Training your way to a muscle-up

[info2002kr]

good advice, thanx for sharing!!!

[LaVulpe]

I didn't even know they had pull-up assist machines.

[Deathdot94]

Thanks! This helped me jump over walls while running away from the cops.

[MrBenlally]

I can muscle up but only with all my energy just a few times, after that I'll start to only really get my left arm up and struggle to kind of pull it off, what am I doing wrong?

[zwadloc]

@MrBenlally Just because a person can do one pull-up, does that mean they can do pull-ups forever? I don't think you're doing anything wrong, muscle-ups are just hard and you fatigue quickly. Keep training and you'll be able to do lots in no time! It's getting that first one that is the hardest part.

[SquatsOats]

Good video! Thumbs up.

[jscelman]

dude i can do 20 pull ups n 30-40 chair dips no prob but i cant do 1 muscle up! i dont belong to a gym so its hard for me to train for them specifically like u show anyone have any other suggestions?

[DMxNemesis]

@jscelman ideally when you do pull ups the bar should be around your mid chest at least, not just below your chin. 2nd the form is very hard my friend was in the same boat as you but a bit weaker he dipped body weight (145 lbs + 80 lb wegihted) and did about 12 pull ups only but he kept trying and then he pulled out 6 reps of muscle ups all of a sudden lol,

[jrk987]

the second wall was smaller and you had more momentum, first wall you were hanging off and then put your elbows down and pulled yourself up. I'm at where you were in 2007 lol. I mean I can do 12 l-sit pullups in one set and 15 l-sit chinups but not a single muscle up. I think I'm lacking strength in my wrists/forearms because you also use a false grip on a single overhead bar right? They can't bend forward to go upwards. I don't have access to a gym. Body weight Exercises for forearms/wrists?

[abyssus99]

@jrk987

I'm in the same boat as you man.

[MrMbogza]

@jrk987 might be the transition from pulling to pushing that is not strong enough. i would take a guess and say you need to strengthen entire shoulder girdle (shoulders, rotater cuff, chest, etc.) and do assisted muscle-ups on rings with someone to help push you just enough , kinda like a spotter when using weights . forearms are also important, but i think if you can hang on long enough for 15 chinups, you can definetly hold a false grip for a little while . good luck :)

[DMxNemesis]

@jrk987 imo I dotn think your lacking forearm wrist stregnth, forearm is only for grip stregnth, I think your lacking tricep strength, 1st half is all back, 2nd half (the problem your having trouble with is tricep strength, you should just go to a park and find two bars side by side and work on dips.

[serumclx]

thank man got a lot of tips form this video

[SpeedDemon2468]

I can do muscle ups, but nothing else u did in this vid, and I'm not ripped at all.

It's just technique.

[cwgumby]

@SpeedDemon2468 do you have a video of you doing one? As a chick, I need all the technique over brute strength tips I can get.

[javedb2]

Great Video dude. Please make one for jumping, thanks!

[Atlaspower78]

Yet again, 10 people are STILL unable to execute a muscle up..

[frazetta70]

That was excellent, and probably very useful if you were running from the cops. They would have to call in the helicopter with infrared. 

[shanefallon26]

very good tutorial man! thanks for the help

[Hardhardcorestyle]

if u are a big guy u cant do a muscle up that easy. u can do it, but ur weight is going to make it way harder. u need some good triceps and exercise on the ability to quickly change among muscle groups. in a gym( i mean bodybuilding) u work out every muscle group with different exercise so its not gonna be easy to do this even if u lift very heavy. also dips can help you in ur training for a muscle up.

[btkw]

@Eliotharris1234567 For one of his climb ups, his fingers pull himself up first, where he then replace his hands placement to put the hold palm on the ledge, that's good. But for other ones he just placed his whole palms on the top of the ledge, i don't know if that's bad, but i'll hurt my wrists if i do that.

[btkw]

Your hand placement for climbups are not good..

[Dh4m13l]

how did you train to jump like that? when climbing a wall I see you jump really high, but then you just teach how to train the upper body. Could you please help us train the legs too?

[zwadloc]

@Dh4m13l The best way to train your legs for jumping like that is by jumping like that. The more you jump, the stronger your jumping muscles get.

