My Painful Journey Learning to Muscle Up 

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for your next challenge you should learn how to do the human flag

I made it my goal to muscle up. It took me about 7 years. I got it this year. I was overwhelmed with pride joy and other emotions

I’m 77 and have trained myself and others for quite a while. Your training ethic is admirable and so is your dedication. I recommend that you discontinue your time frame goals and listen to your body and avoid overtraining. With serious goals such as yours, think tortoise vs hare. Patrick

Man. When you get that muscle up. I am just so happy lmaoooo

Man, one thing i love about your channel is that is pure reality in the aspect that there is doubt, that many times you dont achieve exacly what you wanted, but you always improve and is better then at the begining

This is so inspiring! I'm working my way on being able to do a pull-up. At first I couldn't even grab on to the bar for 3 seconds, now I can do pull ups with a band!

If you’re interested in developing a really strong upper body and a new skill maybe try climbing regularly. There’s a lot of technique to learn a and it’s a lifelong sport.

try wieghted pullups it makes muscle ups way easier

It took me over a year of consistent training to get from 3 pullups to the muscle-up myself. I think you did fine.

Past few weeks I've been looking up muscle ups, and I knew you didn't have a video on it. But today, look what comes up on my feed.

I loved your video man, it was really motivating. It is very brave of you to share your struggles and keep it real. I kinda have the same goals and I'm actually feeling better now because I'm also struggling. I'll keep up the hard work and seek assistance if needed. I hope you achieve your goals. I'll keep following you. Well done!

That excitement you had after doing one muscle up reminded me of myself when I did one! Keep at it, you got this!

Thank you so much for this video!!! I've been trying to learn the muscle up for years now, and this is the encouragement that I really needed!

Great vid! Your videos help keep me motivated to achieve my own fitness goals. Thanks and keep it up 💪 x

Watching this while I eat cake "I'm getting so motivated!" But I'm super happy for you!

So inspiring my guy! That advice by Kim was gold, I never thought about that.. will be trying that next time!

The perseverance on this guy is amazing. Inspired me to study harder tonight. Lets keep it going guys!

The tip about pre-activation through isometric workout helped me nail my first muscle up today. That was the missing piece of the puzzle. Thanks a lot.

Such an inspiring video! It's great to see the actual struggles that comes with accomplishing something. You never give up :)

Congratulations man! It was awesome to see your journey and the struggles behind it :)

Hello! I watched your video 2 days ago and i scared to get injured, scared to do muscle up attempts. But today, (2 days after to watching your video) successfully i did my first muscle up on first try. And did it in 1 month progression. I did nothing extra, just simple push ups, pull ups and bar dips. In short, trust the progress, trust yourself, believe in yourself. Just try and you will see, you can make it, you will make it. Stay strong, peace. 💪🏾✌🏾

Thanks for this video. I'd have given up really quickly, but you show that not giving up and getting the right help can get you there. You did really well, because you stuck to it

Bro that's the meaning "never give up" Best motivation and inspiration

Respekt!!! Great Work, i Love seeing people pushing them!

Thanks for posting this. Too many videos out there that make out the MU is easy. They show the start point, miss out the 6 months of solid training and obsessing about getting there and then just show the end result. Like it's really simple. I have been doing this myself now for about 5 to 6 months and I have experienced all the same set backs and challenges you have. I too, can manage just about 2 unassisted on a good day. So no shame in how long it took, because I know I've worked hard and it just takes that long.

You guys are so awesome and post just the kind of videos I love!!

I felt so much joy when you finally got it despite all the obstacles on your way 🙏❤️

Loved this video man, these calisthenics skill challenges are easily my favorite, I also think you should try another piano challenge

Loved your video. It's taking me a while to get confident at pull ups and the tip from the personal trainer was helpful.

THANK you for sharing your story. Its insparing me. I epend 7 months to get my first muscle up ,i felt so happy my life was change

That's really cool, I started exercising two weeks ago and have been working on being able to do a pullup right now. You've given me a lot of good ideas. ...impressed

This was awesome! I've been trying to get one (1) for 1.5 years. I'm now newly motivated!!!! Thank you very, VERY much for posting this. Rick

I can totally understand and relate to your experience! I've been learning handstands for a couple of years - I thought it would take a few months! But I did pretty much waste a year and a half doing it wrong, and the past few months have seen quite a bit better progress, but the main thing is I have learned from experience how a long term challenge feels. Keep working toward those goals, and do look after yourself! It's a journey. Thanks for sharing.

This was such a good video, great to see your journey man

I remember my first muscle up, i shed a couple tears of joy. That view at the top....isn't beautiful ,don't you?.

Very excited about what you reached man! im trying to do the same you did since 3 months! thanks!

Awesome video and respect brother, thanks for sharing ! Like the insights into limiting beliefs at the end.

Dude I can assure you most RU-vidrs who claim to get the muscle up on time didnt or already knew how to do them and werent being honest. Muscle ups from scratch are hard because there is a lot going on, you have to train the body, the back, the arms, the hands, strengthen the muscles, the abdominals etc etc Your journey was a true representation of what it takes the averagely fit joe to do a muscle up and thanks for sharing.

It’s still awesome to see you staying motivated through injuries and over such a long time even tho you didn’t get your goal still great job man!

