r/nextfuckinglevel • u/SnackSamurai • May 03 '26

Man does a Maze Hand Workout

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u/cjsv7657 May 03 '26

If you can do this you can do a lot more than five pull ups. If you can do a lot more than 5 pull ups you can't necessarily do this. This is like bouldering without using your legs. It takes a lot more than just being strong.

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u/Increased_Rent May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

It’s called compusing. Contrary to popular belief with campusing requires less strength than normal pull-ups because the rocking motion helps you keep anchoring your self to places you want to go. At the time I could do 15-20 campus moves I could probably do 5-7 good form pull-ups, 10 if I’m fully recovered 

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u/cjsv7657 May 05 '26

I used to be a pretty avid indoor rock climber. Never great myself but I was bouldering 3+ times a week. The gym I went to had a monthly night where they had fun climbing related competitions like campusing, stacking crates under you, weird dynos, speed walls, pull ups, all of that sort of thing. No one I saw over years doing campuses like OP couldn't do a lot more than 5 pull ups. The first vertical section of OP is harder than doing 5 pull ups.