THE #1 MUSCLE UP TIP THAT NOBODY TALKS ABOUT

When I started calisthenics, the muscle up seemed like it was so far away. I wanted it so badly and tried for months without success. It all changed when I tried this technique out!
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[@max2damax07]

I literally watched this video whilst walking to the park. Then did a muscle up within 5 mins. Thanks 😊

[@Simnettnutrition]

Get it!

[@KnowledgeableServant]

Could you do it before? I can do 30 clean pull ups and I can do explosive pull ups rly well but struggle with muscle ups even with resistance bands do you think if I try this out I'll get me first muscle up?

[@max2damax07]

@@KnowledgeableServant I had done some when I was at university, about 10 years ago. I had tried it in a gym a few times recently, with no success. But then I found this video.. The concept of getting your hips to the bar instead of pulling yourself up was a game changer.

[@max2damax07]

@@KnowledgeableServant I've also done ring muscle ups since from different video!

[@marcelwoodard9790]

🧢

[@penpun2832]

I was trying to do muscle up for about 3 months now Ive been told I need to get more muscles and exercise more but after seeing this video the ''like slaming the trunk of car'' thing helped me do 3 muscles ups in a row for the first time. Thank you very much for the technique.

[@Simnettnutrition]

Heck yah! Sooo happy I could help. You’ll never forget your first one… or THREE for that matter. Thanks for letting me know. Congratulations. 👊👊👊

[@FlyLopez1991]

@@SimnettnutritionI Will try it tomtow great video , also do you take creatine u are in amazing shape

[@bxrironbeats8874]

​@@FlyLopez1991 update man

[@FlyLopez1991]

@@bxrironbeats8874 I tried in the summer I almost had it , I will try again this summer and for sure I will do it , did u do muscle up

[@bxrironbeats8874]

@@FlyLopez1991 okay great hope you'll do it. Me i Can do it but it's when it want so i have to practice more

[@michaeltranchina6358]

This was the single best tip for me to finally get my first bar muscle up...I am a strict pull-up guy and I could not overcome my tendency to pull vertical... This tip is definitely the key...I practiced a few of the pull down movements you showed, and nailed my first muscle up in my first try...Thank you!

[@markoolujic7516]

Because of you, today I did my first muscle up! Thank you!!! 😊

[@anton5981]

I have been working on all the usual prep work for a muscle-up (pull-ups, chest-to-bar pull-ups, dips, etc.) for the past 10 months. And still I could barely do one cranky muscle-up. After practicing the exercise shown in this video for just 2 days, I have done 3 muscle-ups in a row! Thank you so much!

[@systemfitnessuk]

I have been trying to do a band assisted muscle up for over two years, after seeing this I have achieved it at last.....after 2 weeks. Thank you!

[@Simnettnutrition]

Nice! I bet you felt on top of the world.

[@e1coachingcenter]

Best video on muscle up, keep it up

[@qoo52555555]

Among the many muscle up instructional videos, you are the first youtuber to mention this concept. It seems very helpful. I will try it!

[@vegetablepolice]

The only way I get a muscle up is when I kick my knees up so high they almost touch the bar lol. Pure momentum ;) I'll work on your technique, thanks.

[@NordicProspecting]

still fruitarian?

[@DaniJo2320]

Vegetable Police Kent could do 100 muscle ups. You need more lard

[@justryan2070]

Me too, I gotta kip and some days I can do them, sometimes I can't.

[@danielcactus3953]

Hi there. I guess what you are describing is called a bar kip, which i can´t do anyways. That one is harder for me to figure out, even though it´s easier.

[@TheKnowledgeThurst]

Vegetable Police hey! i know U!!

