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Oh man this would have been the easiest 100 in my life lol.

No other video has made me feel so incredibly good about myself lol

I'm a lazy, sedentary 18 year old who's taken a sudden interest in working out; I was able to crank out my first pull up ever a day or two ago. My form sucked horribly but I feel so much better about myself just being able to get my chin above the bar.

This is making me feel powerful. Thanks.

I turned 40 last year and realized i couldnt do pullups anymore. That was a wake up call. I started dieting and exercising with the goal of reaching 10. A year later and im down 50lbs, and can easily do 10, and do 5 sets of 10 a few times a week. Watching this video makes me want to see what my max is when i hit the gym tomorrow. If you get into your 40s and wake up and wonder why you feel sick and tired, and where all the weight came from, you can turn it around.

I'm 40, gained 40 pounds over the last 4 years, haven't exercised in those years and still can get 3 or 4... This video cured my depression.

was unable to do a single one about 3 months ago and can now do two, slowly but surely!

watching this video gave me a huge confidence boost, I didnt realize so many people couldn't do a pull-up

Meanwhile battle bunker be like “earn $.50 per weighted pull up while reciting the Declaration of Independence backwards”

48 years old. I couldn't do a single pullup this year. I started lifting and 8 months later I am up to 11 in a single set. It takes practice, hard work, and dedication.

Nick, i just watched this whole clip, very entertaining...you should definitely do more of these that involve the general public. Especially the goofy office workers...Honestly, people need to start working out more. Those young ones should have been able to do at least one.

I'm 53 work out 4 times a week but until today never did a pull up or chin up since 1986! It amazed me that I could do 8 chin ups followed by 5 pull ups since I added a pull up bar to my home gym. Such a versatile exercise so beneficial for strong lats/back/biceps/core. Going to use them now for warm ups & cool downs when training👌💪

You were super generous allowing chin-ups as well as pull-ups because I find chin-ups infinitely easier. I can crank out a couple no problem, but I'm nowhere near a proper pull-up yet.

Man I’m praying I run into one of your challenges one day, woild be awesome!

my baseline 2 years ago after not working out at all for years was 2 pullups. Now I've been rock climbing for two years and I can do 10! Like really proper pull ups, all the way down then chin over the bar and back down. It feels so good to finally feel and look strong at age 35. Took me long enough

Loved the challenge in general and loved that last contestant's will/attitude. Great job yall. 👏🏽

136 year old here. When i started 4 months ago i could not hang my jacked on the coat rack. After some hard training i am doing like 20 in a set now.

100% that stat is real. One of my goals is to do 1 good pullup. I recently started doing dips and I'm so close to doing controlled dips on bars. I literally held myself up the first like 20 times.

This was fun to watch! I did not realise just doing 1 for the average person is very difficult, i am doing 3 sets of 10 when fresh , i am 46 , i pull my knees up too

The feeling of getting that 1 proper rep of pull up when I was a beginner was really powerful. After struggling to get myself up due to lack of strength.

Is it bad watching this makes me feel a lot better about my own physical strength lol

Vitaly seems like such a genuinely awesome friend to have!

Man i was doom scrolling in bed for like 2 hours. Found this video and it made me get up and do 1 pull up. After seeing all those fail it just gave me the urge!

It really puts into perspective how screwed people who frequent the gym view of strength is. Makes me feel better that I have made progress

I’m working on powerlifting now, but for a while I was doing calisthenics in a park. One morning, an elderly man (70+) in an SUV pulled up just as I was about to leave. I watched him get out of his car, walk slowly over to the bar, and do five perfect pull ups. It gave me the chills and I don’t think I’ll ever forget that. I see too many people using age as an excuse, who are decades younger than the man at the park.

Videos like these definitely make you feel better about yourself. Definitely subscribing. 😂

the energy in this vid is so good

Yo! That’s me at 10:00! Thanks for the 100$ Nick! Hopefully I can crush another fitness challenge soon! 🤘🏽🤙🏽 Mahalo & Aloha!

It never even crossed my mind that a pull up is this challenging, it’s just something I’ve done since school days and carried it with me into my training today. I would never want to get to a point where I can’t do a pull-up, that’s mad.

This video has just shown me that most people have no concept of reality and their own capabilities. They also will lie and say they're capable of things they aren't and then make a myriad of excuses afterwards when they feel embarrassed. Ugh humanity

I did 9 consecutive wide grip pull ups yesterday. I'm 62 so props to me.

I went from doing 0, 3 years ago, to being able to do 12 at my max in a single go. Honestly, one of my favorite exercises.

A lot of people are walking around convinced they can do pull-ups, but cannot.

