Chin-ups by Olga at age of 6

[michaelcabz]

It would be a great way to dicipline your kids. Get in there and do 15 pull ups or you are grounded.

[farhmoha]

I wish my parents made me a pull up bar gym in my room. I would have been so strong :(

[Galchenko]

@farhmoha Well, having a pull-up bar in your room is only a small part of being so strong. :-)

[paulborri]

that was 15 pull ups

[Galchenko]

@paulborri

Sure.

[ltsjack]

I could probably do that aswell if I also weighted in at like 20 kg, lol.

[trjinu]

@ltsjack

And with the muscular structure of a 6-year-old? I don't think so...

[ivans120392]

the child is left-handed

im sure

[vampire11727]

i'm freaking 13 cant do one,

[coolmancool1000]

you guys should know, that shes only 6 in that video, so she must weigh not much. she will do less when she starts growing.

[boardergrl226]

Go Olga your'e great!

[44pullups]

she is definitely a leftie.

[BodyManiacal]

Actually she's doin pull-ups and if she was doing chin ups as I look she was going to do double of that! Impressive!

[lettlandmercy]

after watched this i'm feeling bad about myself

[jugglers14]

im 11 and i cant do that

[xenomann442]

Is Olga like Vova's sister? and they are both famous?

[Galchenko]

Yes, Olga is Vova's sister. And they both are famous in the juggling community.

[mitchelltj1]

nice song and impressive!

[lifewillgoalon]

hacks

[buckethead111]

he is doing it wrong. its gonna screw up her body posture.

[Galchenko]

"he is doing it wrong."

Olga is a girl.

"its gonna screw up her body posture."

Olga is 18 now. I don't think these chin-ups screwed up her body posture.

[djoe77]

i really hate when dumb people fail to see the point of this and BESIDES the fact that how shes doing it(using abs & hip flexor strength to pull herself up) ISN'T gonna screw up posture, i bet you have no idea what you're talkiing about and you're just somehow jelous. pls stop doing such things

[skidjesper]

someone who is jealous

[nas9091]

powerful and cute

[creativesj]

wow. that's pretty cool. Wish I started young.

[prelan]

this is why i dumped my girlfriend... she cant do this

[matthewmovement]

That's terrible, but by far the funniest thing I've heard in a week.

[prelan]

True story though, lol. Plus her mum was fat. put two and two together. lol

[phearoids]

She has better form than most of these dumb kids.

[shawn92]

Holy. Means she is like 17 now? Holy, she's gotta be strong man. So how does she look like now? Thick and buff? Or more of the lean kind? So does she lift weights now? Or more of sports like gymnastic? =)

All the way Ogla!

[Galchenko]

"Means she is like 17 now?"

She is 18 now.

"So how does she look like now?"

Check out my more recent videos or Olga's YouTube channel. Her YouTube name is olgagalchenko.

"Thick and buff? Or more of the lean kind?"

More of the lean kind.

"So does she lift weights now?"

No, and never did.

"Or more of sports like gymnastic?"

She used to do gymnastics. She tried many sports. Like acrobatics, soccer, track, golf, and, of course, juggling.

[BeyondDestiny]

sorry, that's not a chin up. Your son is doing it wrong, he was supposed to have his arms spread out more, that's the only proper way.

[Galchenko]

"Your son is doing it wrong..."

OK, but this is not my son, this is my daughter. :-)

[markcodysr]

way to go Olga!!!

[Eating003]

i could still beat her up.....

i think?

[awazha]

wow.. cool..

[NPGsFinest]

For a girl of 6 y.o, she was very very good.

[stakeo]

WOW :| You`re daughter is very athletic!

[LightingStriker456]

o_o omfg

[belmaralex]

damn!!!

[devin6691]

holy shit. i have to give her props, and a lot of them. In highschool i had a weight training class w/ 25 boys and 20 girls out of the 20 girls only 3 could go more then 1 pull up, also this little girl locks her arms touches her chin and also does most of them whilst swaying (no matter what anyone says if you sway it will be harder) Good job Olga

[Grobari]

And all this time you're thinking; she can't crap out one more, can she? yet she manages, wth. anyway, i would like to see how she looks like now.

[Galchenko]

"i would like to see how she looks like now."

Check out her profile. Her YouTube name is olgagalchenko. Or look at my other more recent videos.

