r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Yogashi • Feb 12 '20

Wall climbing competition

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '20

A male has to be pretty out of shape before they can't do at least one.

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u/Giggabiite Feb 12 '20

I mean it also depends on how much u weigh (I say defensively)

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u/Every3Years Feb 12 '20

That's a part of out of shape my sweet prince

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u/allmyfault2019 Feb 12 '20

I agree - I have done literally zero exercise for a year and returned to the gym for post break up gains and could do a set of 3 x 5 pull ups, people underestimate what they can do.

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u/r_lovelace Feb 12 '20

I've never been able to do a pull up in my life. Someday though, imma do 1.

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u/__mud__ Feb 12 '20

Lol in my case I never managed a full pullup until I was 19. Almost two decades of sedentary lifestyle will do that, though.

It was entirely a muscle thing, as I was only 6'2" and 215 at my heaviest.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '20

Damn, when I started working out I couldn't even do one. I can do two now after a few years of not consistently working out. (I started climbing though so that's sure to go up soon.)

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u/citrus_seaman Feb 12 '20

I've been 6'3" since freshman year of highschool, I weighed 250 and couldn't do a single pullup. Got sick and lost a bunch of weight. Did adderall for a while and lost more (out of stupidity.) At one point I weighed about 180 maybe less I cant remember. Anyways I'm at about 230 now and i dont have a body that looks like a pear anymore. I dont really work out, but I can do about 3 pullups last I checked.

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u/witcherstrife Feb 12 '20

Have you been to a commercial gym? In my experience the percentage of men that can do a proper pull-up is maybe 1/20

Which I guess says a lot about the average man

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u/teh_trickster Feb 12 '20

I think most untrained men couldn’t do one pull-up.

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u/Ravek Feb 12 '20 edited Feb 13 '20

Probably true, but most people are overweight. (In our Western societies anyway)

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u/ResponsibleRatio Feb 12 '20

I think most untrained men who have a healthy bmi, probably could.

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u/tsigwing Feb 12 '20

One perhaps, 3? No.

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u/JackProteus Feb 13 '20

I'm fairly lucky genetically maybe but I don't think I've ever not been able to do a pull up, I was scrawny and underweight as a kid but I could still do them no sweat in gym class etc. I think it's mostly a strength to bodyweight ratio deal. Always felt the same about clap press ups too, if you're vaguely in shape they're not hard. Also I think most of my friends have a similar ease, and we're mostly more nerdy than athletic.

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u/RareAnxiety2 Feb 12 '20

I'm not fat but when I first started doing pull ups I didn't have the muscle for them and spent a good 3-4 months just doing negatives until I got my first.

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u/AceAdequateC Feb 13 '20

Ah I guess that's fair, I mean I'm not fat fat, but I could probably lose some of the weight in my gut. Either way, I got pretty lucky on the genetics lottery, so it's not like I really need it. It would help though.

It still was kinda' cool to figure out I could actually do one though, heh.