If you want to find the bands Brendan used in this video, they can be found on our Amazon store here - www.amazon.ca/shop/goalguys?listId=3LYFHK78BAW8L Good luck on your own Muscle Up Journey!
Goal Guys the reason y your wrist was hurting is because your using to much of your wrist to get u up when u are trying to do the muscle up it’s all I. The forearm also u need to strengthen your wrist cause I used to have wrist problems but I never stopped grinding in the gym I kept stretching my wrist before I would work out and over time the pain went away
I’m 77 and have trained myself and others for quite a while. Your training ethic is admirable and so is your dedication. I recommend that you discontinue your time frame goals and listen to your body and avoid overtraining. With serious goals such as yours, think tortoise vs hare. Patrick
If you’re interested in developing a really strong upper body and a new skill maybe try climbing regularly. There’s a lot of technique to learn a and it’s a lifelong sport.
I did climbing before I went into weight lifting, its an amazing way to build up upper body strength as well as getting a good stretch in the whole body
Dude I can assure you most RUclipsrs who claim to get the muscle up on time didnt or already knew how to do them and werent being honest. Muscle ups from scratch are hard because there is a lot going on, you have to train the body, the back, the arms, the hands, strengthen the muscles, the abdominals etc etc Your journey was a true representation of what it takes the averagely fit joe to do a muscle up and thanks for sharing.
This is so inspiring! I'm working my way on being able to do a pull-up. At first I couldn't even grab on to the bar for 3 seconds, now I can do pull ups with a band!
Man, one thing i love about your channel is that is pure reality in the aspect that there is doubt, that many times you dont achieve exacly what you wanted, but you always improve and is better then at the begining
For any one that wants to try a different technique that worked for me here is my brute force secret. Instead of doing strict pull-ups, the KEY is explosive pull-ups (shoulder width) with 2 mental components. The first is that you are trying to get as high as you can. The second, when going for the transition think of slamming a car hood as hard as you can. With this in mind, do 50 reps of explosive pull-ups every other day or every workout. (doesn't matter if its even leg day just do 50) I guarantee you in 2 weeks you'll have so much strength that you can get your chest above the bar and from there its an easy dip. Hope this helps anyone :)
Thank you for this I didn’t realize that my that my explosive pull up sucks. I can do like 20 strict but I can only do like three explosive pull-ups in a row
Hello! I watched your video 2 days ago and i scared to get injured, scared to do muscle up attempts. But today, (2 days after to watching your video) successfully i did my first muscle up on first try. And did it in 1 month progression. I did nothing extra, just simple push ups, pull ups and bar dips. In short, trust the progress, trust yourself, believe in yourself. Just try and you will see, you can make it, you will make it. Stay strong, peace. 💪🏾✌🏾
Everyone talking about overtraining 🙄🙄🙄 You can train full body 6x per week and not be “over trained” for months! It’s mental. Injuries come from poor technique not over training. Great video, bud. I love the commitment. Getting your first unassisted muscle up is such a high!
The tip about pre-activation through isometric workout helped me nail my first muscle up today. That was the missing piece of the puzzle. Thanks a lot.
Dude nothing to ashamed of when u compare ur progress to others, we all came from different backgrounds and eventually we will reach the same goal at some point. Welcome to the club
Thanks for posting this. Too many videos out there that make out the MU is easy. They show the start point, miss out the 6 months of solid training and obsessing about getting there and then just show the end result. Like it's really simple. I have been doing this myself now for about 5 to 6 months and I have experienced all the same set backs and challenges you have. I too, can manage just about 2 unassisted on a good day. So no shame in how long it took, because I know I've worked hard and it just takes that long.
Your doing great and its much more impressive to look healthy and shredded instead of just a certain exercise that you struggle with, theres always new exercise that comes out every year or so, but getti g shredded is key, its the most impressive, doesnt matter how u get there, everyone journey is different
I loved your video man, it was really motivating. It is very brave of you to share your struggles and keep it real. I kinda have the same goals and I'm actually feeling better now because I'm also struggling. I'll keep up the hard work and seek assistance if needed. I hope you achieve your goals. I'll keep following you. Well done!