Lmao@the editing "I WAS I WAS I WAS" 😆

ngl this reminded me that you're also supposed to train back, for some weird reason i always skipped back, but the last few months i been training my back and now I'm ready for an encounter like that

I am 51 years old. Three months ago I could only do two pull-ups. I've been doing sets three days a week and now I can do eight pull-ups! I go all the way up and all the way down, slow and controlled.

imagine if someone that does calisthenics came there and started doing muscle ups

I worked out for years not even knowning what a pullup was. I remember seeing a guy doing them in the gym so I gave it a shot and failed miserably. That's how i realised I had horribly undertrained my back for years.Love em now they are a staple in my workouts.

This video made me thankful ive always valued my health but im even more fortunate for my genetics than i would ever have realized after watching this

Im 60 and I can do ten hanging from the bottom and i thought my being in shape days were over.After seeing this I feel slightly better.

The key is not pulling straight up and down but arch your back and push your chest up to the bar. This made all the world of difference for me.

4 months ago, I realized I was out of shape and decided to spend the next 12 nonths focused on going to the gym and getting my fitness up. I went from 0 pullups to doing 3 sets of 5 yesterday. pretty proud of myself for all the hardwork :)

That’s was awesome glad I watched. Definitely A lot more out of shape people then I would have thought. I need to step up my pull up game now

I think this is one of those things that unless you do them(or similar activity) then you will struggle hard. I remember being fit, but never doing them and thinking it would be easy. Stalling out on two!

51 year old dude probably benched 405 in high school

Very nice! Loads of positive vibes. That said, I wish I was around with my sons that day :D Easy money for the family.

I went from doing 45 to barley doing 2 in about 3 years. A warning out there to others on how quickly you can lose it if you start slacking!

Steve got humbled real quick!!!

dude! 1 pullap!

I could do 15-20 pull-ups when I was younger, then I put on some weight. 6 weeks ago I started going to the gym again and I couldn't even do two. Today at the gym I did a set of 8, a set of 8, and a set of six. I reckon I could've done 10/11 in a row!

It’s so funny how many cringey and rudeish people come try this but nick keeps such a friendly attitude good job dude

I like to watch those videos because after a long time of training sometimes im disappointed and i can remember where i was before and how most people arent half there. Not to compare but just to appreciate the work done

Im 265 lbs at 33yo, who took ~decade off of exercise. Been getting back into it the past year and am at a solid 2-3 straight arm pullups these days and damn proud of it.

This made me stop in the middle of the video and get my pullup bar out to prove to myself I could still do a few pullups. I'm only at 4-5 max in a set right now, but hopefully will get to more soon!

I’m blown away at how many people cannot pull their body up just one time! Hi Nick from Medford. Great informative video👍

I wish I was there! Only because pull-ups are my favorite workout and I do a ton of them weekly. 👍🏼

Also one thing i feel is not many people know how to properly engage their lats. Myself included but once I learned how to engage my back for pull ups they became so much easier

I recently just got back into fitness training frequently. I made the dangerous realization that I had become jaded about how long fitness lasts after a person stops working out. If I hadn't started back I would have quickly fallen into the no pull-up camp. It's amazing how quickly we will become complacent to our health in leui of short term comfort.

Ill tell you a funny story. I am a trucker, always had an intense pushup and resistance band workout routine. I have big old arms, and look quite fit. Was use to doing 65 pushups first set. I thought i was in decent shape. One day i was bored at a truck stop, and went into the weight room they had. There were pullup grips at the top of the machine. I thought this should be easy. To my amazement i could not even do 1/2 of a pullup. Lol That was 2 years ago, now pullups are my fav exercise.

My old nemesis: the pull-up. Sometimes I can do more, sometimes fewer. At the moment, I've picked it back up again, and I've added about two reps to my sets over the last three weeks. Okay, I'll tell you the secret. Er, secrets. 3) Don't be afraid of kipping (swinging) a little. The human anatomy is soft, flexible, and mostly made of water; joints are not made of metal, so they don't like strict, robotic movement. Give yourself a little wiggle room. Better that you can keep doing some pull-ups over the long-term than being able to do a bunch right now. Strength maintenance is a lifelong struggle. Avoid causing tendonitis. 2) Find a standard. Be strict about what counts, and don't let yourself make 'close enough' pull-ups to help get your number up. Discomfort is part of the deal. My form moves from all the way down (dead-hanging) to chin all the way up ABOVE the bar, making my nose touch a piece of foam every time. Partial reps count as progressions, but not as reps. With each rep, I also leg-left to work the core and help develop my L-sit. Focus on the core burn, and you won't care so much about the pull-up discomfort. Clean form is more important than the number. 1) Don't worry about the actual number. The number is only a relative measurement; you are only competing against yourself. Some of us have long arms, and some of us are lugging around a heavy mass; as such, a person's number will only tell something about that person. If your number is low, consider those failed partials as progressions. Do a few of them. Failed reps aren't failures at all: they're where the progress gets made. In order to get to ten, you'll have to go through four and a partial first!

