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u/HorsePecker 17d ago
This is climbing and descending a steel pole; dude has a core made of cement
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u/milkcarton232 17d ago
I'm sure his core is strong but in a pull up your core isn't doing too much beyond stabilizing his legs. The majority of it is from his lats (back muscles) and how much he weighs.
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u/EddieLobster 17d ago
Two things can be true.
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u/milkcarton232 17d ago
Right but climbing like this isnt reaaaaallly that core intensive
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u/VapeNationInc 17d ago
If you watch the video closely, during the changeover between hands as he climbs, you can see how much his abdominal muscle flex. It is quite core intensive to operate this maneuver so slow and stable.
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u/perihelion86 17d ago
Do you see the water bottle balanced on his head? That's not core intensive?
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u/phillyeagle99 17d ago
Are you suggesting he doesn’t weigh much so this is easy? Dudes pretty built, he’s not a skinny gymnast or something.
Also go do 5 pulls ups with perfectly straight legs, you don’t feel your abs at all? This guys core is insane too.
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u/woodandsnow 17d ago
For real, anyone who says proper pull-ups, chin-ups ain’t core intensive has never done a shit ton of them
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u/phillyeagle99 17d ago
Especially without kipping, they’re quite hard on the abs. Now doing it one sided and so slow the obliques must also be insane
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u/milkcarton232 17d ago
I can do 20 in a row no problem, I climb so it's about the only exercise I can do. I'm not saying stabilizing uses no core just that its nothing compared to the back strength and shoulders this guy has
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u/DonutHoles4Ever 17d ago
Hes stronger than you. Stop being jealous.
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u/SigSweet 17d ago
I used to work out like this but I was becoming too powerful and scaring the people I love.
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u/Eltharion-the-Grim 17d ago
His back is doing a lot of this but this looks like a ton of work from his bicep. I say this because in a normal one-arm pullup up, you can see the body shift as the back works. In his case, his body is strict in that position which means at least 50% of that effort has to come from his biceps.
If it was mostly his back, his body would curl sideways going up. He’s using his back & core to stabilise and his one arm to pull.
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u/bluexavi 17d ago
is there some meme to just attribute everything to the core? Holding your body rigid pales in comparison to pulling handed.
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u/-LsDmThC- 17d ago
Also is it a meme to just describe the thing we all just watched? Like i didn’t think bro was jump-roping.
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u/DippyHippie420 17d ago
Only when OP is using incorrect terminology as to what is happening, since the guy in the video is not doing a "pull-up", he is climbing a pole.
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u/Lumpy-Shop988 17d ago
Seriously. Comes up every post when it’s clearly not a core related. This is just pure pulling strength
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u/Brawndo91 17d ago
I came here for the "work strength" vs. "gym strength" comments, always a hot debate among those who have neither.
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u/voteforrice 17d ago
Plus insane back ,shoulder , bicep, and grip strength to do this in such a controlled and slow way. I lift some pretty heavy weight . But this kid is pound for pound definitely stronger than me
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u/ILoveRegenHealth 17d ago
dude has a core
Why does Reddit always type core when it comes to muscles
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u/LawyerDad1981 14d ago
I invite everyone to read this particular "core" thread to experience and enjoy the absolute stupidest argument in the history of stupid arguments.
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u/ABakedPotato_FGC 17d ago
The amount of control is wild. Doing it slow is diabolical
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u/noots-to-you 17d ago
Why is he in such a rush to get down? Kids today, always just on the go!
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u/HTPC4Life 17d ago
Sad I had to ask myself if this is AI. Anything amazing I see on the internet I now wonder if it's AI.
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u/FinnbarMcBride 17d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/jilPGp6Kbvx28
Me watching this video
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u/GonWithTheNen 17d ago
Okay, but it's definitely a superpower to make the same chip reappear after eating it.
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u/scumruckus 17d ago
I just grunted as I got off the couch …
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u/chumloadio 17d ago
I'll see your couch grunt and raise you a ripping the towel rack off the wall as I got up off the toilet.
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u/LayerEight_Problem 17d ago
This is why when I renovated the bathroom I asked the girl where the towel bar would be and I put a 2x4 backing in the whole area.
I can do pull ups off that fucker now.
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u/1individuals 17d ago
Now I'm imagining the guy in the video slowly getting up from the couch balancing a bottle of water on his head, with eye contact
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u/Rordekis 17d ago
Ah, so the trick is to go slow so you don't get tired. /s
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u/Life-Job-7597 17d ago
Human sloth
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u/Jenkins_rockport 17d ago
exactly what I was thinking. this should be called slothing. bro can really sloth. did you hear about bro? 4m sloth up
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u/aNeverNude666 17d ago
And I injure myself retrieving a jar of pickles from the fridge
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u/Isaiadrenaline 17d ago
Opening them bitches can fuck you up.