Don't be ashamed or embarrassed, just work with your body. It can take 2 years to be able to meet your physical goals. One thing I would recommend is to find out your body type and work with that. Give your body a break and when you pick it up again, your body will respond better than when you started., especially if you've never done any sort of training before, you're muscles are still developing memory. Good LUCK!!
In my opinion the best approach for that kind of stuff is to work all the aspects of your body simultaneously and let time do the work. You won't even notice how fast time flies when you just have fun and enjoy. Some day you're gonna do it, perhaps without direct intention to do so, and feel awesome.
I knew you were planning a big workout related vid since you hadn’t uploaded one in a while but this was just incredible, insane how you managed to do a muscle up in the same amount of time it took me to do 10 pull-ups
I've had wrist pain since 2011 when I first hurt my wrist weight training. It goes away after months, then it comes back really easily. I've accepted that it'll never ever go away entirely. :( Be careful!
@@Neophema you should see a PT if you haven't already. It might be treatable or exacerbated by specific things they can help you track down. No sense suffering if you don't have to.
One way to really strengthen your muscle ups is to focus on slowly coming down...this would make your training more effective and improve faster! When i was trying to get my slow muscle ups down and ring muscle ups, this really help me train the muscles needed for the transition part of the movement.
Thanks for this video. I'd have given up really quickly, but you show that not giving up and getting the right help can get you there. You did really well, because you stuck to it
All steps are important: pulling/explosive strength by pull ups, weighted (or I use the machine at gym at + 20-35 kg of my bw)And technique: placement of the hand (overhand), and using body and legs (the lesser the cleaner it looks) and the transition Can do 8 reps of mu at 59 yrs (took 2 yrs)
Did you train everyday ? Definitely should of had some recovery days. You can’t be training the same muscles everyday. You will get injured sooner or later.
you can indeed train every day; the real important question is what approach and goal you have. If you train daily you obviously can´t go for 100% of your max strength, but if you consider and concipate your training as being practice it can work pretty well. Just think about almost all professional athletes who work out several hours each day. But yes, the more frequently you train the more you need to be aware of recovery - especially for your joints and tendonds (since those need more time to recover).
KuroRen i agree that you can train everyday. Personally I train 6 days out of the week. Only rest on Sundays but even then I do a bit of cardio. What I’m trying to state is that it isn’t the wisest to train the SAME muscle everyday. Such as pull ups everyday of the week. Your muscle needs to rest up so it is able to recover properly. Something proper would be splitting the routine into muscle groups that correspond with each other. An example would be back and bicep Monday, chest and tricep Tuesday, Legs and shoulders Wednesday, then repeat that cycle. This leaves at least 2 days of muscle recovery.
@@SheikprideGaming yeah, I exactly know what you mean and you are totally right with your arguments, but the orignal point was whether it's possible to train daily with decent results or not and your answer, as well, was yes. Especially for beginners it's not advised to train more frequently than 4-5 times a week, but at the end it will always depend on your workout design. You can for example train pull ups daily, as well as, you can train balancing your handstand - many professional athletes also train the same muscles every day. So it always will come down to what your goal is and how you plan to reach it. If that means practice as often as you can, you can train daily to really master some exercises, but obviously than you won't fatigue yourself to the point where you can't train on the next day again. In terms of gaining size and hitting max performance peaks, this method is clearly not advised and will prevent you from reaching good results with those, but practicewise it works better :)
Lmao there’s also people like you on a body weight training video, just stfu and stop worrying about him because he’s completely fine and he’s not going to permanently paralyzed just because he didn’t let his poor muscles relax for 5 days out of the week
I think the best remedy for self doubt isn't so much the grind as trusting your process. It's similar, but trusting the process means you can't doubt because you know it'll work, in time.
I started pull ups like 2 year ago bc was unable muscle up and still working on it. Last week also wrist apin, doing low presure exercices for wrist and stretch.
You shouldnt worry so much for the time mate. It took me couple of years to get to it and I went through many different frustrations and injuries ( some same as yours - elbow, wrist ) that I almost gave up. I thought my body just cannot do those explosive pull ups which are required and that's it. However, when my joints and connective tissues became strong enough to hold on to this powerful impulse which is the muscle up, it was just the right technique which was needed. Then for two weeks I just went from two bands 0 mu to 3 unassisted mu in a row. Looking at you I see you could improve the technique little bit to make it more easy (you are pulling up too much upwards while you should be pulling up backwards and then quickly to the bar), but dont worry just keep working on it , rest well, give it some time and you will enjoy the results :) You may add horizontal (australian) pull ups to your routine) as well.
