Former Average Guy Learns the Slow Muscle-Up in 23 Days

[@neoshenlong]

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[@marnix2028]

former average guy learns the human flag in thirty days.

[@yourlifetrulymatters]

Yes sir

[@DrTopLiftDPT]

I have a tutorial on my channel. I can do it at 214lbs for 6- 10”

[@jorG_pana]

bruh wtf

[@DrTopLiftDPT]

Alejo bruh what?

[@mjworkout9142]

ez i can hold it for 10 sec

[@hellwroughtangel]

I respect how strict you are on your form.

[@CCSABCD]

what lmao

[@GeekClimber]

Haha, part of the reason is that I don’t want people to complain in the comments that I didn’t do it with a full range of motion.

[@arnavrawat9864]

He's a true asian

[@alexbarcovsky4319]

Well thats too bad cos your legs are sloppy af in the transition :D Just flex them quads and points the toes and all will be jolly

[@JohnWickzs]

Alex Barčovský just stfu

[@AhmedYousif]

Former average guy learns to fly in 17 days

[@diobrando1532]

Ahmed Yousif hilarious

[@bntbfforever]

Ahmed Yousif hey I have seen u in the comment section before in a different video

[@naturalgains2180]

Lmaoo

[@neekbot]

I’d kill for a gym like that around me.

[@TheDudesterism]

Der Hof 2007 DAMNNNNN LMAO

[@ShinyJarachi]

@Der Hof 2007 savage

[@neekbot]

If u promise to build me a gym I’m your guy

[@khersiv]

Der Hof 2007 damn that hard

[@donquixote1066]

Then kill your local gym owner and transform it. Ez.

[@gingerpimpNo1]

Dude, your videos are so unconventional to anyone else on KZbin doing this type of thing but because your so honest in each video you post, your actually helping other people to learn how to do certain exercises quicker. This is awesome. Cheers dude

[@thffkfltm]

Agreed.

[@wolfensteinJB]

0:06 haha, I love that this guy disliked one of the comments but decided to still include it

[@stavbarmeli1067]

Finally stopped calling yourself average bruh your a beast and i really like your channel, keep up with the great work💪🏻

[@GeekClimber]

Haha to be fair I think if you can do a slow muscle up you are definitely not average!

[@jackapgar5824]

Stav Barmeli he’s a scrawny Asian, are you cereal?

[@inoribettor]

@@jackapgar5824 hes scrawny sure, but why include the race part, humble urself buddy

[@nicholasulumenfo5795]

Atleast he knows he’s not average now🤷🏽‍♂️

[@pranavps851]

Finally

[@GeekClimber]

Haha yes I said it in the previous muscle up video that if I can do it without kipping I will drop the average.

[@adamgregory4864]

"You can't muscle up without kipping?" = The person who can barely do a pull up, and will likely never do a muscle up.

[@nejx8711]

I’m new to this whole fitness thing, recently started going to gym seriously and thought Muscle up would be a good long term goal, but I’m new to this so I don’t know the lingo that well, what’s kipping?

[@elhad9453]

Adam Gregory man You just made me give up on muscle ups lol, i can barely do a pullup

[@mrpk646]

@@cn1878 Noooope that's not true

[@yeetwchybaban]

@@cn1878 nah

[@hadesk1988]

@@cn1878 The guy from the video just did more than a couple of muscle-ups without that shameful kipping.

[@anhemes8680]

Former average guy learns the one arm pull up

[@jarrettmaltry6305]

Anhemes I’d say it’s about 10x harder than this

[@TheAnarchist99]

It requieres a lot more strength

[@fmazerolol]

@@TheAnarchist99 really? Damn, I need to improve my muscle ups. I'm currently doing 6 with kipping, but I can pull off 1 one arm pullup on each arm .-.

[@TheAnarchist99]

@@fmazerolol I can also do one arm pull up but my max muscle ups in a row is 7 (8 in a very good day)

[@fmazerolol]

@@TheAnarchist99 well the point of my post is that I'm nowhere near doing a slow muscle up despite probably having enough strength (as stated by saying you need a lot more strength to do 1 arm pull-ups than doing slow muscle ups), thus I need to focus on technique as mine must really really suck

[@hunterelliott963]

Please try learning front lever hold!