[@IncogneatoVegan]

You and Jon Venus gonna force me to start calisthenics 😂🙌🏼

[@ObsidianElite]

After 7 years in the gym doing bodybuilding and competing, i wanted something more and started calisthenic training at the parc and it is so nice to just...let yourself go breathing fresh air ^^

[@IncogneatoVegan]

Dramis Kcor Thinking about doing the same. Years of bodybuilding gets old. Just gotta find me a park with a set of bars. At least my gym has some tools to train calisthenics

[@garimaabhardwaj2972]

Incogneato Vegan Frank Medrano

[@Lperw]

I checked almost all how to muscle up videos. You are definitely the first one mentioning this technique! Will try it next gym session, thanks!

[@zuko3272]

Definitely the best muscle up tutorial as of at today 👌🏼

[@vince21197]

Tried working up my way towards muscle ups for around a 3/4 year. With your tip I finally did it now 🥰

[@michaelfuchs2502]

Right, that's where training for the front lever and for the muscle up really tie into one another. Great work, keep grinding! Cheers!

[@ModernWarfareShorts]

I’m currently in a competition with a friend seeing who’ll do the first complete muscle up, with this I think there is no hope for him! Thanks for taking the time to create this easy to follow video! All the best for yours and your channels growth 😊

[@Simnettnutrition]

Thanks brother!

[@bunnyman6321]

Who did it first?

[@ZannokP]

@@bunnyman6321 yeah lmao

[@bunnyman6321]

@@ZannokP ?

[@ahmet6144]

@@bunnyman6321 none lol

[@BalPacVideos]

You're right, your tip is hardly ever stated, and it might be the key to actually accomplishing a muscle up when all else has failed. I'll try it later today, even in the 110 heat here in Las Vegas. Of course it doesn't help that I'm 77 years old and 15 lbs overweight, even though I used to be able to do hand stands on parallel bars in my 20s. I've been a moderate pull up and push up and weightlifting guy all my life, so while I'm not muscle bound, I have some muscle to work with. I'll let you know if your technique worked for me.

[@BURPEEyogauncle]

really 77? impressive..i am past the 1/2 century mark trying to do it!

[@centenarium]

@@BURPEEyogauncle Haha I hope you got it!

[@miggy2002]

How’d you go?

[@dannyganelin9777]

Would love to hear an update

[@BWater-yq3jx]

I was gonna say 'Don't hurt yourself' but looks like I was too late. 😬

[@Leks96]

That's actually the way I got my first muscle up, and I also learned it by watching that same kali muscle's video, good job sharing this info :)

[@arielmarks6483]

Thought the secret was hyphy mud

[@Simnettnutrition]

Haha I'm sure it helps.

[@shalomtheboss6655]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tommyslavic898]

Hyphy Mud runnin thru ma blood kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6TEk6aXm7VkkNE

[@zen.passion.adventure7765]

yea buddy! ^,^

[@ryanccall]

This is the only video that truly unlocked it for me. I started cracking off several in a row because I had plenty of strength but just didn't understand the movement. THANKS!

[@nickk6964]

Good tip! Combined w negative muscle-ups probably the best tip yet.

[@wesleylummis7712]

I don't usually leave comments, but I'm so happy with results, and this video had exactly the right advice. Before watching, I couldn't do a muscle up. I watched the video, and tried the exercise at 3:00 minutes (to get a feel for which muscles should be doing the work). Afterwards, I did a muscle up on my first try! the "slamming the trunk lid" analogy is spot on. Great advice here, thanks!

[@bombazine2]

Finally a "side view" tutorial and some slo mo! I actually learned kipping muscle ups (which are awful) and I'm re learning them the proper way and this technique is something I thought might be the key before actually watching this tutorial. So I know I'm on the right path. Big thumbs up for this. Anyone like myself that can do at least 10 head over the bar pull ups and around 20 deep dips and still cant do "proper' muscle ups knows its not really about those movements.

[@a.l.alexander3668]

You are the first I’ve seen with this technique. I will add it to my training towards my first muscle up, thanks

[@AkeaiBativagone]

Yep, definitely you're the first to show this technique.Thank you very much man.

