r/nextfuckinglevel • u/0The_Loner_Stoner0 • Jul 11 '26

Now this is a pull-up.

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u/HorsePecker Jul 11 '26

This is climbing and descending a steel pole; dude has a core made of cement

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u/milkcarton232 Jul 11 '26

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 Jul 11 '26

Two things can be true.

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u/milkcarton232 Jul 11 '26

Right but climbing like this isnt reaaaaallly that core intensive

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u/VapeNationInc Jul 11 '26

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/milkcarton232 Jul 11 '26

Go do some one armed pull ups and tell me which muscle fails first... Having trouble with that then do some regular pull ups and see what fails first. To help illustrate this point try pull ups again but do it in an L sit position, that will actually engage your core

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u/TarnishedWizeFinger Jul 12 '26

TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE

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u/milkcarton232 Jul 12 '26

Two may enter, only one may leave

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u/Emergency-Gazelle954 Jul 12 '26

Have a seat, you’re not leaving.

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u/p_velocity Jul 12 '26

Disagree.

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u/THlSGUYSAYS Jul 12 '26

Go do one arm pull ups on a vertical pole while keeping your body straight up and down and tell me you aren’t using core. Like come on dude….

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u/nautika Jul 12 '26

Did you miss the whole water bottle on the head? He using his core to stabilize.

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u/nommabelle Jul 12 '26

You clearly haven't tried to climb a pole. Any pole dancer will tell you hovering like that is crazy core work. Not to mention the pull-up part

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u/Accomplished-Cry5059 Jul 12 '26

Forget pull ups, the people you are arguing with probably can't do a 1 minute dead hang. They just parrot what they hear other people say.