All I saw was issue with technique. The secret to clean muscle ups are: On downward, you have to visualise your lats as wings spread out wide, thus thrusting your chest forward. This pushes your scapular back. Then imagine slamming the boot of a car down as hard as you can. you will fly up. You won’t even need to kip. When I did that, I was surprised to see myself on top of the bar with hardly any effort. I achieve my goal very quickly because (strength, giving myself a lot of rest time, AND TECHNIQUE) I am now trying to do planche. Day 3
Thanks for this honest video 😀 I did a muslce up, at age 31, without knowing what it was. Now 46 I'm consciously training for them. If I'm honest I'm scared of tweaking something. Really close though. Hopefully soon 🙏🏼
This is more a 'how-not-to' do a muscle-up. If anything this video learns you to: warm-up (mobility), watch and do the correct form in pull-ups, dips & pull-backs. Do assistant band muscle-ups and work your way from purple to black, to red, to none. And be patient. And rest! Workout 2, max 3 times a week (never more than an hour per session). And eat and sleep well. PS: And have a good physio- therapist. I still have one and I visit her every other month just to make sure I dont do anything stupid and get everything checked. Say, like a dentist routine. Seriously dont do it like this guy, he makes it sound like physio is something to be ashamed of, that mindstate is way too risky. They can help a lot. Mine has given great advice over time and helped me achieve the muscle up much quicker and painless. Dont be too proud. You will only stack up injuries till your goal is unreachable.
My chiro said that it takes your body about 3 years to adapt to any new movement. That said, I admire your progress, but your body is simply not ready to muscle up! Hardening and bullet proofing your shoulders, wrists etc literally takes years. Thats why gymnasts start at the age of 5, so by the time they reach an athlete level in their teens, their base is solid.
This vid couldn't have come soon enough. Literally 3 days ago I told myself I wanted to finally get a muscle up done in the gym. Now that I see how far away I am I'M NOT EVEN GONNA BOTHER TRYING.
Never done a muscle up but did build up my push ups through lots of lat pull downs. What helped my form was I directed my elbows down towards my back pockets.
Great work! I hope this doesn't get interpreted the wrong way, but as a competition climber I know what even a few extra pounds feel like to carry on your body when hanging either on a bar or on a wall. If you were to loose a couple pounds and aim to hit 8-13% body fat I think you would definitely be able to pump out three muscle ups and probably it would reduce a lot of the joint pain you are having. Also when you do your pull ups make sure you are engaging your scapula, pulling in your shoulder blades and then pulling up; at first this will feel weaker but getting in the habit of doing this will make you much stronger.
I wish you knew this before, but just by performing basic exercises as pull ups dips and push ups would give the required strenght so much quicker than just focusing on performing assisted muscle up
I think training solely with the bands is bad advice. Bands are good for practicing the transition into the up part, but I'd recommend a weight vest for improving the first part to give you the explosive burst you need to get into the second position.
Congrats man! I’ve been scared to do this challenge but this has inspired me to give it a go. How many pull-ups could you do at the end of the challenge? 👏🏻👏🏻
I think a lot of what you are neglecting with fitness challenges is nutrition and rest. Technique, strength, workout schedules are only part of the battle. Body fat %, lean muscle mass, enough protein, and enough rest days are just as and in some cases more important (especially for injury prone exercises like muscle ups). You should also have a plan to address how much protein you are getting, how much fat you are getting, and incorporating rest days, salt baths, and massage if you really want to get serious in achieving advanced goals like these.
I tried muscle up a year ago, but hardly managed to do 1 pull up. Now i can do 6 or 7 pull ups, lost some weight and i feel overall much better. So my goal has switched to become fitter and feeling better in generell over beeing able to do a muscle up. Also i am too old for that crap.