[@ishaanijk5822]

Damn that's some hard stuff

[@chancedaman9634]

Or he can try to learn the straddle planche

[@jjje2000]

I can do front lever but cant do slow muscle up yet

[@doronbroitman26]

Yess

[@eriksonsimlinger7082]

My record is 27 seconds

[@billfromEtown]

powerlevel: one slap man you're well on your way to becoming saitama

[@CW-jf8ft]

Love this guy... He just shows it takes time and determination, he just doesn't quit it's that simple. Keep up the hard work!

[@Colinou13490]

Dude, I'm pretty sure Brooke Raboutou has witnessed your first ever slow muscle-up at 2:36 ! That's an even bigger accomplishment

[@thebotmonkey]

is that really her

[@GeekClimber]

It’s a great coincident, haha, and yes, it’s Brooke Raboutou. I have been bumping into her almost daily for the past few months. Seems like she lives in San Diego now.

[@matt3645]

i noticed this and scrolled to find confirmation haha

[@kanlayakappeng9484]

You are the best! Wish there were more like you on the internet. you are not polished, fast-talking. You're just real. Love your honesty and self-deprecating personality. I'm a big fan

[@edpine1587]

Those were legit. I like the subtle hints you provide like engaging the shoulders to keep your elbows straight. Also, in the rings video the picture showing where the ring should lay on your palm was very helpful thank you

[@roadhouse6999]

3:23 a veteran gym regular, *Jeff* ... WHAT'S UP GUYS, JEFF CAVALIERE, ATHLEAN-X.COM. TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW *YOU* CAN LEARN HOW TO DO A MUSCLE UP IN UNDER 23 DAYS!

[@tens0r884]

*..without internal rotation. First step, master your facepulls*

[@bartasbogdevic3507]

*gains are killing your gains*

[@matthew5200]

@@bartasbogdevic3507 living is killing your gains Being in a platonic relationship is killing your gains Sleeping is killing your gains Eating is killing your gains

[@ghostrabbit1768]

Killing your gains is killing your gains.

[@bartasbogdevic3507]

@@matthew5200 you forgot about breathing man, the most important part

[@stingingroger7576]

Dude, you got me back into climbing more. I’ve been climbing a lot more lately and I’m super happy about my progress. I’m only 13, 5’10, 60 kg and In the last few months I have done my first lead, I belayed my dad and I led a 17. I’m so thankful that I have been watching your videos and being inspired to climb.

[@Grahm124]

You’re tall

[@stingingroger7576]

LustFN I’m 14, 6’1 now and I’m climbing 20s now. So things have progressed.

[@Alexander-lz9er]

@@stingingroger7576 I bet he is 15 and 6,3 now

[@stingingroger7576]

@@Alexander-lz9er you were right, I did hit 6"3 at 15

[@Alexander-lz9er]

@@stingingroger7576 Damn you're a giant

[@shadowmoses6843]

Mad respect for you my bro. Your efforts motivate me to work harder in calisthenics. It has been a month since i started my training. Its very helpful to have someone in the same journey.

[@3rqz380]

1:33 you did great wow clean

[@hedley326]

So much respect from the guy wearing the cap. This is what a good gym is. People encouraging each other. Not judging each other.

[@rockentry]

From average to beast mode In 30 days ;) very inspiring!

[@GeekClimber]

I want to be a V10 climber too 😆.

[@mirror8519]

2:08 it looks like the guy's just levitating

[@The__Pengwin]

Thank you KZbin for recomending this absolute Chad's channel. You have helped me to be able to understand how to do certain exercises effectively. For instance that engage shoulders tip helped me a lot. I literally stood up from my PC and went to try a L-sit(I struggled a lot with it, I believed my core was weak) and I did it easily! Thank you for helping me to get closer to achieving my chalisthencs goals!!!!!!!!💪

[@joaquib2723]

Every time you upload these videos I get inspired to keep trying to progress in calisthenics. Thank you

[@timhillen9835]

Dude, I just checked out all ur muscle-up videos and I'm so hyper to go back to the gym this week and continue my journey to achieve this level! thanks mate! I can really emphasise with the joy you have after accomplishing something you trained a long time for! Keep up da good work! peace

[@GeekClimber]

Glad you like the videos, dude! As long as you continue to train consistently I am sure you will get it in no time!

[@rev4475]

1:00 dude in the background was looking and interested because he thought that he is gonna do slow muscle-up until he saw that he couldn't pull higher than just the normal pull-up level

[@loadingimage4701]

rev yes hahahaha from level 9.000 exitment to -999.999 disapointment he looked away when he saw he couldnt

[@KevinDontEatBut]

1:32 Day 3 we weren't watching him... lets be honest here lol

[@Falkano]

KevinDontEatBut affirmative

[@wesmaly]

what's her @?

