How I learnt the Muscle Up | Basic Strength, Progressions and Transition

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[@razwanahmed89]

First person I've watched give a simple explanation with a step by step plan. Everyone else just waffles on for 20 minutes!

[@DeanieChung]

love that I came across your channel!, i'm new to calisthenics :)

[@jamietso7209]

Deanie Bartolay make sure you follow my instagram too :)

[@Wheelly72]

@@jamietso7209 HOLY SHIT I HAVE MY HUGE THANKS TO YOU. MY COMMENT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. GUESS WHAT, I DID MY FIRST MUSCLE UP TONIGHT HOLY SHIIIITTT!!!!!! Yow thank you very much. btw I only have 10 max pull up rep. High pull ups is really the key!!!

[@jamietso7209]

CONGRATSSSSS!!!!

[@hazza2247]

Very late to this but well done man

[@chadsr3455]

Great video! I'm 3 months into a bodyweight program I've gained a lot of strength and muscle. Month 4 calls for muscle ups and i thought maybe im not strong enough, but your video gave me assurance. I can do 10 pull ups no problem now. I realize its my explosiveness and skill that needs improvement. Thanks keeo up the quality content!

[@lorenzoribecca1469]

Wicked video some awesome pieces of advice.

[@fps_spicy]

Hands down best video for muscle up.

[@BrandonGalang]

I will be training like this. Thank you so much. Good luck on your journey brother!

[@L0ADING..]

How’d it go?

[@Chuannyy]

Thanks for the muscle up tutorial and progressions! 🙏🏻

[@dnegel9546]

I can do 25 pull ups max effort. And 40 dips.. but can't do a single muscle up. Working on it tho.. starting today.

[@seanjmoran]

Thanks for putting this together! I have been looking forward to it since you mentioned it was in the works. Definitely going to try these methods and let you know how it works out. Keep up the great work!

[@sergeybrody3028]

awesome buddy, im wanna do my first muscle up your video will help me a lot tnx

[@Heartstrings1234]

i have 24 pull ups but still can't but thank you!! i'll try your method when the quarantine will end

[@stejothepisto]

Honestly I think I love you... I did explosive pullups 2x7 3 days with a day in between and I was able to do my first muscleup. My record was 11 pullups before I started.

[@jamietso7209]

StejoThePisto congrats! Way to go!

[@stejothepisto]

Jamie Tso Then I got supersick (not Corona) the week after and didn’t do anything and now I cant do it :( But after that I ekot grinding, my guess is I’ll be able to do it very soon again :)

[@thiagotzefcb]

This is a pretty high quality video. Looking for more to come.

[@jamietso7209]

Thanks! Appreciate that

[@MrShijo]

I can do 15 pullups full range and do 18-20 with half reps. I tried high pull ups and its easy for me but i stuck with the transition i cant bring the chest close to the bar by bending forward. Also in my gym, there is no free pull up bar. I do pull ups in the cable pulley machine which have a bar attachment on top for pull ups and i can't grip it perfectly at shoulder width because there are two metal brackets on both side which holds the bar. Either i can grip a little below shoulder width or a wide grip.

[@man94xxBIG]

Thank you for sharing what you are aware of and what you know👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💝.....

[@Jdrlifts]

I can do 20 pull ups in a row but can’t do a muscle up. I’ll keep practicing on my technique

[@jamespasco132]

Same, i do mainly hypertrophy training and weighted pullups for building thick back and tried doing muscle ups and can't even do one.

[@Jdrlifts]

@@jamespasco132 ikr I just got the milestone yesterday of 25 strict pull ups in a row but I still can’t do a muscle up

[@chikkmagneet]

@@Jdrlifts thing is your 25 pullups probably arent even to your chin. I can do muscleups with perfect form no swing or kip and cant do 25 pullups in a row. Gotta pull higher like this guy is saying

[@Jdrlifts]

@@chikkmagneet you are the reason why people give up. Instead of bringing people down push them through. Yes I can do 25 pull ups. First 20 are strict form, last 5 are with a little kip. I don’t have the skill to do a muscle up tho. So please stop bringing me down I’ve been working on it for 6 months and your comment is making me want to give up.

[@tonychen7355]

Jaceistheplace , I went from struggling to do 1 muscle up (bad form and inconsistent) to 3 in a row within 30 minutes after using the resistant band to better understand the motion. This just happened a few weeks ago, and now I can do 2 sets of 6 muscle ups. I was struggling with muscle ups before this at the strength level of 15 straight pull ups (max). So if you have not tried, using resistant bands might be helpful, since you are stronger than my starting point.

[@johnmar1622]

Thanks James for your video 10/10. I can not do any kip muscle ups . I can do all deep dips and pull ups. So i am using weights -pull down and row to get power for a strict slow muscle up.

[@matthewdevaney4985]

Boom! Another great video, couldn't have done it better myself.

[@TheFxEditor]

I am so glad you mentioned the high pull up to be 2 reps. So many people on fitness channels continue to say, you need to do x sets of x amount of pull ups where x is greater than 2 or 3 and I am sure people tend to fail pulling high at the same intensity.

[@jamietso7209]

KomBat147 precisely:)

[@SarangGupta119]

Thanks for this Jamie! My current pull up rep max is 6, so I'll start working to get it up to 10 and then move on to high pull ups. I have a question. How long did it take you to get your first muscle up?

[@jamietso7209]

About 2 months! I started from 3 pull ups

[@SarangGupta119]

@@jamietso7209 That's not too long! Okay I'm hoping to get my first muscle up soon

[@jamietso7209]

@@SarangGupta119 you can do it!!

