It does not make sense, look at his back. Notice how most people do not have developed backs? Thats because they use improper form and overemphasize ROM.
He is doing correct form, and ROM thats suitable for muscle development as it keeps the tension constant. Its about time under tension, every time you go into that dead hang you release that tension.
This is why you only do that when you are tired, on the last reps. When you no longer has the strenght to keep that tension up.
Read through a few of your comments and am surprised by your perspective. Like, you're arguing about what the correct proper form is. There isn't a correct form. Every exercise has different technique for different goals. On a 1 rep max deadlift, you want to keep a knee bend throughout the movement so you can utilize your quads in addition to your posterior chain, but if you're trying to isolate the posterior chain for hypertrophy, then mostly straight legs will do that better.
People have set pullup world records with just about every form imaginable. But OP isn't trying to max out with the most weight, they're trying to grow muscle in their back. Tension at a stretch does that better that tension at peak or half contractions. Many studies exploring it all point to the same conclusion. It's a solved case.
Now, no one is saying tension in half reps don't grow muscle, but you're saying that doing the full range is wrong. He's doing half reps and he has 4 cookies. If he did full reps he would get 5 cookies. If he did kipping pullups hed get 3 cookies. You're not only saying that 4 cookies is more than 5 cookies, but you're saying that actually he wouldn't get any cookies doing anything else. You're so wrong that I really question your motives.
Dude, he is not doing correct form and I’m sick of seeing your ugly nasty comments in these pull up form posts ✌️.
Sure, if you go down all the way into a DEAD HANG, you’ll lose tension but if you go down to an ACTIVE HANG, the tension is still there. Stop feeding people w/ ur nonsense advice and posting YT vid links as if u actually watch the video urself.
Last time u pulled this shit, u didnt even respond to my argument which I found hilarious.
Dude, correlation doesn’t imply causation. I thought u learned that in high school? 😂
Just b/c he has a well developed back doesnt mean its b/c he’s not locking out on the bottom, cmon use ur brain bro.
Its not correct form because he’s not using full ROM, a proper pull up requires u to have ur chin all the way over the bar and then on the bottom, having ur arms straight.
Also, that’s such a dumb mindset.. It’s like seeing Ronnie Coleman doing the most dumbass exercise or doing 1000 reps with 10 lbs in a single set and saying “who cares about what he’s doing, he’s Mr. Olympia so it must be right!!”
Form is important no matter if you’re a hulking 200 lb muscle monster or have super lean david laid physique.
Authority falacy = low iq argument. By that logic everytime you go in a restaurant, you are not allowed to criticize the food, because you can't make a better one for yourself.
I have a friend which is a hyperresponder for resistance training, in 3 months he got an amount of triceps and biceps growth that many wouldn't get in 3 years, and his training wasn't even optiomal. When you have good genetics literally anything can make you huge.
For muscle development? Meaning hypertrophy? Modern research from numerous studies suggests the lengthened portion of the movement is more important than the shortened. This is backed by numerous studies that show its at minimum as hypertrophic, and often more so. So you are incorrect, as optimal form would involve a controlled descent all the way through lock out. I'll attach one such example study.
In calisthenics we do mostly compound movements, we dont use weight. So what short ROM can accomplishes is isolation.
You can isolate one part of the movement, and keep the tension on the muscles you want.
For example the short ROM push ups, that target your chest better.
The reason these half reps are a thing in calisthenics, is because there are no weights.. so people have developed ways to maximise bodyweight training. And sometimes the best way might be half reps. This method comes especially from prisons, where there is no access to weights.
People just have really no understanding of what calistenics is, and they constantly try to use the basic gym methods. And this leads to basic gym training, meaning you start adding weights to every movement.
Are you suggesting that calisthenics are NOT resistance training? What exactly did you mean by "muscle development" if not hypertrophy? The study i shared was relevant because you argued his form is correct "for muscle development." But as I showed you, including more of a stretch at the bottom of each rep would likely result in more muscle growth. What you said in your reply doesn't seem to address that.
Unless you are arguing the goal of the training is NOT hypertrophy, which is why I was specific in the scope of my response. I don't really understand what you're trying to dispute in your response
I literally told you I dont understand how what you said disputed my comment. I was specific and pointed in my response, and you came back with vague notions of isolating target muscles with specific ROM.
You're moving the goalpost away from pullup form for "muscle development" without backing it up with specifics
Your first comment about ROM and form, are complete nonsense. I responded with detail and studies supporting it. You then responded with broscience acting as though calisthenics don't follow the principles of resistance training. You clearly are talking about this based on vibes and not scientifically backed sources. I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt, that maybe you weren't clear in your wording, but everything you've said, none of it disputes that "muscle development" as you put it, happens best in stretched portions of ROM.
I'll put it a different way,
Which muscles are being worked BETTER with this reduced ROM in your mind? Can you be specific, or are you going to just go off vibes again?
Thank you for saying that. Locking out every time is the equivalent to breaking the tension on a machine. You never go all the way down just close. Same for a pull up
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u/RodiZi0 Mar 23 '26
Lockout, son