[raymondthebast]

I have a pull up bar myself and know how hard it actually is. ( unlike most of the ignorent people posting). So to watch that was truly amazing.

[voodazz]

That's a long way down. :)

[Galchenko]

"That's a long way down. :)"

Sorry, I didn't understand your comment.

[voodazz]

I meant that she seems pretty high up there.

[Galchenko]

"I meant that she seems pretty high up there."

You can see the end of this clip in the end of my other video named: "Olga's daily routine in 1997".

[HockeySeanX]

he looks like somthing from a dr suise (or how every you sell it) book lol

[Galchenko]

"he looks like somthing..."

Who he?

[HockeySeanX]

no i mean the cloths hes whearing, he looks like 'thing 1' or 'thing2' from the dr suse books

[Galchenko]

"no i mean the cloths hes whearing, he looks..."

You see the girl in this video! This is she!

[HockeySeanX]

oh sorry its kinda hard to see, its a very small screen

[Dellboy35]

what a cutie

[elbnhawy]

wow!!!u make me look soo bad and nice grip

[highfunstick]

There is nothing worse on Youtube then those who watch chin up videos to Criticize the form lol. That little girl is amazing

[MyHeadHurts79]

I agree! And you can BET that these chinup critics have pizza crumbs scattered on their fat guts as they type with their grease-coated fingers, breathing heavily from the effort of typing, taking care not to knock their asthma inhalers on the floor.

[Galchenko]

:-) You are too harsh on them.

[MyHeadHurts79]

Haha, perhaps so. But all I know is that by doing 15 chinups, she was doing 15 more than *I* could do when *I* was 6 years old. She went all the way down each time, and didn't really do that much "kipping." Impressed the hell out of me!

[Parspilot89]

she does it pretty CLEAN !!! OMG U fucking assholes . this is one of the best chinups i've ever seen on youtube unlike the otherones coming only half way down and kicking themselfes up

[angelaklamt]

shes good but she is cheatin she needs 2 keep her body still wat dose she look like now??

[Galchenko]

"wat dose she look like now?"

Check out their sites. Links are in my and VovaGalchenko profiles. Unfortunately YouTube doesn't allow me to post a direct link. Also check out Olga's profile on YouTube. Her YouTube name is olgagalchenko. And you can always watch my recent videos. :-)

[RheinlandTom]

She is just 6 years old, of course she is not perfect. What do you expect ? Can you do 14 chin ups in one row ?

[Galchenko]

"Can you do 14 chin ups in one row ?"

Olga did 15 ones in this video. :-)

[zazeama4]

hahah i can do 37

for HER age she does them very well

but she is using just a LITTLE BIT of momentum to help her way up

but it's still pretty impressive

[Incorepted]

man momentum sucks i do full

[SilverSurfer102]

pink floyd - Us and Them - Dark side of the moon 1977.

[youngjoonmoh]

haha reduced myostatin levels are a scary thing

[Galchenko]

"reduced myostatin levels are a scary thing"

What does it have to do with myostatin levels?

[gillstu]

why does she drop after everyone instead of letting down it look painful...

[Galchenko]

"why does she drop after everyone instead of letting down it look painful..."

Sorry, I didn't understand your question.

[gillstu]

instead of easing down she drops her whole body, it seems like it would hurt the joints

[Galchenko]

"instead of easing down she drops her whole body, it seems like it would hurt the joints"

Oh, I see. I never noticed that. It was probably easier for her to do this way. And it probably didn't hurt her joints.

[w9j15g]

She showed amazing strength for such a young girl! 15 pull ups! Is she an athlete now?

[Galchenko]

"Is she an athlete now?"

She is a World class juggler, World champion and World Record holder in passing clubs. Well, not a World Record holder anymore, but she was a year ago.

[musclemat]

shell be a gymnast when she grows up

[Galchenko]

She is 17 now. This video was taped in 1997. :-)

[guanlang]

wow, she is stronger than me.

[coppertop5150]

stop her before she hurts herself

[Galchenko]

Man, she is 17 now. This video was taped in 1997. :-)

[johnbridges27]

the form is way off. these shouldnt even be considered chin ups. its pathetic. once you learn how to do a real chin up post somthing and ill check it out, untill then im not impressed. fuckin panzi

[Galchenko]

Glad to make the acquaintance, Fucking Panzi!

