build by working everyday, not 3 times a week
you need to buy resistance bands on day 1 :)
Mike Boyd: literally the only guy who has ever worked out in a button down shirt lol, great stuff though dude
a prole hey I do that all the time
i was so proud of you when i saw you progressively get better. This exemplifies what dedication really is, I'm so proud of you. I genuinely felt happy for you as you progressed more and more throughout the video
This workout is all about telling the world "you're better than them" - Bro Science Guy
Great job mate
I ate a whole pack of M&M's watching this
I ate a whole bag
JK LOL
I ate
I just ate.
Nice
Damn I could really go for some M&Ms right now.
nobody cares
GREAT WORK BRO! Just motivated the f**k out of me to try this.
Crandell Griffin 123 like xD
Crandell Griffin can you do a muscle up yet
I’m 33 and this is one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever seen. Was cheering him on like he’s family.
I love the fact that your girlfriend/ fiancee/wife is so supportive and gets so excited when you get near your goal! Kudos to you both!
Yaaas, Yaaaasss, yasssss ,Yasssss.
Good thing Jacksfilms isn't here
Deonte Stewart yassssss
Yass stands for
Yay
A
Sex
Slave
I love how this channel embodies "if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything"!
When he yelled out of happiness. I felt it.
That first muscle up, and his pure excited reaction had me tear up. So cool! That feeling of setting out to do something and seeing the results of your work!
3:30 when he said “no” I felt that
I doubt he's even pulling himself up, he's probably just pushing Earth down, clickbait
You stupid idiot asshole
Lol Vlogs r/woooosh u dumbass
@@smamwang I'm pretty sure you're the idiot
@@smamwang what?
Not entirely wrong techinically he is pushing the planet down the tiniest little bit.
Thank you very much for the video, you didn't show muscle ups, you showed patience and determination, you showed people that they have to be patient and determined to reach their goals.
🙏
Are we gonna ignore yhe fact that his first muscle up was on 69th day? Nice.
Yeah that's the first thing i noticed
Shut the fuck up
*n o i c e*
Yes we are going to ignore that because it’s obsolete
Your post has 69 likes so I decided not to like it.
This really hit me unexpectedly emotionally.
Great job Mike! You should learn how to handstand next!
Eden Mardix Yes please that's an awesome idea!
Too easy, handstand walk would be better
Or handstand push ups!
Encts A straight habdstand for about 10 seconda is not really easier than to walk on hands.
Paul - Piano yeah but he would probably first learn handstand to begin practicing handstand walk
Does first muscle up on day *69*
Me: Nice...
Cringe
Welcome to planet comedy, poplulation, mike
I can do one without training wtf
@@Howzer1776 either you are naturally strong or like in the most bodyweight exercises you just don't weigh anything (maybe you are not tall, or don't have any reasonable amount of fat and/or muscle mass)
@@Slizz It's still impressive! And I'm not salty because I'm small I'm 200 pounds. Good stuff Clint!
I can do weighted pull ups full extension with 30+kg added, but can’t muscle up. Seeing this has encouraged me to get the bands to practice the technique! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the feel good vibe I got when you succeeded!
nice to hear, Tomek.
Tomek no way it's you. You helped out a lot on pewdiepies video. And your here watching Mike Boyd
I can't say how much i love this channel🙈 it's insane how much effort you put in your videos! I especially like the idea of never stopping to learn and approve things!♥
JakGatch wat he put ? Shit ? Idiot he is sponsoring adds and getting money by ur views.! Everyone can do this. He is doing this making videos and earning money from utube!
Try harder dude
YAAAS YAAAS YAAAASS YASSS YAAAAAAAS
MAPLETHELEAF nooo
I can't describe how inspirational this video has been to me. Today I was able to get my first unassisted muscle up, plus two more on top of that, after nearly 2 months of hard training in nasty British weather. After every training session, I would come home and watch this video. Seeing the joy on Mike's face as he reached the top of the fifth rep made me remember what I was training for. Fantastic video.
I just conquered the muscle up about a month ago! It took me a few months to learn, I first started with the kip-up and kept going then one day I just went for it and got it, then the next time it just got easier and easier. Practice makes perfect
When resistance bands turns into assistance bands.. 😂
Using resistance bands to help build strength to do a pull up has been around for a long time....
lok
Here's a challenge: learn to beat Through The Fire And Flames by Dragonforce (Arguably the hardest song in Guitar Hero 3) on expert.
THISSSSSSS
Or The Devil Went Down to Georgia (I think it's harder)
A guy on the internet Raining Blood is pretty hard too
This Challenge is genius! DO THIS!
Tanner braungurdt can beat it
Plot twist: he can do muscle ups easy, and he recorded all of this in 1 day
Maximum respect man, the 1 lesson to learn here is some things are hard work be can be achieved by sticking with it.