[@yeahrandoms5]

Yep I be looking at her ass

[@ryanfieldflower602]

HAHAHA

[@turbo_tickler2073]

You know it

[@uzernam303]

1:32 *stares* "I can't believe it!" Huh? Oh.. yeah. Good job!

[@TheDudesterism]

Does anyone else get Tech Lead vibes when you see “Former Average guy”

[@ProgramadorSagaz]

Plot twist: he is Tech Lead son

[@streetfashiontv9149]

its his younger brother ha

[@markl4730]

Former average guy learns to depth drop into the grand canyon into thirty days

[@realbonguyen]

1:33 girl pops up 1:40 starts staring

[@TurtleIsSlow1]

Well Done. I seriously enjoyed this. Learning the hard way (with help) is the best way.

[@antonioandre1328]

"kipping that's count" when most people cant attually do 10 pull ups in a row😂😂😂

[@emin1105]

You videos help me more than most calisthenics tutorials... Keep up the great work

[@TheBanana202]

dang, your muscles and/or cns must be insanely strong for their mass to achieve it while looking fairly skinny, most people i see doing controlled muscle ups are ripped. im still stuck on ring muscle ups and they already feel really hard to achieve, great job!

[@riandunneleavy4161]

He might be ripped

[@TheBanana202]

rian dunneleavy i meant ripped as in having visible mass even with a t shirt on

[@GeekClimber]

Which part of the ring muscle up are you stuck on? Is it the transition?

[@TheBanana202]

@@GeekClimber i barely get the transition but then im too gased for the push/dip part, i think im just too weak at pushing (had a snowboarding injury fuck up my shoulder pretty bad earlier this year) so i will be training deep ring dips and see how it goes. on explosive bar muscle up i relied mostly on a really high explosive pullup to get the muscle up so i didnt even have to push much at all. love your channel man keep it up.

[@SaifulIslam-uu9xz]

Is it normal for your chest to hurt a lot doing dips I can’t even do one but I can do about 7-10 pull ups so idk.

[@FatherxSnipes]

Freakin sweet man! Good to see you again and super awesome progression on this movement! Stay awesome!

[@dnielgln]

1:32 i pretty sure, he failed because of the girl. His eyes even follows her after fail it lol

[@newgate1272]

And also I

[@IAMBDVX]

@@newgate1272 Sorry I was staring at the ass.

[@aykutbayraktar1165]

ı failed too

[@etzioschmetzio2168]

seriously awesome to see your journey! Just slowly getting into the right shape for Calisthenics at 38 and excited to make this same journey! I'm inspired my dude!

[@ernestoyounes2946]

Hehe finally you learned how to do a slow muscle up, props to you my man!!! My favorite nerd, and i advised you on the last video to learn the false grip hold as well

[@clairyboots.]

Just discovered your channel and have been binge watching your videos. Your perseverance and dedication to learning new skills is so incredible. It's super refreshing to see how long it can REALLY take to learn new skills, you are super inspiring!

[@thefantorangster2491]

6:37 Is she practicing archery or something?

[@Anb82051]

The Fantorangster it looks like a shoulder exercise with a resistance band.

[@viacheslavv7904]

No way… recently he motivated me in the park to do the muscle-up and I did it for the 1st time in my life! I didn’t know you are making videos ))) Good luck with achieving new goals!

[@wittlebirdy6969]

Imagine if he did all three first try and was like, “Well, l guess I’ll see you guys next video!”

[@graemetooley4934]

Love the dedication to staying true to proper form!! I definitely would have said you got it on day 19! But you stuck it out and got even better!! Congrats

[@TheTMax]

I am pretty good at pullups, I can do about 15 slow and controlled in a row, but I just realized that I am using only my fingers. I'm going to try this false grip technique you used and see what it does for me. Thanks for the video!

[@Rhythmicons]

How did that go?

[@TheTMax]

@@Rhythmicons my false grip strength is way better now. Still working on improving it, but I can at least now hang fairly comfortably.

[@Rhythmicons]

@@TheTMax I'm just starting to learn the false grip and it is quite uncomfortable. I have a bit of golfer's elbow hindering the progress though, but I can hang from a bar for a few seconds with closed fists. I guess I have to work the progressions. Just started calisthenics in Aug, can do 3-4 pullups and my max hang time was 56 sec with a weighted vest.