"...untill then im not impressed."

I am so disappointed you are not impressed.

[DDRDAVE13]

anyone know the song name?

[Galchenko]

"anyone know the song name?"

"Us and Them" by Pink Floyd.

[DDRDAVE13]

Thank you =D

[monkey9090]

OMFG LMFAO SHES SKILLED!

[Hillakoira]

sweet :)

[RespIendency]

She's pretty sexy (no paedo)

Gymnast? She's 17 now.. that's legal where I come from.

Good song, I love Floyd.

[5Oskar5]

lol

[maradona87]

I have watched videos of your children performing, very impressive co-ordination. You must be an extremely proud parent, congratulations on raising two very talented and polite children.

[oogp]

simply wow

[MignotzSexy]

lol 19th of march is my birthday, well good.

half of those chin ups wern't done properly :P Not aloud to swing any of your lower body to gain momentum.

more than i can do.. i guess i'm just a lot heavier :P

[raoulduke25]

It's a six-year-old doing pull-ups and you're complaining about form? Frankly, that's impressive whether she used body momentum or not. I can do 12-15 strict form pull-ups, and I can do about 25 kipping pull-ups (using body momentum). They still require strength to do.

[Equanox214]

i find this rather disturbing...maybe its her little legs. she must be a gymnist now lol

[vandrizzle]

she is actualy a world class juggler

[marringtonhotmailcom]

Us and Them

[Hughstor]

Great!

[nbiekn]

shes 17 now? is she fit?

[Galchenko]

"shes 17 now?"

Yes.

"is she fit?"

I would say yes, she is more or less fit.

[Phuman]

whoa thats impressive.

but i hope she doesn't grow to be too built...i don't think its a good look for girls (my opinon) she'd be 16 now anyway.

pretty impressive still...

[Galchenko]

"but i hope she doesn't grow to be too built..."

You can see how she looks like. Link's in my profile.

"she'd be 16 now anyway."

She is 17 now.

[1DieselBoy]

thats scary. the song is scary

[drakond]

i think that is a strategically shaved chimp.

[DrGeoffs]

iamsosogay...you are a f@@king pr@ck!

Its a 6 year old girl for f@@ks sake.

Its amazing that she can do 10 pull ups.

And whats this sh@t about strict pull ups in the "west"...WTF! Are you from mars you c@nt!

You never heard of a "kipping pull up" and the benifits they have for producing and increasing the power output in a pulling motion?

[iamsosogay]

the title is chin ups, NOT kipping chins, therefore your assumption of her doing kipping chins is incorrect

i am sorry but i just weight quality over quantity

[iamsosogay]

can we also be professional when discussing points? although i may not agree with you, i will respect your point of view, so i'll appreciate if you don't use any fowl language at me, thank you

[55zane55]

u a shirt, she is amazing, my so is professional gim, but he can do 15 yet, f@n prick

[wesmanavus]

Tell her not to favor her left side. She will be underdeveloped on the right if she doesnt do them evenly.

[Galchenko]

"Tell her not to favor her left side."

She is 17 now. :-)

"She will be underdeveloped on the right if she doesnt do them evenly."

I think she is OK now. :-)

[iamsosogay]

in the western world, half the pull ups she didn't would have counted

[Galchenko]

"half the pull ups she didn't would have counted"

Sorry, I didn't understand what you are saying here.

[iamsosogay]

lol, dam, this is what will happen when i dont proofread my msgs

"half the pull-ups she did would not have counted" because she was swinging her body, in the west, we do strict movement where the lower body barely moves at all

[BloodPigggy]

They do that almost everywhere, not just "in the west".

[iamsosogay]

clearly not where Olga is from

[BloodPigggy]

I sincerely doubt that the form a 6 year old girl who looks like she can barely hold up a small plank of wood doing 10 pull ups can represent the preferred technique of an entire continent.

[iamsosogay]

i am just saying her form is not good, dont be so defensive

[sammyO89]

Are you serious?!

I'm from the (errr) Western World, and give the girl credit, that's bloody amazing!

So you have a video of your own chin ups I'm assuming...? :)

[iamsosogay]

*sigh, i gave up, i'll just apologize

sorry olga

[sammyO89]

Ha, I'm sure she'll be grateful for that..she's a big girl now.

