Are Monkey Bars a Good Workout?

Are Monkey Bars a Good Workout?
Watch and make up your own mind as I provide the evidence which suggests monkey bars are best to improve muscle tone, doing them may save your life and it’s as natural for us as walking or running!
Find out which muscles do monkey bars work and why they’re a great exercise for the core. Learn how to improve grip strength for monkey bars and discover how it might just save your life!
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[@riddlescom]

Funny thing . Notice how your the only one at the park . At my gym they have a whole monkey bar set up. Im the only one using it. Most people can't do it. Your actually really strong. Almost as strong as me.

[@rikkinetic]

Ha ha only cos it’s super early otherwise it’s overrun with kids ☺️ But you are right, adults tend to shy away from this sort of stuff. We’ve forgotten how to do it 🐒💪🏼

[@MisterGames]

Same at three calisthenics / outdoor gyms I know of. Empty. They get used but you can pretty well rock up any time and not see anyone.

[@riddlescom]

They call me Tarzan at my gym

[@DUDUDISCH]

I'm a newbie to monkey bars and just do dead hangs but I love the results, e.g. better posture. Thanks for spreading the enthusiasm!

[@rikkinetic]

Glad to hear it 😎 keep loving it! It’s my pleasure 🐒💪🏼

[@devinm124]

You are the best m8. Great techniques you’ve shown

[@rikkinetic]

Thanks very much 🙏🏼😊 I hope it’s useful 💪🏼

[@kamil95821]

Well said my friend! Keep Up the good work!

[@rikkinetic]

Thank you I will do 💪🏼🐒

[@MonkeyBarsEveryday]

*YES* 2:20 I love to superset handstand push-ups with monkey bars. Works opposing musculature in the upper body, feels amazing on the wrists and forearms when you get the stretch... I could go on for awhile. It's been a great addition to my training. Dang this was a really good video, brah!

[@rikkinetic]

Yes indeed 💪🏼 Great superset! Good thinking 😎🤙🏼🐒

[@improvisthenics]

Funny seeing you here

[@InAMinMaths]

Great video, working my way towards them. Will have to try that horizontal ladder move…

[@rikkinetic]

Thank you Paul 🐒 Yes it’s a challenging way to do them 💪🏼 full body!

[@FitEvie]

I love monkey bar workouts! 👍👍

[@rikkinetic]

You and me both Evie 🐒💪🏼

[@VictorS93]

Legend! 👊🦁🌿

[@rikkinetic]

Thank you 🙏🏼😊💪🏼

[@beniofisial6316]

Real good content

[@rikkinetic]

Thank you 🙏🏼😊 I hope it’s useful 💪🏼

[@numinumful3815]

wow youre so good at it, doing it efforlessly. just started them recently. its hard so hard. puts immense pressure on shoulder area

[@rikkinetic]

Thank you 🙏🏼😊 yes it definitely gets easier as the body starts to adapt! Keep going, I’m sure you’ll continue to improve 🐒 and have fun with it

[@shalev441]

💪

[@amirhussain5447]

Where is this video shot at? It’s like haven for monkey bars. Haha. Thanks for this video of affirmation.

[@rikkinetic]

If you mean the location that you see if the thumbnail then that’s Poole park in Dorset, South UK The majority of my videos are shot in the Poole/Bournemouth area 😎🐒

[@schubertbach3961]

great video

[@rikkinetic]

Thanks very much 🙏🏼🥷🏻🐒

[@zinntarapata6358]

So cool

[@rikkinetic]

Thank you 🙏🏼😊🐒

[@tinatiel3765]

So I've a question -- One of my arms tends to want to pull out when I hang by it. I'm practicing just hanging and giving some rotator cuff exercises a try, but I'm curious if there's anything else you did/recommend?

[@rikkinetic]

Yes I think what you doing is a good start and may well help the situation in time! It really depends what the cause is. The only other thing I’d recommend without getting an assessment would be to roll/massage and to stretch the surrounding areas to see if there are any particularly tight muscles 😊

[@KS-tz6dl]

monkey bars are fun, being a bodybuilder, I thought they were a waste of time, but i am glad they are not. thanks

[@rikkinetic]

Exactly! If you’re spending time having fun then it’s not a waste of time 😊 Cheers 💪🏼🐒

[@scroogemcduckrich9705]

great video i love brachiating

[@rikkinetic]

Thank you 🙏🏼 Me too 💪🏼🥷🏻🦍

[@dandeveny4513]

Great video, have just been able to do them again in a local park, one of the main things was losing weight which might sounds obvious and I do not mean it to sound easy but it made a huge difference. Once I was back in the swing of it, literally, I was able to knock out 4 full sets on all 8 of the bars, the first 2 sets going 1 by one, but then quickly able to skip a bar. It is sort of like riding a bike, I was amazed since recently I could not do a 1 arm hang at all.