[Dh4m13l]

@zwadloc that's what I though... and what about all those plyometric programs like the jump manual and so forth? and do you train jumps till you can't do no more or you have to control yourself and don't do to the point of exhaustion? what should I be careful about when training jumps? I do martial arts, and so... should I start doing more jump kicks and then I'll get better? Thanks for your answer! I do appreciate it.

[zwadloc]

@Dh4m13l plyometric stuff works but you probably don't need any sort of manuals or programs to do it. Just find something to jump on and go up and down and back and forth and over until you feel like you're going to puke. That's an ok way of training and you can really push yourself to the limit, but you'll have trouble walking for a couple days if you do it real hard. If you're training bigger jumps don't push it so hard. Control yourself for safety sake so you don't fail a jump

[0704applepie]

THANK YOU THANK YOU, I am so glad you showed me some new stuff to help with my FIRST muscle up!! wont be long now!!!! i'm so exited i''m gonna dance a jig!!!

[boobmasteris]

weighted dips are also useful

[CorrerPorVida]

is it more difficult on rings?

[AustralLord]

Great video! Just wondering if I can substitue bench pressing with this more or less?

[neoi78]

great video man Thank You Bro

[86mhassani]

Weight training sucks - all you ever need is your own body. If it gets too light (i.e you get too strong) find positions with greater leverage and the weight instantly multiplies.

The basics of gymnastics follows this same principle and no one can argue about how BEAST gymnasts are. Honestly I never use weights anymore.

[MrIrock4life]

Good video, but it's still pretty fail, A climb up on a wall (ofc), is much easier than a muscle up on a bar or on rings.

[mkaraga1]

music is the biggest mistake

[agentpaperman]

Very nice and simple video. I found out about these a couple weeks ago and am gonna try to do these. Seems like something that will come in handy in my life.

[kleenex3000]

This is fabulous, thank you so much for showing.

Pure weight training is becoming boring with the time,

Challenges like Clean-and-Press and Muscle Ups are like a fresh breeze and these now provide new excitation!

[carlosfnavas]

very nice video tutorial, nice to see how building the strength helps in real life.

[mugsymugsymugsymugsy]

really??? yeh ive been giving the muscle ups a crack but 1st i thought id try and accomplish 20 proper pull ups?? been doing 5 sets of as many reps as i can with a minute rest in between each 1 prob twice a day. well cheers for the advice and i will now start to focus on other parts to build up strength for the MU.

my next post will be when i can do 1!!!!

[86mhassani]

@mugsymugsymugsymugsy Doing x amount of pullups just means you can do the first stage of a muscle up without worries. The second stage of a muscle up is a completely different exercise so no amount of pullups will help you.

It's been 4 weeks since you commented so I hope your progress is coming along well!

[mugsymugsymugsymugsy]

that vid was awesome!!!! im almost there but it takes plenty hard work aye!! how many proper pull ups should u be able to push out before u master the muscle up?

[zwadloc]

@mugsymugsymugsymugsy You really only have to be able to do one pull up to do a muscle up, it's working the rest of the muscle up that tends to be the hard part. If all you ever work is the pull up part, you'll never get the rest

[ichater]

@zwadloc So you basically have to be able to Tricep pushdown your bodyweight?

Impressive stuff btw and thank you for taking a bit of time to explain the progressions, that puts this vid above all the 'look at me do muscleup' vids on the tube

[kennysutch]

I very rarely comment on videos. I liked it.

[capodencia85]

Muscle ups would come in very handy when trying to elude the police on foot.

[Cultur1st]

Brilliant and comprehensive advice! Thank you!

[robertmatthewking]

I like your use of the Gravitron (assisted pull-up/dip machine). Excellent info and nice progress. Keep it up!

[beforeiforget1994]

thank u !! the most complete and helpfull video :)

[SamPabloKuper]

Superb video. Thank you!

[nakedandturgid]

Excellent tutorial.

Even better when the sound is on mute

[300MUSIC]

bodies is such an overrated song :/

[Pageyindahouse]

do u do gymnastics?

[vboinep]

very useful video. I will try the techniques advised here

[Sn1p3rSh4wn]

The only problem is I don't have a gym to go to and no weights. How do I train? Triangle push-ups?

