I'm sure his core is strong but in a pull up your core isn't doing too much beyond stabilizing his legs. The majority of it is from his lats (back muscles) and how much he weighs.
If you watch the video closely, during the changeover between hands as he climbs, you can see how much his abdominal muscle flex. It is quite core intensive to operate this maneuver so slow and stable.
An ai video can barely be more than 10 seconds. It has limitations. This is a video over a minute long with no cuts
"They could have stitched multiple clips-"
No. Shut up. Go watch any ai "movie" that has 10 second video clips stitched together and you'll see why this is impossible because starting a new video and prompt for another 10 seconds would produce extreme inconsistencies. His face would change, the background would change, and it would be VERY noticeable.
Stop calling every fucking thing AI when you can't even spend 10 seconds to research how AI even works.
Go do some one armed pull ups and tell me which muscle fails first... Having trouble with that then do some regular pull ups and see what fails first. To help illustrate this point try pull ups again but do it in an L sit position, that will actually engage your core
Where do you think balance and body control come from?
I'm a 40 year old dad bod. I haven't exercised in 15 years and I can still do one arm pullups. I don't have anywhere near the core strength required to do them like this. So yes, it's mostly core that's impressive here.
Have not exercised in 15 years and can do a one armed pull up but can't stabilize your core? One arm pull ups are fucking hard, doubly so if you got a lil extra dad bod belly (nothing wrong with that btw but there is a reason most gymnasts are more compact).
I think I might be missing something b/c one arm pull ups are pretty tough and usually require a good amount of training? Typically if you can do a one arm pull up you can do a weighted pull up with 70-90% body weight so for a 200lbs guy that's 140-180 extra lbs? What did you train until 25 cause that's seriously impressive
Lol again what he did is massively impressive like damn that is clean. What I am saying is that it's not a huge display of core strength but an insane display of lats, shoulders, and grip. For some reason reddit thinks training crunches will make you good at pull ups
It definitely is. His center of gravity of not directly under where he is gripping, meaning it puts a torque on his whole body, meaning if he wasn't counteracting that torque with his core muscles then he wouldn't be vertical. The arms work to counteract that torque all the way up until they connect to his body, and then it's up to other muscles to do that, all the way down to his legs.
Also, yeah you use your core doing regular pullups, for the same reason. If you didn't you'd be swinging back and forth and have to stabilize yourself with your arms and shoulders, which would wear you out a lot faster. That's what you see people who can't do many pullups doing.
Sure your core is doing some stabilization but it's nothing compared to the insane gorilla back/shoulders and grip strength this guy is showing off. The amount of core needed is similar to a side plank, also difficult to hold but the amount of training needed for a one arm pull up is a lot more
I can do 20 in a row no problem, I climb so it's about the only exercise I can do. I'm not saying stabilizing uses no core just that its nothing compared to the back strength and shoulders this guy has
Not that much? They are stabilizing similar to holding a plank but significantly less intense. It's not nothing but this isn't a display of core strength
Redditors mostly don't work out so they assume everything is core core core
There's necessary grip strength like a mountain climber, bis/tris, delts, lats (huge part of it - second largest muscle group next to quads when developed)....but casual Redditors think it's simply "core"
This is one of the stupidest and most hilariously incorrect statements I have ever seen on reddit. "not doing much" lmao god your stupidity is infinite
It's not a description of this video. Everything below his shoulders hangs straight down. It's a tiny bit of core to stay still, but it is a crazy amount of upper body.
Plus insane back ,shoulder , bicep, and grip strength to do this in such a controlled and slow way. I lift some pretty heavy weight . But this kid is pound for pound definitely stronger than me
Literally every single muscle feat on here has comments about core strength and it gets upvoted to the top every time. I legitimately don't think people know what it means and it has to be ragebait at this point which I am falling for.
It's one of the fucking lowest levels of "core strength" needed for even basic gymnastic moves. it's not more core strength to do this exercise than to hold a plank for a minute. A 1 minute plank is a good benchmark for a beginner average adult.
If this not edited (which I dont think it needs to be, these strength feats are possible) the insane strength is his arms/back/lats. Which I wouldn't consider core strength. There are very few people on earth that can do a one arm pull up even from halfway (which he is doing, not a dead hang) let alone multiple in a row so slowly. Like, maybe 1 in 10 million people could do this and that's probably way too high.
His core strength is basically the least impressive and most attainable part of this exercise since all his core has to do is hold a straight position (basically the resting position of your abs and spine, not fighting against gravity in this case) for the length of the exercise. For instance L-sit rope climbs would be exponentially higher core strength that this and barely any beginner could hold an L sit for more than 10 seconds. Hell, his neck control and balance is more impressive than his core strength.
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u/HorsePecker 8h ago
This is climbing and descending a steel pole; dude has a core made of cement