For any one that wants to try a different technique that worked for me here is my brute force secret. Instead of doing strict pull-ups, the KEY is explosive pull-ups (shoulder width) with 2 mental components. The first is that you are trying to get as high as you can. The second, when going for the transition think of slamming a car hood as hard as you can. With this in mind, do 50 reps of explosive pull-ups every other day or every workout. (doesn't matter if its even leg day just do 50) I guarantee you in 2 weeks you'll have so much strength that you can get your chest above the bar and from there its an easy dip. Hope this helps anyone :)

The most important thing is the advise from the trainers so we learn how to trigger the muscles involved in the activity, keep going and great video!

I do mt first MU in 6m too, now have 2 yr and my record is 10 with no rest Now i learn a a new warm up Ty for this video and gz for your determination

Fantastic one. Thanks !

Wow, great job, inspirational, you motivated me, thanks.

I knew you were planning a big workout related vid since you hadn’t uploaded one in a while but this was just incredible, insane how you managed to do a muscle up in the same amount of time it took me to do 10 pull-ups

Congrats bro!! This is very inspiring

That bandage for tendonitis was hilarious.

Omg I was binging all of your vids and then you decided to upload! YES

Your doing great and its much more impressive to look healthy and shredded instead of just a certain exercise that you struggle with, theres always new exercise that comes out every year or so, but getti g shredded is key, its the most impressive, doesnt matter how u get there, everyone journey is different

They really deserve more subs

That's awesome man. Really happy for you

You showed great definition and gain in your arms & shoulders. Kudos!

I'm excited to watch this...

I am so happy for you! Nailed that muscle up 🤞

Dude your dedication is just amazing , I hope I can be able to do muscle ups one days also 🔥🔥

"I really enjoyed the workouts I did, in spite of how I did in this challenge." Words of a champ, man.

In my opinion the best approach for that kind of stuff is to work all the aspects of your body simultaneously and let time do the work. You won't even notice how fast time flies when you just have fun and enjoy. Some day you're gonna do it, perhaps without direct intention to do so, and feel awesome.

One way to really strengthen your muscle ups is to focus on slowly coming down...this would make your training more effective and improve faster! When i was trying to get my slow muscle ups down and ring muscle ups, this really help me train the muscles needed for the transition part of the movement.

One of your best videos.. I think I'll give it another crack. Thanks for the inspiration.

Fantastic journey. Congrats. Wish I had the willpower to commit and stick to a program and dedication like you did. Again. Bow.

Loved the content!

I feel you did very well considering that you never did these before. 👍🏽 Also everyone is different and Unique so good on you for getting so far 😊... Love the videos 💯💕

Yes ANOTHER incredible video. Dude, you’re absolutely amazing 💪

Thankyou for the video 👍🙏❤💪

Don't be ashamed @9:30. I'm late to the party, but what you're doing is both inspirational and amazing. Thank you.

this channel is amazing love the fitness challenges big fan

You guys inspired me to record my muscle up progress back in August! 💪

I admire your resilience !

I’ve only ever done one muscle up and I’ve never thought of focusing on engaging my scapula, I’ll have to give that a try

This is amazing.

Great video man.

Great video man, and congrats finally getting there! Have you improved your overall strength as a result?

When you finally get to the top You feel like you are on top of the world

Took me 2 years to get my first muscle up now I can do 16 strict! It’s the straight grind

Love your videos guys!

I started pull ups like 2 year ago bc was unable muscle up and still working on it. Last week also wrist apin, doing low presure exercices for wrist and stretch.

He’s face after he’s first muscle up was amazing , well done mate

progress is progress no matter how slow :)) keep it up 👍

Great! Already got some great ideas from the warm-ups. I see a lot of rotator cuff movements that I can use. Thanks for sharing your journey. It helps me and others be more patient and realistic with our goals, and gives encouragement to seek help with sticking points. Thanks!

Don't be embarrassed of how long did it take you to do the muscle up I'm proud of you bro keep it up😁👍

Love the originality keep rolling dawg

Dude nothing to ashamed of when u compare ur progress to others, we all came from different backgrounds and eventually we will reach the same goal at some point. Welcome to the club

Never done a muscle up but did build up my push ups through lots of lat pull downs. What helped my form was I directed my elbows down towards my back pockets.

Oh wow! I just learned that I suppose to exhale as I'm going up and the whole time I've been doing muscle up, pull ups I breathe in on my way back!

I’m so proud of you

1:21 “with actual callisthenics exercises” precedes to lift weights

Did my first muscle up today! Btw very inspiring video!🏋️‍♂️

Great job

Mike Boyd made it look so easy

Amazing. You were able to pull through the adversity and come out the other side with success.

I think the best remedy for self doubt isn't so much the grind as trusting your process. It's similar, but trusting the process means you can't doubt because you know it'll work, in time.

awesome that you made it! I really recommend Chris Heria's video's to practice the muscle-up. Helped me a lot!

Recently found your channel Goal Guys. Videos are quite entertaining. They remind me of AJ Jacobs books (video version)

You did it, great job

Congrats man! I’ve been scared to do this challenge but this has inspired me to give it a go. How many pull-ups could you do at the end of the challenge? 👏🏻👏🏻

He really went all in on this one. Loved it.

Very cool and inspiring

Respect!

What your pt Kim is advising is a variant of the slow eccentric movement after the mu to train your posterior chain of your muscle. Smart lady