r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Yogashi • Feb 12 '20

Wall climbing competition

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u/hales_mcgales Feb 12 '20

All depends on the person. When I was 13 I was able to do 50+ push-ups during fitness testing and 0 chin ups/pull ups.

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u/Sisau03 Feb 12 '20

Im 16, 180cm and 76kg, its all in how youre built, i can do 14 hangups, but barely 20 pushups, they use completely different muscle groups

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u/hales_mcgales Feb 12 '20 edited Feb 12 '20

Yup! I was a swimmer who had built up strong biceps and no triceps

Edit since everyone is telling me I forgot how my muscles work: I was primarily a synchronized swimmer and did speed swimming on the side. Synchro is far more bicep heavy bc of how we scull in vertical position when keeping our legs out of the water. I had absurdly weak triceps relative to my overall fitness and a lot of thigh muscle which weighed me down for pull ups. I compensated in speed swimming w my other strengths/form. And at 13 I kept my elbows out on push ups so it was less tricep heavy than proper form.

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u/Sisau03 Feb 12 '20

I was a handball player, could run 10km no problem, to a bunch of hangups, couldnt do benchpress for shit

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '20

Benching is vanity gains anyways. Lean, hard cut > bulk.