Wish I could do a 100 pull ups, I would love to know how much this guy pays in chiropractor fees?

What that guy is doing is not really a pull-up, it looks like the technique some arborists use to haul themselves up a tree- the hip-thrust. It's mostly core strength, and as long as it's compressed there is little stress on the back, if any.

Ho hum. Note the leg kick action. Those aren't even close to honest pullups. Of course, there are people who can do 100 honest pullups, probably just not this guy.

I met a 100 pullup guy in the gym who couldn't do a single one-arm pullup. I wondered whether his emphasis on slow-twitch development might even have made him weaker than he might have been.

People argue whether pullup strength has any value in climbing. I'm positive that it does, but no one at any level needs to be able to do more than ten or so. Higher pullup strength, i.e. one-arm lockoff ability, is far more relevant and is not equivalent to or necessarily developed by high-rep pullup exercises.

Those are kipping pullups. They're supposed to be really good for something, can't recall what. Google it.

what i think is funny is that he can only do a few at a time even with that technique. i am sure i could many climbers could do a 100 much faster the real way - not all at once of course.

i came across the crossfit games on espn last weekend and it is semi interesting to watch if you have something else to do as well. they are certainly all athletes in their own right, but it's interesting to see what exercises they pick to 'compete.' these sort of pullups, squats (normal), a swim, hand raise pushups (lower to chest raise hands each time), and a run. that's all i could stand to watch. i think it's a cult and they're all going to do a coordinated suicide one day.

Kipping is lame.

Kipping pull-ups make it easier and faster to do a muscle up on a bar, which is handy for parkour.

Will Gadd (Ice climber) does crossfit to keep in shape and makes it clear on his blog that kipping will cost a climber some strength when compared to normal pull ups. Sure, you can do more, but if you can't lock off or do it with control, it's useless for climbing.

Not judging anyone, but it's a shame that there is a sport made around working out. Any time you add competition to what is supposed to be training, you get odd results in my opinion.

Ray, do you know anything about parkour?
I don't think it's lame in context. JLP mentioned that he thought kips were good for something. One of those things is parkour.
FWIW, when I train pull-ups I do legit no swing pull ups. When I train for parkour muscle ups I do kips.
Mark

The kipping and dropping to the bottom of the range is way harder on the GH joint than the back.

I think that one of the more interesting parts of the video is that the 1st time up: 20reps
2nd: 11 reps
3rd: 8reps
4th: 6reps
Then beyond that it's anywhere from 3-6reps, makes you wonder what's failing...my money is on grip strength.

A weight vest is a good idea, I'll try that if I get a chance. My bar muscle ups are ok, but I'd be happier if I could do them symmetrically. For parkour though, I'll stick to kips.
For climbing, kips seem pointless to me. Even regular pull ups may have limited training value.
I don't know anything about crossfit, maybe it works for them.

All that bouncing on to the strait arm. Do this over prolonged period of time and your elbows will be shot!

I've been doing Crossfit and Sealfit workouts for years. Kipping has a place in my training. I also do strict chest-to-bar pull ups and a wide variety of other exercises.

A lot of folks look down on kipping because of how it looks and don't give it a chance. I use kipping for increasing the aerobic intensity of my workouts. Kipping allows you to keep moving when you are tired. This is useful for some of the workouts that I like to do.

Example: With a 40lb pack on
- march up and down one flight of stairs ten times
- 25 push ups
- 10 burpee pull ups
- 10 sit ups on the back extension / glut. ham. developer
5 rounds of the above for time.

The workout that I posted above typically takes me 50 - 55 minutes and I am gasping for breath during the burpee pull ups with the pack on. The kips allow me to continue.

Kipping pull ups shouldn't be thought of as a pull up as they are a totally different exercise. You can also kip handstand push ups, toes to bar, knees to elbows, etc. That doesn't mean that the kip version of those exercises are worthless, it just means that you need to evaluate what they will do for your training and add them if they will help.

Why don't you replace the exercise you can't do properly with something else. Or drop the backpack? Or use some form of aid to do an actual pull up? Seems you would get more benefit from a change up than from aerobic kipping.

Pt

J.B. didn't need to kip. Keepin' it smooth......

I understand what you are doing. I just assumed that a structured workout is organized to meet certain objectives. If they were meant to be burpee kip ups, then they would be called burpee kip ups. I was offering a suggestion to help to do the pull ups as part of that structured routine - that is all.

I don't doubt you are fit (that work out sounds brutal - kipping or pull ups).

PT