This is very inspirational. More so than most of your videos (I like those too). But to see you train for 90 days just for a RUclips video, when a lot of us can't find the desire to do those first few pullups for our own personal gain really makes me want to try harder. Thank you
'Learn Muscle Ups Quick'
Spongebob Narrater: *69 days later*
try to do a muscle up in 31 hours and tell me who is not quick
Hahaha :)))
@@stamatisdritsas that's what she said
Ya Boi Diglett thank you pewdiepie You’re not using that correctly..
420 likes omfg
I am smiling out of joy coz i know how difficult it is and how great you feel once you finally able to do it. I am also on my journey to do my first pull up . I practice daily and I can feel getting stronger every day .
Wow man! Absolutely awesome. I doing a 100 pushups a day for 30 days. Next stop is muscle ups. Thanks for the motivation very few people on earth can actually do muscle ups.
You're a freaking inspiration. I'm 57 and have been on this journey, and I think it will take me longer than you did it in, but I am going persist after seeing your consistency and dedication to achieve this goal. I can do chin ups and almost a pull up, so I have a long way to go. I can lose 30-50 pounds to make it easier and myself lean and once I can do 6 pull ups, I will reward myself with getting a resistance band to help me on starting the muscle ups.
It's a sign that he did his first muscle up on day 69😏
What a shit joke
Just because 69 is a sex position doesn’t mean that every thing that to do with that number is purposefully intended to be “sexual”. Grow up.
Don't take everything so seriously
This video motivated and helped me so much in my muscle up progression. At first I couldn’t do one (3 weeks into training) and after watching this video and getting motivated I tried it until I got it on 7 weeks. The feet kicking up really made a big difference and was the key factor on how to learn muscle up fast! Hope this helps anyone else.
yoo twin
3:16 was that a ketchup bottle?
Jdog 13
No, it was a shart
Lol
😂
He’s pooped
Time Mine lmao
bruh this is my firstime seeing a guy with a lot of determination
He did the first one on day 69
Nick.snyderr Really? It’s not like we already knew that from the video...
nice
Nice
😏
And i gave ya the 69th like (no homo)
I can do 5 pull ups now and have challenged myself to do 1 muscle up in 30 days. I'm training everyday and your video helps heaps and its so motivational! Bet nothing feels better than achieving that first muscle up!
It took me personally 6 Months of training almost everyday to get from 2 pull ups to 2 muscle ups.
Please do not rush!!! Learn to do clean 15-17 pull ups and 30 dips and than start learning muscle ups!
It was mustake, I wasted A LOT of time on that
Why does he wear such nice clothes when working out lol
Cuz he's a RUclipsr
Ben Rees he doesn’t, you’re just poor lol
Sam Morrison got em
Coz he's a joker
probably went straight after work
After watching a few of his video it really shows how much he doesnt give up.
This inspires me quite abit
Keep it up 👍
This channel's name should be nothing is impossible
Exactly
Defs.
Except backflips, apparently
As someone on his way to do his first unassisted pullup (still got a long way to go, I'm 1.93m tall 87kg and need 50 kilos of support lol) but this is still extremely inspiring, it's all about that slow methodical progress, learning and adjusting every single time we try, thanks Mike!
You ever do it? I’m about the same size as you and absolutely struggling haha. Got a PR of 18 reps on pull ups yet cant do this for the life of me
Wonder how I got these likes
Tjalfe yeah xD
Tjalfe nobody cares u childish fuck
nice
Sm1le Apparently 66 people care
Sm1le stop being a stick
I really liked this video. Idk why. But it was just really nice. Earned yourself a sub.
a snake hey brother, i am a snake too
You are the real example that WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES
Now that's some disciple and work ethic that deserves a comment. Great work man. Your video honestly joyed me up .
I love the music you chose
Mastermind 9
If you go to the bottom of the description it tells you where he got all the music from
Videos Like This
All the songs he got is at the bottom of the description
Yeah but its like 30000 songs there. If somebody knew the exact name of the track used that'd be great :)
Take Five - Patrik Almkvisth
I LOVE YOU :)
this was reeeallly inspiring, please d more strength videos like this!!
I always knew 69 is a lucky number day 69 first muscle up without assistance
lewis vissen yeah and you know the 69 is important because the position...
And you got 69 like
69 without assistance? ^^
When I saw 69 I went to comments to see if anyone noticed you did
lewis vissen now 469 :P
I came back to watch this video since I started training for Calisthenics today, and I went to Kennington Park in London, and then I realised Mike is training IN THE SAME SPOT I was today.
This is probably a sign for me to keep pushing and believing in myself.
Thank you for this video!
Woops forgot to press record
I mean he can just rest a little and do it again
Ooooof
Haha
Funny thing is that actually happened
@@linusludescher9429 he was from the future lol
That was insanely inspiring. Thanks for the video. Now I'm going to go try and fail at a muscle up.
He did his first muscle up on the 69th day
*nice*
i come back here every few months. top 5 videos on youtube