You don't have to be embarassed or frustated by the performances of others. Being motivated for 6 months without giving up it quite impressive. In adition to that, it's never good to go to fast and burn the steps, especialy for health, this is how you get injured. So congrats anyway for your 2 MU.
That's really cool, I started exercising two weeks ago and have been working on being able to do a pullup right now. You've given me a lot of good ideas. ...impressed
Great! Already got some great ideas from the warm-ups. I see a lot of rotator cuff movements that I can use. Thanks for sharing your journey. It helps me and others be more patient and realistic with our goals, and gives encouragement to seek help with sticking points. Thanks!
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Good luck on your own Muscle Up Journey!
Goal Guys the reason y your wrist was hurting is because your using to much of your wrist to get u up when u are trying to do the muscle up it’s all I. The forearm also u need to strengthen your wrist cause I used to have wrist problems but I never stopped grinding in the gym I kept stretching my wrist before I would work out and over time the pain went away
I need help to do my first muscle up , were did you buy the assistance bands
@@DB-xp7qb Google... crossfit bands
I’m 77 and have trained myself and others for quite a while. Your training ethic is admirable and so is your dedication. I recommend that you discontinue your time frame goals and listen to your body and avoid overtraining. With serious goals such as yours, think tortoise vs hare. Patrick
for your next challenge you should learn how to do the human flag
Andrew Somers haha you are evil sir 😂 jk
It's not that difficult to learn but holding it for a long enough time is
For some reason I can do human flag but am still a bit far away from a muscle up.
@@Krigalishnikov bruh dats like saying you fond easier to run than walk
@devon oh I get you. I can only muscle up pistol squat and Banana handstand. I training inconsistently 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I made it my goal to muscle up. It took me about 7 years. I got it this year. I was overwhelmed with pride joy and other emotions
7 years of consistent trials or tried to do a muscle up once every year?
Man. When you get that muscle up. I am just so happy lmaoooo
That was a magic moment for sure
but... he didnt though. Did I miss it?
@@blackblaze1996 eh
@@blackblaze1996 8:16
If you’re interested in developing a really strong upper body and a new skill maybe try climbing regularly. There’s a lot of technique to learn a and it’s a lifelong sport.
Matthew Peinado climbing is all forearm and grip strength
jerad linzey nope. While that is a big factor having a strong upper body helps a lot
jerad linzey also back, and legs
jerad linzey and shoulders and flexibility and compression/chest and lats
I did climbing before I went into weight lifting, its an amazing way to build up upper body strength as well as getting a good stretch in the whole body
Dude I can assure you most RUclipsrs who claim to get the muscle up on time didnt or already knew how to do them and werent being honest. Muscle ups from scratch are hard because there is a lot going on, you have to train the body, the back, the arms, the hands, strengthen the muscles, the abdominals etc etc
Your journey was a true representation of what it takes the averagely fit joe to do a muscle up and thanks for sharing.
This is so inspiring! I'm working my way on being able to do a pull-up. At first I couldn't even grab on to the bar for 3 seconds, now I can do pull ups with a band!
Nice to see someone putting in the initiative to improve themselves. Good luck
Ina A good job! But in my opinion negative pull ups are better than band assisted ones :)
That's how you improve. Stick with it!
how the fuck can someone be that piss weak to not be able to hang on a bar for more than 3 seconds do you have some sort of disability?????????
Poiau , lol I thought that too
It took me over a year of consistent training to get from 3 pullups to the muscle-up myself. I think you did fine.
Man, one thing i love about your channel is that is pure reality in the aspect that there is doubt, that many times you dont achieve exacly what you wanted, but you always improve and is better then at the begining
try wieghted pullups it makes muscle ups way easier
Pach he already got the muscle up
not really, muscle up gets easier with a correct pulling motion
They help you pull more explosively
@@MrBlackyist Sure! however without correct pulling motion, you will be still pulling to your neck
I have added them to my workout for my next challenge.