[zwadloc]

@Sn1p3rSh4wn I've actually completely changed the way I teach people to do muscle ups and no longer teach the weight training style. Although this works well many people don't have access to a gym like this. Any low wall or bar about chest height is all you need. Just go through the entire muscle up motion using your legs on the ground as little as possible until you get to the top and lower yourself through the same as slow as you can. Eventually you will build up to a full muscle up

[RelativeStrengthFit]

@zwadloc I learned the muscle up by doing a swing, then a half pullup, then a kick with the legs... but will try your method with the low bar

[Bruce777999]

Awesome stuff

[albusbambus]

except the song its a realy good and usefull video

[zwadloc]

@albusbambus Yeah, the original music was removed by youtube and this song is one they "suggested"...I don't like it either

[albusbambus]

@zwadloc fucking youtube again they take a good video and just destroy it

[slightseconds]

im 90kgs

[TemeculaParkour]

thats wild, i was looking for some help (I do parkour too) and then someone else who dose parkour has a video on exactly what i was looking for. =D

thanks a lot. im going to go check out ur pk vidoes.

[sijjajamamuta]

great vid.

[robertdavi1]

So helpful Thanks alot

[redidit]

perfect for when running from cops

[ajacks222]

Finally an in depth guide to a muscle up. I've had trouble understanding the actuall motion between the initial pull up and the transition to the muscle up. Thanks, this helps a lot.

[JHK892]

Nice progress video! You got sick explosive power skills, mate =)

[280az]

help im still doing muscle ups going one arm up first i want to be able to do it correctly why isit taking so long to get?

[ballingj]

Awesone progression training leading up to muscleup. Thanks, I'm off to the gym to practice!

[FCPark0ur]

thanks! i needed to learn a muscle up

[ovaxova]

steps u need to take to do muscle ups:

1.a lot of pull ups routines and some dips(next thing u know u can do a muscle up, messy but np,just be pacient and consistent with ur practice)

and u have ur gym card money to do smth else with (:

[zero6489]

I don't understand why he stresses keeping his elbows straight back while exercising when he doesn't keep them back as he actually climbs the wall

[slightseconds]

performing pullups is one thing i can do them either way but pulling myself over the top is something else thanks for the reply

[slightseconds]

a good explanation i will try to improve but i dont know if i am getting past it im 49 anyone else around this age?

[jlopezcalleja]

yep, I am 53 & this is a goal for me... I can't even do an unassisted pull up but I have set a goal of doing a muscle-up within 9 months. This video inspires me

[ronin0990]

good ideas and break down of tech to do it :)

[trdic]

either you do this and spend money going to the gym or just find yourself a bar and do a lot of pullups until you'll be able to do muscle ups!

nice vid anyway

[ORTprod]

I agree because that is the way that I did it. Strict form pullup trying to pull down to the chest or as low as possible on EVERY rep.

[88glory]

Great vid

[JimmyDeLocke]

Isn't "parkour" a french word for "escaping the gendarmes?"

[krononomikon]

lol, on that last shot, it looks SO MUCH like you're escaping from the cops

[kroenenFTS]

muscle ups are mostly strength, if you do it slow and not kipped.

[NordicTXPK]

Thanks bro! I have such problems getting up walls... I'm gonna' start doing this!

[AndxRo]

i am sorry but the wall u are doing it on it`s a very low on..you can easily pop vault it with the minimum of strenght ...you should of show more of your muscleups from catleap position or on taller walls

[HertsParkour]

exactley right, though he did show one from what could be considered cat position, but from the look of his muscle up (on bar) he should be able to do them much better if he learnt proper technique, btw on a wall is a climb up, not muscle up which is on bar

[alexd9999999]

I think the idea was to show people how to 'train'.  It's always best to train initailly in an enviroment that you can handle.

[driftkaztik]

great ideas!!!!

[Feyx]

dang i didnt think of this!!! thanks for the upload and share bro! :D

[Crazylalalalala]

does that song say "i want to touch your balls?"

[Belle000787]

thaaaaaaaaank you!

[bongapendo]

Great tutorial!

[jjbb12Drummer]

thank you for this video... your face expression on 0:50 is just too funny

[AfroPK]

I agree!

[AsaCameron]

Muscle Up's are 98% technique, you don't need to go to a gym.. :S

[thomastiegs]

it is technique. but training them is only going to improve them. and going to the gym wont do anything but improve them also.