[@udc-9007]

Really have to thankyou for the engaging shoulder tip it helped me so much with my muscle up. Keep up the good work

[@slslifts]

This is so awesome, I'm going to try this! You've really inspired me bro.

[@GeekClimber]

Go for it man!!

[@Ilive4soccer]

You are a GENIUS. Filming yourself helps with analysing which you can improve faster, and you can also make KZbin video with it meaning you're earning from it as well. You also use KZbin tutorials to learn the proper techniques so you're basically 'training smart'. 👏👏

[@Noastrenght]

I love watching you achieve new skills, the montage style of edit always gets me :D That said, now try the real deal. Again without movement in the hips and knees.

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

Yes.

[@jaydenhouchin5730]

I know this is a couple months late, but I really do appreciate how you approached the “hate comments”. You didn’t really address them or let them get to your head, you just worked on getting better. that’s pretty cool.

[@shahrukhs1637]

*Guy who formerly hurt his finger tries to hurt his wrist*

[@mukhrismutaza1759]

I really like your videos because of your motivation man. Some people would just give up but you still kept to your goal and even do some research. Shout out from Malaysia man you rock!!

[@JohnDoe-uc2zm]

Front lever that thing haunts my dreams, crush it my dude

[@alecdieppa4193]

Your dedication is inspiring brotha! Keep it up!

[@mnaafg7645]

1:30 who looked to the left side 😂😂😂

[@WCNKing]

Im not a pro at calisthenics or muscle ups in general, but I tend to enjoy watching Chris Heria a calisthenics youtuber who can make a tutorial and different exercises to perfect these things and he can help you get realllllllyyyyy good at this. But I love what you're doing! Motivates me to keep going with my boxing training!

[@alexlee2447]

Nice job! You’re getting really strong. I have lots of school stuff so my climbing and strength abilities have worsened. Great job though!

[@GeekClimber]

Definitely try your best to squeeze out some time for working out, man!

[@carlavv5302]

*You are an inspiration. This is the Actitud and Dedication we need to achieve any goals in life.*

[@everbtw]

1:33 I know ya saw that

[@KILLTHEREDDITOR]

T H I Q U E

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

That is not a great specimen. If you watch carefully for the side view, its impressiveness fades exponentially.

[@javicardenas926]

François Dillinger bc im sure you’d get a girl like that regardless huh?

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

@@javicardenas926 I've got a girl way better than that actually. Low body fat and the tightest ass ever.

[@simplyfitness892]

François Dillinger yeahhhhh sureee you do. cause your soo cool with the ladies specially since you haven’t had a shower or haircut in a couple of decades bet the ladies are or over you. Get over yourself and your ego.

[@BlackWhite-fs5yn]

Keep going pushing, Humans are very amazing in this matter that we accomplish a better self.

[@hariprasad_iyer]

100 push-ups 100 sit ups 10 kms run This is the workout that you need brother. A true Hero for fun workout.

[@street-workoutnation2964]

Sit-ups are terrible for abs u onow

[@Firemannc]

Dude the people in the gym were just constantly engaging and encouraging you that's the kind of vibe I want in my gym, sadly this isn't the case in my gym

[@jonkrause6714]

You’re phenomenal! Congrats on the perseverance and showing the nay sayers to be quiet. 😝🤘Climbing training videos count to improving climbing skills. I think your forte is showing that anything is possible for any average joe-it just takes practice. I want to be an average joe. 😂

[@dariopacyna6726]

Dude you are inspiring! I keep trying the ring muscle up but seeing your progress really motivates me! Keep it up!

[@divyeshnemambaskaran9471]

yall noticed the girl in the background doing muscle-ups on the hang hold? 2:40

[@lolobuto1608]

I admire this guy's determination to do whatever he is doing that's why I subscribed.

[@WhateverNameIsStillAvailable]

Asians man... you explain something to them and they immediately execute it perfectly.

[@federico9547]

Really inspirational video! Congratulazion man💪 support from Italy!😎

[@R8Prototype]

I'm surprised that you just learned about the scapular refraction midway into this training

[@benjamincai2637]

Retraction*

[@R8Prototype]

@@benjamincai2637 woops appreciate the typo correction

[@smolrabbit5813]

Amazing job again!