For any one that wants to try a different technique that worked for me here is my brute force secret. Instead of doing strict pull-ups, the KEY is explosive pull-ups (shoulder width) with 2 mental components. The first is that you are trying to get as high as you can. The second, when going for the transition think of slamming a car hood as hard as you can. With this in mind, do 50 reps of explosive pull-ups every other day or every workout. (doesn't matter if its even leg day just do 50) I guarantee you in 2 weeks you'll have so much strength that you can get your chest above the bar and from there its an easy dip. Hope this helps anyone :)
Thank you for this I didn’t realize that my that my explosive pull up sucks. I can do like 20 strict but I can only do like three explosive pull-ups in a row
Hello! I watched your video 2 days ago and i scared to get injured, scared to do muscle up attempts. But today, (2 days after to watching your video) successfully i did my first muscle up on first try. And did it in 1 month progression. I did nothing extra, just simple push ups, pull ups and bar dips. In short, trust the progress, trust yourself, believe in yourself. Just try and you will see, you can make it, you will make it. Stay strong, peace. 💪🏾✌🏾
Everyone talking about overtraining 🙄🙄🙄
You can train full body 6x per week and not be “over trained” for months! It’s mental. Injuries come from poor technique not over training. Great video, bud. I love the commitment. Getting your first unassisted muscle up is such a high!
Bro that's the meaning "never give up"
Best motivation and inspiration
The perseverance on this guy is amazing. Inspired me to study harder tonight. Lets keep it going guys!
The tip about pre-activation through isometric workout helped me nail my first muscle up today. That was the missing piece of the puzzle. Thanks a lot.
Watching this while I eat cake
"I'm getting so motivated!"
But I'm super happy for you!
Stfu willy
Amanda Swart junk food get you stronger
I hope your cake was delicious!
@@GoalGuys stfu its willy
I remember my first muscle up, i shed a couple tears of joy.
That view at the top....isn't beautiful ,don't you?.
That excitement you had after doing one muscle up reminded me of myself when I did one! Keep at it, you got this!
Past few weeks I've been looking up muscle ups, and I knew you didn't have a video on it. But today, look what comes up on my feed.
Loved this video man, these calisthenics skill challenges are easily my favorite, I also think you should try another piano challenge
I really want Cam to do a music based challenge!
Goal Guys would love to see it
"I really enjoyed the workouts I did, in spite of how I did in this challenge." Words of a champ, man.
Dude nothing to ashamed of when u compare ur progress to others, we all came from different backgrounds and eventually we will reach the same goal at some point. Welcome to the club
Thanks for posting this. Too many videos out there that make out the MU is easy. They show the start point, miss out the 6 months of solid training and obsessing about getting there and then just show the end result. Like it's really simple. I have been doing this myself now for about 5 to 6 months and I have experienced all the same set backs and challenges you have. I too, can manage just about 2 unassisted on a good day. So no shame in how long it took, because I know I've worked hard and it just takes that long.
That bandage for tendonitis was hilarious.
It helped though
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Maybe the soy boys need to eat more freaking meat.
They really deserve more subs
No, they really do not.I watch these guys for motivation on what not to do, they are so freaking beta.
@@williamkelly5689 they motivate people and at least try a bunch of different things. Kudos to them and anyone who gets motivation from them.
I felt so much joy when you finally got it despite all the obstacles on your way 🙏❤️
Your doing great and its much more impressive to look healthy and shredded instead of just a certain exercise that you struggle with, theres always new exercise that comes out every year or so, but getti g shredded is key, its the most impressive, doesnt matter how u get there, everyone journey is different
I loved your video man, it was really motivating. It is very brave of you to share your struggles and keep it real. I kinda have the same goals and I'm actually feeling better now because I'm also struggling. I'll keep up the hard work and seek assistance if needed. I hope you achieve your goals. I'll keep following you. Well done!
Don't be ashamed or embarrassed, just work with your body. It can take 2 years to be able to meet your physical goals. One thing I would recommend is to find out your body type and work with that. Give your body a break and when you pick it up again, your body will respond better than when you started., especially if you've never done any sort of training before, you're muscles are still developing memory. Good LUCK!!
In my opinion the best approach for that kind of stuff is to work all the aspects of your body simultaneously and let time do the work. You won't even notice how fast time flies when you just have fun and enjoy. Some day you're gonna do it, perhaps without direct intention to do so, and feel awesome.
I knew you were planning a big workout related vid since you hadn’t uploaded one in a while but this was just incredible, insane how you managed to do a muscle up in the same amount of time it took me to do 10 pull-ups
Thanks. This one was a long slog!
