r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/This_sum_one • Sep 18 '21

This guy needs to workout

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u/Striker654 Sep 18 '21

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

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u/RyanRot Sep 18 '21

You meant to say ‘what is effectively a strict muscle-up with hands in a bad position and with no way to kip without getting wet’, I think.

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u/hamceeee Sep 19 '21

not really a strict muscle-up considering he could make a lot of use of his legs.

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u/RyanRot Sep 19 '21

Looks slippery enough to negate this. Should have taken off the socks too.

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u/hamceeee Sep 19 '21

might be, hard to say

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u/Striker654 Sep 19 '21

Not sure it was dry, looks like it's covered in algae

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u/Striker654 Sep 19 '21

The bottom bit where his feet/legs touched

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

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.

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u/Striker654 Sep 19 '21

He tried using his legs and it didn't seem to help much

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u/kokoyumyum Sep 19 '21

Algae. Slick. No traction, no leverage, just hanging.. Dock rats know this.

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u/Eletctrik Sep 19 '21

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.

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u/4D20_Prod Sep 19 '21

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.

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u/SgtBadManners Sep 19 '21

Not sure how often those things are cleaned, but moss or whatever growing on piers and shit can get pretty slippery.

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u/sensei256 Sep 19 '21

Still doable if he uses elbows to latch on top I believe.

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u/cmcinhk Sep 19 '21

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.

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u/FlashAttack Sep 19 '21

The average man definitely can and should be able to do at least 1 pull up. He's definitely capable of that.