[@rikkinetic]

Great to hear! Keep going 💪🏼 it’ll only get better from here 🐒

[@MisterGames]

Do do do the funky gibbon

[@rikkinetic]

Ha ha 🐒😁

[@rikkinetic]

They are the kings of the swingers

[@katehu7194]

So whatever upper body strength I have is probably from playing obsessively swinging the monkey bars when I was younger😅Yes!!!

[@rikkinetic]

Yes quite possibly 😁💪🏼🐒

[@neelparmar252]

Me trying scratch my opposite ears😂😂 after seeing this.

[@rikkinetic]

Ha ha did you manage it?😃🐒

[@khanscombe619]

I'm returning to monkey bars after ages. I need work. What's a good grip strength routine for longer hangs or pull-ups ? I can hang 36 sec & 8-10 pull-ups and 1 by 1 hand hand Halfway across a 15' monkey bar

[@rikkinetic]

Hanging with bands for assistance is always good. Just build up the time you can hang for. Break it up into sets if needs be 2-4 times a week should be enough. You could even break it down further into shorter sets, say 20 second work 10 second rest for as many as 8 sets. To get better at hanging you just need to hang really. I wouldn’t get bogged down with reps and sets too much, just get the time in. If you want some fun hanging challenges 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼kzbin.info/www/bejne/onyvo2dnmMaIsLc Or some pull up variations to have a go at 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKfaaJ6Nmd-Hp5Y

[@khanscombe619]

@@rikkinetic awesome m8! So encouraging. I look forward to trying it.

[@rikkinetic]

Keep me posted 🐒💪🏼

[@robinskoglund9382]

Hey man I got the strength to do many laps on the monkey bars but everytime I get to like 10 sets in my hands get huge blisters, like it literally rips off deep cut skin a big portion close to my calluses. I’ve tried gloves but it still gives the same blisters, is there a special technique to avoid getting those deep cut blisters from friction?

[@rikkinetic]

Impressive stuff 💪🏼 There’s not a lot you could do to avoid it! I would ask how often do you do it? If you do it once every couple of weeks the hands are maybe softening up before each session. If you do it several times a week maybe they’re not getting enough time to recover ✋🏼🤚🏼 I’d also look at time of the day. The bars I use are metal and become more sticky when the sun has been on them so that’s when my hands are more likely to blister. It also depends on the bars. Painted bars seems to be stickier too

[@robinskoglund9382]

@@rikkinetic I was doing them once every week but the cuts were so deep so couldn’t grip stuff in the gym until healed, yeah first time getting them was on painted bars, 2nd time was on non painted, my question is do you like take lotion on your hands often? Like do you have dry hands quite often or are they moisturized? Cuz I think my hands were maybe too dry when it happened

[@rikkinetic]

I don’t moisturise my hands no. When I was training for the world’s longest monkey bars I was doing 2-3 monkey bar workouts every week and just had to manage my hands over that time! I’d essentially file the dry skin away so that probably helped from a ripping point of view! As soon as I’d felt my hands beginning to blister I’d stop so they’d be ready again for my next workout

[@XrosHeartOfficial]

I do monkey bars as a cardio (before hitting the machines) is it good ?

[@rikkinetic]

Yeah I think so! If you can do monkey bars to the level that it becomes cardio then that is a good level 💪🏼

[@XrosHeartOfficial]

@@rikkinetic yep doing it since 6months, I think I reached the level now hehe

[@rikkinetic]

Monkey bars appreciation club ✋🏼🤚🏼😎🐒💪🏼

[@XrosHeartOfficial]

@@rikkinetic Finally made it to the club, thnx mate :3 🙃

[@rikkinetic]

Ha ha keep on swinging 🦍

[@mohitjain0648]

Which place is this?

[@rikkinetic]

If you mean the location that you see if the thumbnail then that’s Poole park in Dorset, South UK The majority of my videos are shot in the Poole/Bournemouth area 😎🐒

[@ro2xl]

Mostly grip taxing for me

[@rikkinetic]

Yeah I think that’s the hardest part in many ways! Keep practising and that will improve 😃💪🏼🐒

[@oleksijm]

Monkey bars are not a good workout. Monkey bars are an amazing workout.

[@rikkinetic]

Ha ha yes well said ✋🏼🤚🏼🐒💪🏼