[@Celestialengine09]

Bro thank you so much ! No fitness video ever helped me like yours did now, i was finally able to muscle up even tho the kip was a bit exaggerated!!

[@journey4547]

I've found that the key to muscle ups is that once you are in full extension at the bottom, hinge at the waist - and as you create that upward momentum - DRIVE YOUR KNEES up toward your chest as you come out of extension. Once I discovered that knee drive, I went from being unable to do a single muscle up to being able to do many in a row. I could do upwards of 30 standard pull ups, but I couldn't do a single muscle up until I figured that out. It really has less to do with lat strength and more to do with an efficient kinetic chain. In any case, thanks for another great video!

[@dnegel9546]

update? can you now do a standing muscle up? (no momentum, no using knees.)

[@minhkhoi_sw]

Yeah, the key when doing kipping muscle up is you kick to get backward not to get upward

[@adamfoltan9731]

Hit my first ever muscleup today thanks to this guide! Keep it up man, gr8 work!❤

[@theheroacademy8541]

I’ve watched a lot of videos on this & yours was one of the best! A new tip I haven’t heard yet. Thank you Short and to the point too.

[@voodoochild863]

That's exactly how I got it! Great way of explaining it.

[@kevinsoncuya5461]

I was doing this for reps before and thought I was wasting my time but I knew my body was totally beat afterwards. This move is hard. Thanks for the tip! I'll keep doing these.

[@dumdown6745]

This was by far the best advice I ever took for the muscle up progression. Thank you.

[@raulgarza2612]

WOW! Thank you for bringing me the 'How To" version of "MUSCLE UP FOR DUMMIES" ! I needed it. Much obliged.

[@aledet1765]

i struggled around 6 moths now, to pull both arms over the bar at same time, now i finally got it, cus of your little tip. thx so much 😊

[@guusgesink2691]

Thank u very much for this tip!!! Nailed my first muscle up after 3 trainings👌

[@5384_]

#1 Well deserved, very important tip👍🏼bless🙂

[@nunoborgesdias6332]

Video and tip are just great. The movement is exactly how you’ve explained.

[@smalljaws8137]

Training my front lever helped me with getting a muscle up

[@Aras483]

Hey man , I think I saw this technique in one of the Thenx videos . I think Chris called them L - sit Pull Back which is one of the phases of the muscle up of his teaching method.Anyways good video , thanks for the info.

[@Wolfyboy0007]

Aras Küçükyalçın yep, Chris Heria did a muscle up progression with a guest to explain those motions and explosive technics

[@RAXLAX]

I remember chris heria saying you wont find this any other place lol

[@kenjjo12]

@@RAXLAX HAHAHA thats Chris for u right there

[@scythe2051]

@@kenjjo12 Bro Chris has same technique explained in 4 year old video. This vid is 2 years old. Go and figure

[@anddresaragundi]

@@scythe2051 it's not the same. chris explains you have to be able to do other many excercises, including ab excercises. this guy says the only key is the excercise he explains

[@embradfield]

Excellent explanation. Especially appreciated how you diagnosed how most people go about it incorrectly

[@matthewstettner3465]

This is the best explanation I’ve seen. Makes complete sense. Thanks.

[@onizuka816]

bro totally love u ... love the info u tell us.. am 14 yrs old with a bit of strength interested in calisthenics .. can u pls make a beginners guide with all the things to do and not do including sets and reps and why exactly those numbers?.. thanks :)

[@KSardor1]

This video will have many views because this is the best method. I was never able to do a muscle up no matter how hard i tried (or so i thought because i was using the wrong technique) Thanks to you i was able to finally do it for the first time.

[@Jake-jf9jp]

gratz man! i saw someone else do one today and it was awesome, after so much struggle

[@evolution7gsr]

Thank you so much for sharing. I've been practicing for months. This would be the greatest tips I've ever seen for Muscle-up. :)

[@fredrikstangberg5472]

Best tip for muscle up I ever heard! Great stuff!