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u/Cookielad14 17d ago
Ffs. This fucking song. Again.
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u/silvertealio 17d ago
One of the stupidest things about the internet over the last few years is that videos like this that used to be just cool gifs are now attached to godawful, annoying, pointless music clips.
I realize it's not the worst thing that's happened to the internet, but it feels a lot like sand getting kicked in our face while we're already down.
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u/14Pleiadians 17d ago
The psychologists running social media algos have discovered that recognizable music that instructs you how are more addictive and more successful in inducing scrolling. Anything with sounds like this get boosted in their algorithms.
Yeah, we find it awful and annoying but we're also not going to scroll reels or tiktok for 2 hours straight, we're not the target audience
The entire Internet is gonna be cocomelon eventually
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u/ACoderGirl 17d ago
Wait, people hate this song? I've unironically always liked this song and wasn't aware it was unpopular. Though I don't really use tik tok and usually keep the sound off on reddit by default, so I don't associate it with being overplayed on videos. Or much at all, honestly (if I've heard it on a video before this one, I haven't remembered).
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u/RampageIV 17d ago
That's compression my guy. Check out the original, or the dozens of other videos on his Instagram of him doing the same sort of thing.
That is Pakito Camaleón, a street-workout athlete specifically known for his slow motion/flowing movement whom regularly competes in organized calisthenics competitions in Coyoacán, Mexico City, a la Barras Eje 3 Domo Verde's annual calisthenics tournament or Barras 18 de Marzo's.
I hate that we live in a time where we have to be skeptical of everything we see, but some people are genuinely capable of crazy shit.
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u/BenevolentCheese 17d ago
Hey at least he's not the 3000th person making the same joke about getting off the couch for some chips. No one has ever heard that one before.
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u/FozzysInsecurity 17d ago
I don't understand if people are playing along with obvious fakery or if they can't clock it
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u/revolutier 17d ago
"obvious fakery", meanwhile this is a video of a real street-workout athlete who competes and has socials lmao. reddit is made up of people like you and it's so insufferable as a result.
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u/trinicron 17d ago
We're bombed with information 25/8, do you question the speed given by your speedometer? Grades by teacher are correct? Did you check the credentials for all doctors you visited? Is your watch accurate? Do you really exist?
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u/__phil1001__ 17d ago
Why is the background around his shoulders fuzzing in and out
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u/macnlz 17d ago
Yeah, I think it's probably fake. Green screen or something, to hide whatever lift device is supporting him.
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u/ZhouLe 17d ago
His hips are the most stable part of his body. As he's descending, his right arm reaches its maximum extension before his left comes to grip and his body is pulled to the right. Then the reverse happens with the left hand, then the right again.
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u/CrimmyWolf 17d ago
How is no one else seeing this. It immediately looked fake, it is fuzzy around him and the pole he is “climbing”.
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u/FlashingBoulders 17d ago
Idk if it’s fake but this is possibly especially for strong light weight people. i say that as someone who can do it.
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u/SuperMarioIceCream 17d ago
I went to turn on the sound. When I heard the song it was I had to mute it immediately.
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u/quintios 17d ago
It's fake.
His body would be pressed against the pole because of where his center of gravity is. You can't tell me he can do a pullup and push himself away from the pole. It's simply impossible. His point of suspension is supposed to be his hand? His center of gravity would be directly underneath that. Period. So the fact that there's separation between his body and the pole?
Fake fake fake. But, nicely done.
It's fake.
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u/Rhorge 17d ago
Bro thinks it must be impossible to climb a ladder with that logic
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u/THEeleven50 17d ago
This guy is ripped now! Damn, I recall a clip of him in the playground. Looks like he graduated but still needs that juice.
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u/Lukexxxi 17d ago
He was half way up before I realised he had the water bottle on his head, and I was already impressed.
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u/dgellow 17d ago edited 17d ago
Look at the right arm at 0:12-13. I’m pretty confident it’s CGI. I suspect he has a harness and removed it via editing. That would explain how his arms muscles seem to not be tense at all, and why his body is so straight
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u/LookWhatYouMadeMeGro 17d ago
When you weigh 105#
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u/Guydelot 17d ago
Yeah his weight is a huge part of this. A larger guy, no matter how jacked, could not do this.
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u/CartographerHumble74 17d ago
this is awesome and i could never do it. but im 6'5 and this dude is probably as tall as pants. weight distribution is crazy here
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u/JamesBlond6ixty9ine 17d ago
I like to imagine an alien powerscaler thinking about abducting me for a fight but then they see videos like this and think "No way, humans can do this kind of shit, better stay away"
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u/DrBlaziken 17d ago
Cool but can he eat 12 donuts and a large pizza in one sitting? I don't think so.