1:21 “with actual callisthenics exercises” precedes to lift weights
I've had wrist pain since 2011 when I first hurt my wrist weight training. It goes away after months, then it comes back really easily. I've accepted that it'll never ever go away entirely. :( Be careful!
Pushover
@@florin-alexandrustanciu5643 And what do you suggest I do then? Or did you just comment to be an asshole?
@@Neophema reported them.
@@Neophema you should see a PT if you haven't already. It might be treatable or exacerbated by specific things they can help you track down. No sense suffering if you don't have to.
@@katherinek2709 Thank you for your kind post. I saw a PT way back then, but she couldn't really figure out what was wrong.
Mike Boyd made it look so easy
SylenDraws true
That was one of his best videos. IMO he hasn't made a video that good in a long time.
Don't be embarrassed of how long did it take you to do the muscle up I'm proud of you bro keep it up😁👍
One way to really strengthen your muscle ups is to focus on slowly coming down...this would make your training more effective and improve faster! When i was trying to get my slow muscle ups down and ring muscle ups, this really help me train the muscles needed for the transition part of the movement.
Congratulations man! It was awesome to see your journey and the struggles behind it :)
Thanks for this video. I'd have given up really quickly, but you show that not giving up and getting the right help can get you there. You did really well, because you stuck to it
Took me 2 years to get my first muscle up now I can do 16 strict! It’s the straight grind
All steps are important: pulling/explosive strength by pull ups, weighted (or I use the machine at gym at + 20-35 kg of my bw)And technique: placement of the hand (overhand), and using body and legs (the lesser the cleaner it looks) and the transition
Can do 8 reps of mu at 59 yrs (took 2 yrs)
He’s face after he’s first muscle up was amazing , well done mate
Did you train everyday ? Definitely should of had some recovery days. You can’t be training the same muscles everyday. You will get injured sooner or later.
Agreed, even if it's bodyweight.
you can indeed train every day; the real important question is what approach and goal you have. If you train daily you obviously can´t go for 100% of your max strength, but if you consider and concipate your training as being practice it can work pretty well. Just think about almost all professional athletes who work out several hours each day. But yes, the more frequently you train the more you need to be aware of recovery - especially for your joints and tendonds (since those need more time to recover).
KuroRen i agree that you can train everyday. Personally I train 6 days out of the week. Only rest on Sundays but even then I do a bit of cardio. What I’m trying to state is that it isn’t the wisest to train the SAME muscle everyday. Such as pull ups everyday of the week. Your muscle needs to rest up so it is able to recover properly. Something proper would be splitting the routine into muscle groups that correspond with each other. An example would be back and bicep Monday, chest and tricep Tuesday, Legs and shoulders Wednesday, then repeat that cycle. This leaves at least 2 days of muscle recovery.
@@SheikprideGaming yeah, I exactly know what you mean and you are totally right with your arguments, but the orignal point was whether it's possible to train daily with decent results or not and your answer, as well, was yes. Especially for beginners it's not advised to train more frequently than 4-5 times a week, but at the end it will always depend on your workout design. You can for example train pull ups daily, as well as, you can train balancing your handstand - many professional athletes also train the same muscles every day. So it always will come down to what your goal is and how you plan to reach it. If that means practice as often as you can, you can train daily to really master some exercises, but obviously than you won't fatigue yourself to the point where you can't train on the next day again. In terms of gaining size and hitting max performance peaks, this method is clearly not advised and will prevent you from reaching good results with those, but practicewise it works better :)
Lmao there’s also people like you on a body weight training video, just stfu and stop worrying about him because he’s completely fine and he’s not going to permanently paralyzed just because he didn’t let his poor muscles relax for 5 days out of the week
THANK you for sharing your story. Its insparing me. I epend 7 months to get my first muscle up ,i felt so happy my life was change
When you finally get to the top
You feel like you are on top of the world
This was awesome! I've been trying to get one (1) for 1.5 years. I'm now newly motivated!!!! Thank you very, VERY much for posting this. Rick
Don't be ashamed @9:30. I'm late to the party, but what you're doing is both inspirational and amazing. Thank you.