[@TheJumperAM]

wow...weird..never been first for a video... I like your videos dude, keep it up. Havent had time to see this one yet but been learning to muscle up so probably will help ;) :D

[@Simnettnutrition]

Thanks for the comment pre-watch! Haha, it does help with the analytics for sure. I think this will help you! All the best.

[@sillymesilly]

How the helll some athletes can do very slow muscle up. 💪 must be insane.

[@scythe2051]

Its insane, u need to get good wrist strength for false grip, but no kipping at all explosive muscle up is slightly harder, tho if we talk without false grip then its even harder, always a room to improve!

[@RashidKhan-gf8gk]

This piece of info on muscle ups is great, cant wait to try it. Cheers fella

[@brandocruz917]

You are the best tutorial I’ve encountered. Keep it up sir! Thank you!

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

Yup. Seen plenty of people recommend this. Many in the Calisthenics community and some of the strength training community suggest a lat pulldown type of movement. Honestly though, what many don’t suggest is using resistance bands and activating your core. I was able to complete my first muscle up after using a green resistance band for assistance. This gave me that extra burst of momentum to propel myself above the bar so that I could focus more on the transition aspect of the exercise which in my opinion is the most difficult part of the exercise. It’s all about the technique and using resistance bands help ingrain that transitional movement into your muscle memory.

[@buak809]

With my luck I'd shoot through the ceiling.

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

@@buak809 Better shoot through the ceiling than not get above the bar 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@psteay]

Can you make a video for a beginner calisthenic workout?

[@njo9966]

Yes! I'm trying to incorporate more calisthenics, but not sure how to start. Maybe a full week of workouts? Like beginner push/pull/legs vids.

[@wouterdesmedt1736]

+1

[@goatyedits]

+3

[@AaronQuickDesign]

Or how to add a little calisthenics into a more typical resistance training routine.

[@uppp27]

just start with the basics :D then u get enough strength to do more and different movements - in case he doesnt want to make a video on how to basics, watch thenx - all i can do now i learned from chris heria from thenx

[@Ash-bv5hc]

Your smile always motivates us man. Really like watching ur videos with that smile👌👌

[@charlesrwalters]

Dude thank you so much!!! Watch like 10 videos been trying to do a muscle up for a month now. Watched your video, went to the gym and did it in 5 minutes. This is awesome thank you

[@nottingham_ChrisAllison]

Looks amazing..but difficult :-/

[@roosterillusion1985]

What are your thoughts on using an L-sit pull back to help with muscle ups? That's the way Chris Heria from ThenX teaches a muscle up. Looking at your form, you do seem to go into a bit of an L-sit pull back. Chris Heria seems to exaggerate the movement alot more.

[@patouxb]

This is exactly what he does, actually.

[@zsilerful]

heria is telling people how to do it with momentum basically for begginers.he otherwise does them correctly

[@drewanderson1996]

Awesome discription of how to bridge that gap!!! Nice!!!

[@fringla]

Very useful. I've never seen so accurate and short tip about pull ups at the same time.

[@DivoLDK]

Hey! I saw a video of a man doing a muscle up with one hand, maybe that's a good challenge for you!!!

[@Simnettnutrition]

Sure, hold my smoothie first... oh wait.

[@greysautumn398]

Magnus Mitdbo is a animal

[@specialdefect00]

Fronde yuppp hisbvlog is awesome. There is an episode about one arm pullup training now

[@aceplayys7847]

Lars David Klingberg Chris heria from thenx, clean 1 arm muscle ups

[@Titancarreon]

Where is the link?

[@ThePierrezx]

Good video. Muscle-up is the mysterious, wonderful and uncatchable woman that we are all trying to reach thinking it is impossible... since we get it ! And when we got it and have trained some weeks to do it better, then it seems so easy... For me, the secret is just the way we have to "open the shoulders" when we have finished to go frontward, just before starting the pull-up when going backward. Then we just have to help the pull-up by using the momentum with the knees (or straight legs when the movement is more mastered). The strength in doing x pull-ups or x dips is not the "key" as so much tutorial seem to say it. I would say muscle-up is a matter of : 80% technique - and just 20% strength.

