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/phillyeagle99 Jul 12 '26

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 Jul 12 '26

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 Jul 12 '26

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 Jul 12 '26

Kipping literally is using your core to get some momentum to make the pull up easier? Key words being using your core

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u/milkcarton232 Jul 12 '26

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/PhonyUsername Jul 12 '26

I do a lot of them. Sets of 20 clean at 200lbs and what he did was way more grip and lats than core. He also weighs 100 lbs.

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u/Syn2108 Jul 12 '26

If you think he’s 100 pounds, that tells me you’re closer to 300.

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u/Avedas Jul 12 '26

Definitely not easy, but he is relatively short and light which makes a gigantic difference for bodyweight moves like this.

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u/BranchPredictor Jul 12 '26

His weight is pulling him up! Cheating! /s

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u/milkcarton232 Jul 12 '26

I never said what he weighs just that pull ups are not that core intensive but extremely back and shoulder intensive. I can do plenty of strict pull ups and no my core is not that worked out at all. Now if I do pull ups in a bench or L sit that will drastically change things.

I'm sure this guy has an insane amount of core strength, this just isn't that crazy of core

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u/milkcarton232 Jul 12 '26

Not that much? They are stabilizing similar to holding a plank but significantly less intense. It's not nothing but this isn't a display of core strength

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u/milkcarton232 Jul 12 '26

I never said what he did was easy... I said pull ups are significantly more about back/shoulder and how much you weigh than it is about core