The attitude with which you went about this was awesome....I love the energy you have in asking everyone.

Only did 13 at the gym the other day after a long layoff, which was discouraging (used to be able to do 25). But this video reminded me that it’s a still a lot better than average.

1:22 I felt that in my soul. Happens to the best of us…

Aside from running, this is just my personal favorite and i'm still hoping i could get better

Steve might’ve got a pullup on the thin bar. The thicker the bar, the more difficult the grip. Shoutout to everyone who tried 🗣🔥

6:30 lmao this guy was awesome and wholesome as hell. You love to see unique personalities like this!

I love doing pull ups. Currently working towards my one arm pull up.

10:04 I did not expect that guy to be able to do 2 👍

06:10 bro was so upset that he couldn't do it

7:20 "Sir, can you do a pull up?" "What?" "Can you do one pull up?" "A poll about what?" 💀💀😂😂

09:41 Me, who is happy right now because my name is also Nik.😂 nice one

Please come do this challenge in Vancouver and let me know when you’ll be here 😃

You give so much positive energy. I can’t understand how people are so rude and stiff. Bro if you did this in here in the Netherlands and it doesn’t matter where, you would have a whole crowd of people around you and everyone participating would be so thankfull. Everyone in the video looks so full of themselves with all the comment about themselves

60 year old man here. My standard bodyweight is 17 pullups then hang at the top and do 1 more. Took me 1 year and a half to do 8 pullups with 40 lbs weights before I could do those 18 with bodyweight. These are all done non stop and with correct form. I was motivated with those guys in the park on utube.

The fact nobody even wanted to try is depressing.

Man you need to come to NYC with these easy challenges lol.

Lol lady at 2:40 "I could do one but I don't want to" cap

Huge respect for the 21!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

When I moved to korea I lived behind a gym so I went there to do cardio all the time cuz I was bored. then a personal trainer got me to do a three month program and I realized how weak I was in terms of upper strength as a girl. I spend a lot of my days now doing upper strength work outs and am confident I can do at least five now and im proud of that

That guy towards the end was a real champ 21 pull-ups is pretty good

I had just found your channel 2 days ago and was going through all your previous videos...what a time to drop a new one Nick...

He didn't lose himself @9:39 his palms are sweaty🤣🤣

In my mid 40's I do several sets in different grips, always starting with 30 clean pullups in the first set. 3 times a week. No gym, do all my calisthenics at home. Huge time and money saver.

I have been off on my 1 to 2 hour daily gym routine for nearly a month now and feeling horrible about it, I need to get back into it

Currently in the 25+ pull-up camp. This is good motivation to remind everyone how quickly we lose fitness - it's easier to keep when you already have it.

should do this challenge near my china buffet or mcdonalds 😂

confidence was stacking up when the last guy showed up

Nick you need to come to the east coast. I would like to try some of your challenges.

The amount of "I'm in way too much of a hurry to prove I can." is too funny. LMAO!

The way you interacted with Vitaly made my day. You’re the best, Nick.

I wish I was there. Share us your next showing

my blacksmith grandpa (85) is jacked and has a very clean diet and he makes me very inspired.

At 61, I can do pull ups. I typically do 4 sets of 8 to 10 in a workout. I did a progression to get there though. I started with banded pull ups, negatives only, etc.

Damn. The 21 pull ups dude is very strong. He managed those like a boss

The fact that people don’t even want to try? Because they are embarrassed about the possibility of failing. That’s fucking crazy

I am training for this day baby

I was previously 280 pounds and nothing but fat. I've lost over 90 pounds and started working out this year. Pullups have been the last thing I've been able to get going with, but with a few weeks of consistency and effort, I am now doing 7 pullups in a single set (this compared to zero 6 six months ago) Also, Steve was fronting and got exposed. 🤣😂

After being skinny fit my whole life i finally can do 5-6 pull ups with perfect form after a few months and it always feels like that's not many at all, but after seeing this i feel a little better.

Awesome video. I’m 25 and used to be religious in the gym but after a few years of inactivity I hadn’t realized how much strength I lost until I tried doing a pull-up I used to be able to do about 16-20 and now I can barely do 5