[@Simnettnutrition]

You should have a channel! Haha, great explanation.

[@ThePierrezx]

Simnett Nutrition if you click on my profile there is a video of me doing some muscle ups.

[@ThePierrezx]

Thanks... BTH you can see me performing some muscle-ups on this video available on my "channel" : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5-zaH98asRqhJI

[@mandlakei3053]

polycock, i would say you need the strength to be able to start working the technique. for me it's 50/50.

[@shekhars6960]

One are muscle up is hiv positive woman, dude👍

[@andre-robertmarsan7240]

I’ll try it now and I never saw that technique before. Thanks for sharing!

[@MakeYourLifeBetter2]

The 'closing trunk' example was golden! Also, showing how that visually looks while on the bar. I believe that info above was the missing link. I now have a foundation to build.

[@markthompson1400]

Also more vegan meal recipes would be great 😊 one month in now to vegan diet now, and my energy levels are through the roof. Thanks for inspiring me to make the leap!

[@someguy2249]

mark thompson Whole Food Plant Based Cooking Show is another great KZbin channel for healthy vegan recipes, and straightupfood.com is a great site for healthy recipes. :)

[@markthompson1400]

Will check it out thanks 😊

[@alexdeltoro1034]

When I first learned I did it by doing it the explosive pull up style, it I was only able to do two. But this will help me Teach my friend because he's trying to learn and I'm a bad teacher.

[@jameshill5170]

Great tip, haven't seen or heard of it anywhere else! Looking forward to working it into my routine. Thanks for sharing

[@crazidirtbiker]

that movement truly is the best tip hands down. Iv seen that Kali vid as well, maybe I forgot but it wasn't till your vid that made it click for me. Iv added this motion into my upper body straight bar workout routine. Highly recommended, it really is the secret no one talks about. Thanks

[@chrisssmith1412]

Iam 1.92m long and my weight is 92kg and I can do about 15-20 pull ups but I can't do muscle up help !!!

[@anonimousranch7199]

Chriss Smith If you can do that many pullups all you need to do you is to practice explosive pull ups.So,do a very fast (explosive)pull ups and bring the bar as close to the chest ass possible.

[@landerhendrickx3522]

Wow good work! Work on straight bar dips as well.

[@user-ne3rb8ps8j]

I do 17 to 20 pullups but can do up to 10 muscle ups. There is no straight corellation between both. Try to pull up straightly to the stomach level, not to the chest, also use your knees for momentum. Sorry for my bad English.

[@landerhendrickx3522]

Алексей Кастевич both numbers are really good, man. Congrats on the hard work!

[@user-ne3rb8ps8j]

Lander Hendrickx thank you very much but I just wanted to show that it is not nessesary to do lots of pullups to learn a muscle up.

[@madgermzmuzic]

I wish rich piana did muscleups instead of drugging up himself

[@salutecanada1385]

I can't wait to try this... I'll keep you updated.

[@Simnettnutrition]

Did you get it?!?!

[@tzakos3594]

I hear that tip first time and i have searched a lot about muscle ups! Thank you very much 🙏

[@chrisamon4403]

This was the most helpful tip I have come across with learning the muscle up!

[@annavdmeulen2154]

best tip, thanks so much. i think thats exactly why it didnt worked in the past. i will train now what you showed us here.

[@weicat23]

This is exactly the key. No doubts. Thanks for the video.

[@faustodreyfuss9803]

Great tip... I tried yesterday and you are right, it is not easy. I can’t do a muscle up yet but I feel this will help for sure. Will keep training.

[@DavidReyes-vr3sg]

I'm about to start practicing those techniques. I need to get that muscle up by the end of this month. Thank you.