What most people don't get is resting days are part of the progress, even if it takes weeks! 5:50
Oh wow!
I just learned that I suppose to exhale as I'm going up and the whole time I've been doing muscle up, pull ups I breathe in on my way back!
Progress is progress, no matter how small.
I think the best remedy for self doubt isn't so much the grind as trusting your process. It's similar, but trusting the process means you can't doubt because you know it'll work, in time.
I do mt first MU in 6m too, now have 2 yr and my record is 10 with no rest
Now i learn a a new warm up
Ty for this video and gz for your determination
What your pt Kim is advising is a variant of the slow eccentric movement after the mu to train your posterior chain of your muscle. Smart lady
I started pull ups like 2 year ago bc was unable muscle up and still working on it. Last week also wrist apin, doing low presure exercices for wrist and stretch.
You shouldnt worry so much for the time mate. It took me couple of years to get to it and I went through many different frustrations and injuries ( some same as yours - elbow, wrist ) that I almost gave up. I thought my body just cannot do those explosive pull ups which are required and that's it. However, when my joints and connective tissues became strong enough to hold on to this powerful impulse which is the muscle up, it was just the right technique which was needed. Then for two weeks I just went from two bands 0 mu to 3 unassisted mu in a row.
Looking at you I see you could improve the technique little bit to make it more easy (you are pulling up too much upwards while you should be pulling up backwards and then quickly to the bar), but dont worry just keep working on it , rest well, give it some time and you will enjoy the results :)
You may add horizontal (australian) pull ups to your routine) as well.
I'm excited to watch this...
All I saw was issue with technique.
The secret to clean muscle ups are: On downward, you have to visualise your lats as wings spread out wide, thus thrusting your chest forward. This pushes your scapular back. Then imagine slamming the boot of a car down as hard as you can. you will fly up. You won’t even need to kip.
When I did that, I was surprised to see myself on top of the bar with hardly any effort.
I achieve my goal very quickly because (strength, giving myself a lot of rest time, AND TECHNIQUE)
I am now trying to do planche. Day 3
Respekt!!! Great Work, i Love seeing people pushing them!
The most important thing is the advise from the trainers so we learn how to trigger the muscles involved in the activity, keep going and great video!
Very cool and inspiring
Stay hydrated it helps
Don't be ashamed mate you did great. I have been chinning and dipping for over 30 years but I can't do a muscle up.
Thanks for this honest video 😀 I did a muslce up, at age 31, without knowing what it was. Now 46 I'm consciously training for them. If I'm honest I'm scared of tweaking something. Really close though. Hopefully soon 🙏🏼
you can do it!!!
Thank you so much! 😀@@RafaelFernandes-tp1sm
I admire your resilience !
It’s still awesome to see you staying motivated through injuries and over such a long time even tho you didn’t get your goal still great job man!
Thanks. This one was a slog!
This is more a 'how-not-to' do a muscle-up. If anything this video learns you to: warm-up (mobility), watch and do the correct form in pull-ups, dips & pull-backs. Do assistant band muscle-ups and work your way from purple to black, to red, to none. And be patient. And rest! Workout 2, max 3 times a week (never more than an hour per session). And eat and sleep well.
PS: And have a good physio- therapist. I still have one and I visit her every other month just to make sure I dont do anything stupid and get everything checked. Say, like a dentist routine. Seriously dont do it like this guy, he makes it sound like physio is something to be ashamed of, that mindstate is way too risky. They can help a lot. Mine has given great advice over time and helped me achieve the muscle up much quicker and painless. Dont be too proud. You will only stack up injuries till your goal is unreachable.
Thank you so much for this video!!! I've been trying to learn the muscle up for years now, and this is the encouragement that I really needed!
My chiro said that it takes your body about 3 years to adapt to any new movement. That said, I admire your progress, but your body is simply not ready to muscle up! Hardening and bullet proofing your shoulders, wrists etc literally takes years. Thats why gymnasts start at the age of 5, so by the time they reach an athlete level in their teens, their base is solid.
