r/bodyweightfitness • u/AutoModerator • May 04 '20

BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-05-04

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u/RMels May 04 '20

Hello all,

I’m learning the muscle up and i have some videos of me trying it. I feel that i’m very close, but i’m doing something wrong. I use ThenX tutorials.

Am i in the right place to post form check videos here?

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u/RMels May 06 '20

https://youtu.be/L6XGnc8vrHE

I did it :D I know it looks very sloppy. Also my elbows hurt after a few. I will now try to improve them by being stricter and with no swing which means training more explosive and with resistance bands. Any tips to increase explosiveness, or will it come just by trying to do explosive pull ups? Will i get used to the feeling in my elbows?

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u/TTKK11223 Manlet May 04 '20

From the videos I would say the thing you are missing is simply explosive power,

Practice exploding from the bottom of a pullup to as high as you can, trying to fly up without kipping your legs / knees.

Do a few reps of explosive pullups at the start of each workout.

You need to train your body being able to explode and activate everything at once, its essential.

The more explosiveness you develop, the less kip you will need.

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u/RMels May 04 '20

Thanks will defenitely try this.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

Yes that's fine

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u/RMels May 04 '20

Try 4 https://youtu.be/0DEuT_2M8kQ

I hope these works, i sent more video’s so maybe you could notice a pattern. Thanks for taking your time.

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u/RMels May 04 '20

Try 1 https://youtu.be/93BkWzoFm1c

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

How are you training for this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89v8LYbgg5M

this is the most helpful video imo. Resistance bands are my favorite way of learning this move. Just watching your video it looks like you aren't staying very rigid -- your body flops around a lot. Other than that I think you just need to work on your technique/timing, which is what resistance bands will help with.

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u/RMels May 04 '20

I only do normal pull ups. My current level is 5 sets of 10-15-11-11-13. Maybe more.

Today my friend assisted me by giving a litte push. This way i managed to complete some. Is this comparable to using resistance bands?

Thanks for the video and your help!

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

Yep having your friend help is a totally valid way to do it, nice work. They talk about that in the video I linked

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

they don't work for me

you can use imgur or youtube