Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups: Common Faults

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[thecost]

I started doing this at a commercial gym but I created unnecessary attention and someone said I look like a dolphin jumping out of water

[destroya]

"Generally someone who lacks who has to pull to the bar"
Yeah cause kicking my legs up taking my back muscles out of the exercise while swinging like a fish out of water displays true strength!

[coralbow]

Call them “swing ups” not “pull ups”. He literally confirms it himself @ 1:53.

[barneybussey]

The only part of this I can do is at the end where they clap their hands and stomp their feet.

[vibovitold]

when you see dive-in pushups, do you protest "no, these are not true push-ups"
yes they're not strict pushups.
yes they're easier.
nobody will deny it.
they're just a different exercise.

when you see push jerk, do you go "nah, this is not a correct push press".
you'd be correct again, of course.
it's not.
and yes, push jerk is easier.
but again - it's a different exercise.

it's quite similar.
the main goal is the same.
but it's a different variant.

[carmiiioi]

it's very hard for me to do this. and yes. maybe I'm lack of strength.

[Sdfsoepvmsywocmzyw]

Someone who lacks strength has to pull himself to a bar? I thought kipping was invented for such guy.

[stevenan]

i think i saw school kids doing this on the monkey bars

[rwesleyslaght]

Matt Chan's coaching is so good. I'd love to do a seminar with him.

[anti]

Dude I was looking for a strict chest to bar muscle up what the shit is this

[jonathanwaite]

When he says "lacks strength" at ~2:05, this issue is the same as mine when watching Spencer (how his back breaks and is trying to pull up to the bar) but I am not sure which strength component is missing and how can I isolate it to improve it?

[JonathanHebert]

I really try to see something practical in kipping but just can't. Sorry I tried.

[spencergsmith]

When doing butterfly chest-to-bar pull-ups, yes you arch as your chest touches the bar down on the way down. However, when using a gymnastics-style kip, you should NOT be extending the spine when touching your chest to the bar. You should remain in the hollow and pull (“push the bar down”) lower on your chest or to your sternum. This actually allows for a greater range of motion and less strain on the shoulder.

Love Matt Chan, but he is wrong about that part.

[k.e.c.]

No pulling yourself to the bar is showing strength, whatever the fuck he was doing didn’t do shit to isolate the muscle, which requires them to actually work...

[Gee-Jay]

what's the stomping and clapping all about?

[CrypticDiabolo]

The whole method of doing a Kipping pull-up is due to someone lacking strength and control! definitely a silly an interesting-looking momentum trick, but not a real pull up.

[sarahjcao]

lol Spencer Hendel looks perpetually unimpressed

[danieljerabek]

Its bar swinging or whatever and not pull up. Rename the excercise. If I throw a carp out of water and it starts jumping around its not doing push ups, its jumping around.

[durrtybuck]

zero, Zero, No pull ups were done in this session.

[RomanBinenbaum]

Comments by people who don't do CrossFit, and don't understand the difference/point between Strict Pull-ups and Kipping variations, it's like complaining about basketball players cheating by using their hands, instead of doing it the "right" soccer way, using legs only.