Great vid! Your videos help keep me motivated to achieve my own fitness goals. Thanks and keep it up 💪 x
Recently found your channel Goal Guys. Videos are quite entertaining. They remind me of AJ Jacobs books (video version)
This vid couldn't have come soon enough. Literally 3 days ago I told myself I wanted to finally get a muscle up done in the gym. Now that I see how far away I am I'M NOT EVEN GONNA BOTHER TRYING.
Hate to break it to you, but if that's the case, you're pursuing the wrong sport
Pathetic.
At least this guy is humble unlike the other arrogant RUclipsrs out there!
Never done a muscle up but did build up my push ups through lots of lat pull downs. What helped my form was I directed my elbows down towards my back pockets.
Thankyou for the video 👍🙏❤💪
I would recommend keeping your hands closer together as when you get over the bar, your elbows are very flared.
1, Mike Boyd didn't get injured even once
2. Geek Climber has climbing experience, climbing builds alot of strength
You guys are so awesome and post just the kind of videos I love!!
Great work! I hope this doesn't get interpreted the wrong way, but as a competition climber I know what even a few extra pounds feel like to carry on your body when hanging either on a bar or on a wall. If you were to loose a couple pounds and aim to hit 8-13% body fat I think you would definitely be able to pump out three muscle ups and probably it would reduce a lot of the joint pain you are having. Also when you do your pull ups make sure you are engaging your scapula, pulling in your shoulder blades and then pulling up; at first this will feel weaker but getting in the habit of doing this will make you much stronger.
I wish you knew this before, but just by performing basic exercises as pull ups dips and push ups would give the required strenght so much quicker than just focusing on performing assisted muscle up
I think training solely with the bands is bad advice. Bands are good for practicing the transition into the up part, but I'd recommend a weight vest for improving the first part to give you the explosive burst you need to get into the second position.
Congrats man! I’ve been scared to do this challenge but this has inspired me to give it a go.
How many pull-ups could you do at the end of the challenge?
👏🏻👏🏻
That's a good question. I didn't to a post muscle up test. Also good luck!
I think a lot of what you are neglecting with fitness challenges is nutrition and rest. Technique, strength, workout schedules are only part of the battle. Body fat %, lean muscle mass, enough protein, and enough rest days are just as and in some cases more important (especially for injury prone exercises like muscle ups). You should also have a plan to address how much protein you are getting, how much fat you are getting, and incorporating rest days, salt baths, and massage if you really want to get serious in achieving advanced goals like these.
Omg I was binging all of your vids and then you decided to upload! YES
I tried muscle up a year ago, but hardly managed to do 1 pull up. Now i can do 6 or 7 pull ups, lost some weight and i feel overall much better.
So my goal has switched to become fitter and feeling better in generell over beeing able to do a muscle up.
Also i am too old for that crap.
You uploaded finally!!
You are really brave trying muscle ups at 6,5 pull ups. I started training this exercise when I was like over 20 pull ups and over 35 dips)
This is amazing.
Wow, great job, inspirational, you motivated me, thanks.
Nice job. And remember, comparison is the thief of joy. You did it, who cares how long it took? p.s. Listen to your friend Kim. She rocks.
progress is progress no matter how slow :)) keep it up 👍
Such an inspiring video! It's great to see the actual struggles that comes with accomplishing something. You never give up :)
You showed great definition and gain in your arms & shoulders. Kudos!
You don't have to be embarassed or frustated by the performances of others. Being motivated for 6 months without giving up it quite impressive. In adition to that, it's never good to go to fast and burn the steps, especialy for health, this is how you get injured. So congrats anyway for your 2 MU.
That's really cool, I started exercising two weeks ago and have been working on being able to do a pullup right now. You've given me a lot of good ideas. ...impressed
And are you still exercising, or has the cake got the better of you?
Ngl i smiled when he managed to successfully do his first pull up
Muscle?*
I’ve only ever done one muscle up and I’ve never thought of focusing on engaging my scapula, I’ll have to give that a try
Thanks
Great! Already got some great ideas from the warm-ups. I see a lot of rotator cuff movements that I can use. Thanks for sharing your journey. It helps me and others be more patient and realistic with our goals, and gives encouragement to seek help with sticking points. Thanks!
Really glad it helped! Best of luck in your own journey!
Loved your video. It's taking me a while to get confident at pull ups and the tip from the personal trainer was helpful.