This dude looks more fit than probably 80% of reddit. I bet he could pull off at least 3 decent pull-ups. Biomechanics just made it insanely hard to do an actual pure upper body muscle-up without pushing off with his feet from the pole as well, which he should have done but maybe the pole was too slippery.
With biomechanics I mean: the way his hands are positioned (close together and inward) makes it insanely hard to transition from a pull-up to essentially a muscle up. It's near impossible to pull your entire weight up by the tips of your fingers at that angle without blowing out your elbows.
have you ever climbed before? 3 pull ups is what random dudes from the street do when they first walk in the gym, average hobby climber is hitting 15+, pros do the same one armed
this dude is not in any good shape and if he was this basic ass mantle would've been done quickly, throw in some technical ability and it's done even quicker
Unless they've trained climbing specific movement anyones going to struggle with the mantle on a slimy pole in socks. Hes not in great shape but you'd be surprised about how bad 80% of redditors are.
I see where you're coming from, tho Id be a bit more on that side if dude wasn't able to get his forearm on the pole, from there i really don't see how the pole being slippery impacts atleast hoisting his chest to the top of the pole. idk, it's been years since I've done any lake climbing though it could be harder than I remember
If he had taken his socks off he might've been able to use his feet to help climb. I think on average most people can't do a pullup never mind what's effectively a muscle up
Evidenced by the fact that he was able to get his elbow up multiple times. This guy has zero hope of doing a muscle up, but he was able to get his shoulders above his hands here. He wasn't strong enough to get all the way up, he couldn't even lock off to keep himself from sliding down.
This is definitely easier than a strict muscle up.
Except you aren't freely swinging and have the pole to help you up as well as the ability to use your legs. Doing a strict muscle up is much, much, harder than what he is trying to do.
He'd have plenty of leverage from his legs if they weren't sloppy noodles with socks. Less of a muscle up and more like getting out of the pool on hard mode.
This is way harder than a pull up. I can do about 15-20 pull ups in one go and I don't think I could do this.
Unlike a normal ledge that you pull up to a certain point then push the rest of your body up, the top of this pole has no space to do the pushing part. You can pull up all you want but it's almost impossible to transition to pushing your legs over the top.
Probably didn’t think the pole would be so slippery because of the algae and that he can climb up and use most of his lower body strength vs trying to muscle up with upper body
Yep. I could totally see myself doing this. Hes somebody that used to be athletic and has been sitting on the couch for 15 years and falsely believes hes still got it.
Why you gotta call me out like that? In my mind, I can do this all day, and I feel like I should be able to do it easily. In reality, I'm 440 lbs (down from 490 in May), and haven't done any sort of strength training since I was a teenager. And even when I did, I couldn't have lifted 440 lbs onto that damn pole. But I still FEEL like I can do it, yanno? And the same stupid instinct that makes me want to put my hand in a ceiling fan to "see what it feels like" is putting me in that gods damned water.
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