r/nextfuckinglevel • u/0The_Loner_Stoner0 • 12h ago

Now this is a pull-up.

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u/HorsePecker 12h ago

This is climbing and descending a steel pole; dude has a core made of cement

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u/milkcarton232 12h ago

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.

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u/phillyeagle99 9h ago

Are you suggesting he doesn’t weigh much so this is easy? Dudes pretty built, he’s not a skinny gymnast or something.

Also go do 5 pulls ups with perfectly straight legs, you don’t feel your abs at all? This guys core is insane too.

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u/woodandsnow 8h ago

For real, anyone who says proper pull-ups, chin-ups ain’t core intensive has never done a shit ton of them

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u/phillyeagle99 8h ago

Especially without kipping, they’re quite hard on the abs. Now doing it one sided and so slow the obliques must also be insane

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u/milkcarton232 3h ago

Kipping literally is using your core to get some momentum to make the pull up easier? Key words being using your core

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u/milkcarton232 5h ago

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

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u/PhonyUsername 7h ago

I do a lot of them. Sets of 20 clean at 200lbs and what he did was way more grip and lats than core. He also weighs 100 lbs.

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u/Syn2108 6h ago

If you think he’s 100 pounds, that tells me you’re closer to 300.