[@HitAltF4Please]

I'm so gonna try this out. As for now I'm still chickening (as you said in your video) through my MUs. I will definately keep you up to date!

[@MrBlx4life]

This is a really great breakdown of technique. Thank you for this video

[@Simnettnutrition]

You’re welcome! You’ve got this. Also think about getting elbows out in front of the rather than out to the side like regular pull-ups.

[@wilsonlee63]

Thanks man for this video, Kali Muscles really earn my respect to be able to do muscle ups as such a big man. I had never done a single muscle ups & still haven't been able to yet, but after your useful tip will start practicing with the way Kali did also for you.

[@UnbaIanced]

this has got to be helpful thanks bro i will get my muscle ups going with this movement omg hype

[@youssefmoustafa9723]

Hey Simnet.. ive been trying to get my muscle ups for almost a year now.. and yes this tip helped me get my first 2 muscleups in less than 1 month today.. thank you 💪

[@anoniem7062]

Thanks! I've seen a dozen of KZbin videos and strength tutorials on how to do the muscle up and what you're missing on being able to do a muscle up. It all comes down to doing all kinds of extra strength exercises, which I thought "that can't be the thing that's missing". I can pull-ups no problem. The same goes for my dips. They're both super easy to me. But I just couldn't get that transition right. I'll be training that "slam the trunk" exercise, from now on! Thanks, again! 🥳🥳

[@jamespolack5205]

I've been doing crossfit for 3 months now and this is the best advice I've heard yet on the mup

[@PuppyH8er2]

i like this dude 'cause he seems so happy in his vids, he cheers me up every time i watch him :D and this is some serious physique

[@karlrewita7056]

Thanks bro, no one else has explained it like this. Been working on pull ups for about a year and couldnt figure out why i could only get chest to bar. Now I know🤙🏾

[@biswajeetdas725]

Thanks brother.. this definitely looks like the missing link most people fail to point out.

[@elmostafaboumahdi9950]

Never seen it anywhere. Thank you Derek you’re the best 👍🏻

[@metaspencer]

cool tip for the bar version of the muscle up -- nicely done and much thanks

[@MitchMowery]

Awesome tip! I will be trying that tomorrow morning!

[@johnmar1622]

thanks bro. you have made a critical point. I will try this now every time i do my rings

[@asarta703]

You and barstarz are the only ones I've seen clarify this! (there may be others but I have not watched them)

[@DigitalJMusic]

you might be actually right!, i have been practicing calisthenics for 12 months and i just managed to do the Front lever because i find the bar muscle up a little dangerous on the wrist but now seeing you doing this i might actually try the different approach which looks more safe! Thx for sharing

[@SuperCuban1995]

Thank you so much. I've been going gym and I've developed enough strength, so that was not the missing link. I knew I was missing technique and thanks to your video I was able to figure it out, much easier now to achieve 🙏🏾🔥

[@kingazhar001]

Absolutely amazing advice. Going to combine this with pull-ups ❤

[@adammoodley2722]

This is the first place I've seen this tip. Makes lots of sense will incorporate into my training to get my muscle up.

[@rocasag91]

I can hardly do this muscle up exercise though i tried many times. Now that you gave me the way to approach these pull ups I'm gonna practise! Thanks a lot for your generosity!

[@deepanshjay9990]

Love this guys spirit!

[@MrHitotsu]

Im honestly trying this out. Thanks man!

[@djennings-DDS]

Thanks for the tip! You're right - that motion is a lot harder than it looks. I'm working up to the muscle up & hope this tip will help me finally get it.

[@ajleigh2780]

Dude! You are the best! You deserve everything that's coming to you from this awesome channel! Thank you!

[@Simnettnutrition]

Thanks AJ!

[@Uurrgg3]

Wow, thanks! Will give it a try on Saturday.

[@biker_sawlay0634]

Will definitely try this technique tomorrow 😁 Thank mate

[@Blabla-od7vt]

sounds solid, haven't heard this anywhere else, thanks!