[@chadsr3455]

Dude i couldn't even do pull ups 3 months ago you're up to a retty good start

[@RalphAndreAAviso]

ty ty

[@kushvines2231]

Amazing

[@jacks_off_to]

nice!! keep it up J

[@jamietso7209]

Thanks bro :)

[@windjamrr]

Great bud man.

[@fernunes_1_more444]

I need to work on this

[@weshallneversurrender]

Nice video bro! 💪 I struggle to believe that the voiceover is your voice though 😅 haha maybe it's just me!

[@jamietso7209]

Hahaha maybe I used a new mic

[@mastermaedre2420]

Just found you, that was amazing

[@sgproductions805]

Hey I cant do more than about 4 good form slow pull ups to my chest and i can do the chicken wing muscle up. I wish I could do 10 perfect form controlled pull ups.

[@bobharris5093]

Great thank you

[@ayyashbinfaruq8833]

Great video!

[@metalcl0ne]

thnx !!!!

[@zdt_notmarky6482]

I can do 15+ pull ups, an extremely slow negative muscle up and still can't do a single muscle up....leaving it here for any beginners who think that its okey to don't train for explosive power like myself....pls don't do that ull regret it

[@santiagoporcell4148]

i can do 12 pull ups with good form but I still can’t do the muscle up, I’m gonna try this to see if it helps

[@fernunes_1_more444]

Wow

[@billygovaert6198]

Hi, very good info on the emoms. I got 1 question u recomend to do these 2rep high pullups emoms everyday before the workout? I train everyday basics sometimes endurance sometimes weighted .I can do the kip muscle up not the strikt one.

[@jamietso7209]

billy govaert that’s right :) do them before ur main working sets

[@hazzymusic8679]

The Agoge Diet works so great for those who want to build muscle. My muscles are enjoying it so much and are growing rapidly.

[@r.a.h5788]

Working on my first muscle up, I’m going to work on my pull up reps using your two pull up per minute 30/40 Rep !

[@BotanTechHelp]

got it yet?

[@Beats-By-Anthony]

I was stuck at trying the explosive pullups over and over again, but this video give me a hella lot of motivation to mastering the muscle up this summer!! How many times a week do you suggest to train explosive pullups?

[@jamietso7209]

Thanks a lot mate. 3 to 4 times will be fine :)

[@mazenabbas4196]

please can you make handstand press with bent arm tutorial

[@calinescualexandru554]

Cool video.

[@chimingmichaelliu6087]

where is the park you train pull ups? not many parks got proper pull up bars in hk.

[@adarshprasad236]

What's the progression for touching the bars to chest. I can do regular pull ups but always face difficulty and infact never could touch my chest yet. Any suggestions?

[@user-pi5wt5rf6v]

great lucks

[@alyssalew1639]

how long does it take for you to train for explosive high pull ups? how often you train a week, etc?

[@stejothepisto]

I did his program 2x7 every other day. I did my first muscle up today edit: I rested for 1 minute between the sets.

[@alyssalew1639]

@@stejothepisto sorry i dont quite understand, whats 2X7? how long did it take for you to train for high pull ups? did u use resistance bands? do share!

[@stejothepisto]

@@alyssalew1639 2 explosive pullups 7 times with a 1 minute rest inbetween. I did use a resistance band to get learn the transition between the highpullup and the dip. I was able to do 11 normal pullups before starting the 2x7 explosive pullups training. (Maybe with a little kip on the last 2 :)" It took my 5 days from watching this video to do my first muscleup without a resistance band.

[@trendingnowdeep8840]

Good

[@leandromacias6461]

Hello dude I have a question for you I just tried some moments ago the per minute method you used in this video but I could only do 20 reps, I can't keep a good form after that cause I still lack the strength for it, will it still make me get better even though I can't reach 30 or 40? Thank you

[@chunchan7399]

where is that gym in hk?

[@junjielim111]

Jamie do u progress using resistance band or without?

[@pinkdeini]

How often do you recommend someone to do the EMOM to increase their reps?

[@Spascule]

I don't know mate, I can do 13 pull ups in a row and I can pull up till my lower chest but I can never find the right moment to do the transition and if I do I end up doing a chicken wing muscle up with one hand first, I reall don't know what to do.

[@weshallneversurrender]

I am almost certain that either your pullups don't have the right arc of motion for a muscle up, or else your hands are not transitioning the grip correctly, especially if you say you hit the chicken up 😉

[@Gabriel80309]

I'm in the exact same situation!

[@jamietso7209]

XSpas10 have you tried doing jumping muscle ups to practise the timing or get a sense of how you should approach the transition? U can send a footage on instagram and ill spot you out from there .

[@LunaticStruggler]

It's the skill that's keeping me from it

[@Wheelly72]

im trying this now. how often should i do this?

[@giebenvalbarez2636]

i still haven't received an email, delay?

[@jason99king]

muscle ups hurt my elbows alot, any tips?

[@Gabriel80309]

This might be becouse you're doing them with bad form, mby try to record yourself and see how it look like from third person point of view and correct yourself, hopuffully that's the case and it'll help :) good luck!!!

[@jason99king]

@@Gabriel80309 thanks man i did that and it seems i still do climbing muscle ups without me noticing it and thats what puts alot of stress on my elbows, i will work on strength and probably work on form with resistance bands :)

[@jamietso7209]

jason that might be becos u are doing the push portion with too much internal rotation. I had elbow pain too when i started training for muscle ups. How about tucking ur elbows in when u pull instead of flaring them out?

[@rnonthenicschannel4820]

Hello Bro

[@Freedom4PalestineEndZioNazism]

Dude, why do you sound like you just walked off an Eastenders set, with a backdrop out of Rambo, a physique like Mr Lee's older long lost, reformed geek brother, while busting moves that are setting the internet alight?!

[@iopkl88]

your British accent LOL