[AsaCameron]

Thats true :)

[sampatrick]

@thomastiegs

i disagree, technique is only using the right muscles in the correct way, so naturally if you have trained your muscles you will develope the technique MUCH faster

[thomastiegs]

i was saying that going to the gym wont make anything worse. i never said training wont develope your muscles quicker/ i said doing both is not a bad idea

[sampatrick]

ah, i hate it when youtube hides a comment when i has too many thumbs down

[thomastiegs]

yea then you would've know what i was talking about, he was saying you dont need to build strength its ALL technique but you need to have a little strength is what i was saying. anyway later dude

[luismotavation]

I'm going to the gym now to train!

[jvrmusic]

Inspired!

[GAStudioTV]

Nice work. Great ideas for improving the technique of the muscle up. You should have never shown me this!! Now I'll be climbing up the walls like I used to do in my youth.

[PKwyler911]

1. if you do that climb up out of running you can use all that swing and it's got nothing to do with a climb up. its just the same movement but totally different forces that your body has to provide.

2. gym is good but it costs a large amount of money which i don't want to spend. you can also improve doing climbups and lots of other exercises.

By the way, you've got an excellent ring muscle up!

[EckoParkour]

I just use a normal playground but a gym can be better

[gtjohnnycake]

but playgrounds are so much more fun!

[taosenj]

Good traing video.

[Kayzaks]

Very interesting training Routine! Got to try it out next round!

[Aur0rah]

very nice and natural arms§! go you!

[iwillhaveaworkoutvid]

Natural Movement....That's all great job

[navdaliciouz]

the real muscle ups u wer doin, the free hanging ones, are soooooo much harder than the ones on the wall, kus the wall u got ur legs to push with aswell, neway gud job wit that!

[wrightylaaad]

i bet you had loads of nosey bodybuilders in the gym coming over and point out you were 'doing it wrong' !! haha. some good ideas there for building up to muscle ups

[zwadloc]

the technique is slightly different because you can go straight up through the rings and you have to go around the outside of the bars...but I'd say if you've got 3 or 4 good ones in a row on rings you should have a pretty easy time doing at least one on a bar.

[bindthebutler]

very helpful

thanyou.

[AndrewStemler]

very nice, thanks for sharing

[xmlisnotaprotocol]

wow -great vid very informative! 5stars!

[Gregorynab]

thats amazing. i dont know hom much longer i will have to train to obtain strenght required for muscle up but i will do everything for it. and obviously 5/5 ;P

[bade210]

lmao sweet. i go to anytime fitness too

[rustynail77]

you look like chuckie at 0:50

[WickedG5150]

i could do 29

[kusanomono]

sweet, this is what i definitly need

[hangworm]

great vid, only one probs for me though, at my gym ur not allowed to stand on the pull up machine. They told me off and threatend to kick me out lol

[meckerschorsch]

Nice one

[ParkourCorney]

Wow dude you got them awesome :P.

[ch3jko]

dont think thats the idea of parkour :X go in a gym and lift stupidly weights..

but well tut though..

[diaoxxx]

muscle up is a relatively good exercise tt helps u get straight arm climbups which is part of parkour.. so to get muscle up u nid str training 1st... parkour isnt juz abt technique

[IcarusFlying]

great tutorial. awesome music 5/5!

[TomDee1972]

great video mate. some good ideas in here. i'd never thought about using the assisted pullup machine to help with muscle-up training - DOH! thanks for the tip.

[jseofr]

Good tips..Thanks..

[weirdfinkid]

Excellent video!

[ultimask8er]

Thank you soooooooo much for making this video!!!!! I'm training for the SASUKE obstacle course in Japan and I was wondering the best way to train for muscle ups and I found this, YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!!!!!

[d00m33]

Awesome video man! Whats the name of the song?

[docyoung74]

Now you're a MAN, a man man man!!!!!

[IcarusFlying]

contrary to him being a what? a woman? lol

[docyoung74]

it's an inside joke. I've known the guy since middle school.

[PanteraCU1984]

Nice tips, thanks!

[SprinterBCtt]

that actually has a lot to do with ab control - not ab strength, but control

[Grimm119484]

mmk

[matfreerider]

Good train, I hope it will help me :p

[Grimm119484]

by anychance is this in texas>?

[zwadloc]

No this is in Wisconsin actually