[@Shahroz9658]

The "former average guy" made me crack up 😂

[@GeekClimber]

😆😆😆

[@polgzz]

Duuuude looking freaking shredded! 💪💥 Keep it up! 👏

[@paulrossiter9567]

Brilliant tutorial bro......amazing how quick you achieved the ultimate goal. I’m struggling with the false grip lol on my bar .....not sure if it’s my bar diameter 1 1/2” OD. Quality vid tho.

[@MetalDavidRulez]

Massive respect for the full ROM and tempo. More work done here than in most peoples muscle ups.

[@MrBritboy123]

Who else saw that kid in the back running into the wall?🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣

[@Mario-ph1hb]

Time???

[@basbuurman1388]

i did saw this kid falling off the wall: 1:31

[@thebardock6785]

Just stumbled onto you and subscribed because your honesty and genuine on keeping the perfect form

[@camerongray7767]

An he do 1 arm pull up? If not that would be an awesome thing to learn

[@NASkeywest]

*You Leveled up!* +2 strength +1 Speech +3 dexterity.

[@totallyfake2852]

2:27 peep Brooke Raboutou in the background

[@sabeehahmed9854]

This guy is so smart he’s great at breaking down the workouts and training smart. His attention to detail is insane. A genius in all definitions of the word.

[@foureyeswonder]

I know this is completely irrelevant, but is that Brooke Raboutou at 2:30? Dang

[@GeekClimber]

Yes that's her. I bump into her almost daily in the gym for the past few months haha.

[@TheBatman130]

Great job! Such a wholesome channel man, keep it up please

[@GeekClimber]

Definitely more videos like this to come in the future!

[@o_o3408]

2:29 his foot is on the girl's head

[@eliashache3346]

You're a beast, I love your videos, they are a huge inspiration for me. I'm also trying to learn the handstand so I'm really looking forward to your next video. Keep it up bruh

[@bebble985]

“Average” I can only do 3 pull-ups and I’d say I’m a proud average guy. Edit: it sounds like I’m bragging but really it’s sad.

[@bebble985]

Guy I started training and today I can do 15 pull ups.

[@oumarh.gassama8063]

Dude, you are AWESOME! Congrats and keep up the good work!

[@Anadz94]

The handstand needs a lot of time. .. I suggest Tom Merick's Bodyweight warrior channel because he mostly does only handstands😁

[@funnature8679]

I definitely think that he thinks how much he learns, he is growing a lot excellent!! love it man.(makes us feel motivated in a way because all the viewers are learning.)

[@funnature8679]

liked it. :0 :D

[@Asdfghjkl-ls1or]

Also working on handstand and front lever, rly gotta focus on straight body and finger for handstand!

[@aaronkim6136]

No that’s pretty good

[@Asdfghjkl-ls1or]

absolt thx bro cant balance for more than a few seconds tho

[@aaronkim6136]

I mean he could still do better so good point.But what I mean Is most people can’t do it good as him

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

All that typing and you couldn't just type out the full word "really"?

[@aaronkim6136]

François Dillinger Welcome to Kevin cooks stuff in the office

[@sanyo_neezy]

yo buddy :) Keep it up, it's always nice to see somebody make progress like you do! Your 30 day hangboard video actually motivated me to do add a hangboard routine to my own schedule just yesterday and I am excited to see my own progress in the coming month(s).

[@cameronjones4895]

Hey man, great video! How much training did you do on each day? I know it’s every second day you just tried and did attempts, but do you know roughly how many attempts you made or any extra work you did? Thanks!

[@GeekClimber]

I trained 20~30 minutes for the muscle up per day. Within that time I did around 10 attempts.

[@angelonocable__-1377]

Learning about correct form and why that form is correct is huge for working out. I respect that :). Keep it up Geek Climber woot woot.

[@korendan3338]

where is this climbing gym? It looks very proffesional

[@GeekClimber]

It's Mesa Rim at San Diego!

[@korendan3338]

@@GeekClimber thanks

[@lewissingleton4316]

“Average guy” you’re moving mad 😂 you’re a climber and you’re light asf😂

[@ianoort7247]

Former average guy

[@MrTr8r]

Amazing job Pal!!! Love this content and how well you are able to walk us through your process of what you learnt and how you came to it👌🏾🙏🏽🔥

[@lucaromera3056]

Nice bro, now try the front lever hold or the backlever hold

[@sn-de4xo]

Without being yout goal, i thik is the only video that explains all the secrets behind the slow bar muscle up. Congrats and thank you. It will be helpfull for me.

[@GeekClimber]

There isn’t a lot of information about slow muscle ups out there so I think my video should be pretty helpful to people.