Now where's your chin up vid?! ;)

[PatriotFanUNO]

there was string on her back

[Galchenko]

"there was string on her back"

What? You mean that helped her to chin-up? No. You can see the same chin-ups in the end of my video named "Olga's daily routine in 1997". Olga jumps down the bar in the end.

[weewizard200]

holy shit that kid can get into the fuckin marines with that shit

[wyvernwarrior]

most of those were just some forehed ups

[Galchenko]

What?

[tubeuser999]

LOL at these comments about exercising at age 6. What 6 year old do you know that DOESN'T exercise. All they do is run around, jump around, etc, they are full of endless energy. Do you people making these comments even have a brain?

[Kapouchet]

Well heavy training when ur still develloping is not really good. But alot of sport, exercise is always good. The important thing is : Dont overweight on ur knees, back and neck.

[Galchenko]

I agree.

[comperic2003]

That is a myth. I am not saying a kid should start performing cleans at 6, but pushups, pullups and weight training at a young age has never been shown to be dangerous for a growing child. Sports, on the other hand, are a lot more dangerous comparatively speaking.

[Galchenko]

"...pushups, pullups and weight training at a young age has never been shown to be dangerous for a growing child."

All depend on amount of these trainings. But, yes, watching TV may be more dangerous, if a child watches it for the whole day.

"Sports, on the other hand, are a lot more dangerous comparatively speaking."

It depends on what you mean "Sport". I agree that a professional sport is a lot more dangerous.

[comperic2003]

When I say sports I mean pretty much anything. Baseball, football, basketball, soccer, tennis. The probability of accidental or collision injury, as well as repetitive use injury are both a great deal higher than weight training related injuries.

[inferiuz]

i dont think its healthy to start exercising at such a young age imo.

[Galchenko]

At what age in your opinion it's healthy to start exercising?

[inferiuz]

im note sure, when you stop growing =] ive always been told its not good for your body to strain it while its still developing

[Galchenko]

"im note sure, when you stop growing"

Wow! So from age of 20?

"ive always been told its not good for your body to strain it while its still developing"

I can't agree with it. I am sure any kid needs some physical exercises for proper development of his/her body.

[sandwichofdoom]

quite impressive for a 6year old

[wollypongo2]

better than me

[Hawbawbowba]

She is cheating.

[Galchenko]

How? What do you mean?

[Alhambra2c]

I think he means the kipping style chin up that she's doing is cheating (the leg movement basically), also the narrow grip. Who cares though she's just having fun. If you can't have fun when you're a kid when can you?

[custardsocks]

probably means swinging and kipping, but i really don't think thats cheating. especially when you're 6

[bloodriotiori]

i'm speechless of this video. Can you imagine her at age 16? Gonna be a freak of nature :D Ok, so she can sit on her ass and watch cartoons, hang out with little boys who wanna play doctor, and get fat on mcdonalds food. That's about the only "social" life she'll be missing at age 6 lol.

[Galchenko]

"Can you imagine her at age 16?"

You can see her at age 16 in my other videos.

[rune7861]

oreu9 first off..she is 6 what do u expect and it still takes strength to do that at 6.. olga and vova are awesome! best people i have watched on youtube ever!

[Oreu9]

First you should teach her how to do a chin up...

Cause that shit is nothing.

[Galchenko]

"First you should teach her how to do a chin up..."

Just show how to do it, Marco.

[klaskerN]

Hehe,okei...i never thought of it that way (:

[kayleeXmoo]

Personally, i think as long as her diet is a high priority and she gets the right balance of everything, there can't be any damage. Maybe a psychological trait later in life - such as compulsive exercise - may be an issue though.

Anywho, her parents seem very proud, im sure they treated her brilliantly.

[klaskerN]

i know that is healthy,but if she gets more and more intersted in trainig she will proberly lose all her friends and have no sosial life.

[ilovpie3000]

ur so stupid. how is her being more interested in sports gonna make her life living hell? wtf r u on about??? LOL ur comment makes me laugh everytime i read it

[klaskerN]

so nice,i make you happy !!

[llpiedre]

It's not a he i'ts a she!!!!!!!

[Freddie3113]

That is not good for a 6 year old! he shouldnt do any muscle training till atleast 14 years of age his bones arent anyway near developed the parents of this child really need to take a think about what there doing

[Galchenko]

"he shouldnt do any muscle training till atleast 14 years of age..."

I think people need muscle training at any age.

"his bones arent anyway near developed"

I think any kid needs muscle training just for proper development of his/her bones.

"he shouldnt do any muscle training..."

Who are you talking about? In this video you see a girl.

"the parents of this child really need to take a think about what there doing"

Too late. She is almost 17 now. :-)

[jcnol]

I bet jogger1 can't do that many.

[Ninearm]

Shikesm this kid is stronger than some fitness prince body builders

[goingcommand]

dude

[Jogger101]

also the fact that shes light makes it alot easier and that her reach from hand to shoulder is very small making the distance between head and bar very small which means people with a longer reach have a harder time

[Jogger101]

swinging like that takes the momentum off the biceps and back....ok shes only 6 but do them properly to gain the full extent of the workout....doing them half arse does more damage to the body...and makes it alot easier

[jfunga]

My God!!!! I only hope nobody is forcing this girl to do this.... She is impresive.

[klaskerN]

wtf,poor child....this is child abous!

[ralucagymnast]

No- "child abuse" is forcefeeding your offspring with junk food, parking your child in front of an electronic babysitter(computer games or tv). Instilling a healthy exercise and diet regime at an early age which will be conducive to a healthy lifestyle when the child is older is not child abuse.

[Demonemil765]

Pull-up or chin-up, very impressive.

[Demonemil765]

Those arent chin-ups, they are pull-ups. Chin-ups are when your fingers are facing inwards, and pull-ups is when your fingers are facing out ward. They are much harder than chin-ups, I don't think many 6 year olds are able to do pull-ups.

[Galchenko]

I don't think so. "Chin-up" and "pull-up" are synonyms. From WordNet Search: "(n) pull-up, chin-up (an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar)"

Though I agree with you - in general when your fingers are facing outward it is much harder than when your fingers are facing inwards.

[Greengoaty]

No they are not, Chin-ups train the larger body of the back and but more pressure on the biceps. Pull-ups are harder to do as they target the smaller muscles in the upperback. very impressive :)

[Galchenko]

OK. I found also another definition of a chin-up and a pull-up:

"A chin-up has your hands grasping the bar with palms facing you (supinated).

A pull-up has your hands grasping the bar with palms facing away from you (pronated)."

So, Demonemil765, you are right. There are different definitions of chin-ups and pull-ups in different sources.

[stevaroonie123]

wow..that was awesome and that is impressive for any1 who said it isn't. It does not matter how much you weigh or how tall you are. That doesn't give you any advantage. YOU have to be strong and work hard! she is.

[kneecaps]

why are there so many videos of these kids?

[Galchenko]

"why are there so many videos of these kids?"

Because I posted so many of them. :-)

[kneecaps]

why do they all have slow jazz music?

[Galchenko]

Well, not all of them have slow music. And I think noone of them has jazz music.

[kneecaps]

same thing, just slow music

[Galchenko]

Well, look at these videos, for instance:

1) 11 club passing on unicycle

2) 11 club passing by Vova and Olga

3) The World Record was so close!

4) 5 clubs on unicycle by Vova

5) 6 clubs on unicycle by Vova

6) 5 clubs on unicycle by Olga

7) Vova - 7 balls, Olga - 5 clubs

8) 5 clubs while doing splits by Olga

I just took 10 my first videos and 8 of them have definitely not slow music. Do you still think all my videos have slow music?

[marciano79]

very impressive!!!! she's a strong one!!

[wiggaz4life]

shes cheating and shes not strong at all. pathetic

[Galchenko]

How is she cheating? What do you mean?

[ownage65]

yah it is easier for her cus

1:she ways way less if she were 12

2:her arms are way shorter so she doesn't have to lift as far.

3:she had a bit of swinging momentum(thats not to major though)

[Authorized77]

Wow! Makes my heart rate go up thinking about doing those.

[marringtonhotmailcom]

shes stronger than me

[woohay]

this is unfair

[smartstuff14]

Err, thats really not that impressive. I could do about that many at her age and I wasn't overly strong. Kids that age are like elastic.

[dh144498]

wtf is this? making a 6 yr old workout? u guys are horrible...