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These are Max's pullups for his "40 pullup challenge": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-3t9KuGhuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-3t9KuGhuo Something tells

These are Max's pullups for his "40 pullup challenge": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-3t9KuGhuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-3t9KuGhuo Something tells me this guy is cutting a few corners.

jamestimmins 9y ago
Is the issue that he's not going low enough? Or that he's swinging his body?
- brucephillips 9y ago
  Not going low enough. A pullup requires you to straighten your arms completely to 180 degrees. He's not even getting to 90 degrees. It's not anything resembling a real pullup. It was the one challenge video I clicked through because it seemed like the most difficult. 40 pullups is a hard task. I wish Max wouldn't lie to market himself.
  - schoen 9y ago
    His definition of a pull-up for purposes of the challenge was to reach 90°, but I agree that he doesn't do so in this video. https://medium.com/the-mission/my-month-long-quest-for-40-pull-ups-e37a00e1d0d https://medium.com/the-mission/my-month-long-quest-for-40-pu... You can look at his other projects, and he seems to do well under his definitions of success. He emphasizes that he's not starting from zero with respect to (almost) any of these skills. https://medium.com/@maxdeutsch/m2m-day-1-completing-12-ridiculously-hard-challenges-in-12-months-9843700c741f https://medium.com/@maxdeutsch/m2m-day-1-completing-12-ridic...
    - brucephillips 9y ago
      I could define an apple to be a banana. It doesn't make it accurate.
    - mellowdream 9y ago
      I can run a marathon in 2 minutes. By the way, my marathons are 20 feet.
- sadlion 9y ago
  When doing proper pull-ups you have to hang while keeping your back muscles engaged and with hands wider than your shoulders; pulling yourself up from that position is challenging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpSV-_gBaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpSV-_gBaE
- Florin_Andrei 9y ago
  Bottom - arms straight. Top - chin above the bar. Anything less than that is not a pull-up.
- majos 9y ago
  I'll disagree slightly with posters who say that your arms should be straight 180 degrees at the bottom of the movement, since you want to keep your shoulders engaged throughout; a slight bend through the elbow is best, I think. But by slight I mean 170 degrees or something, not 80 or whatever this guy is doing.
sadlion 9y ago
haha, good point. 0 pull-ups done.
- deleted 9y ago
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owens99 9y ago
Nice find. You can just look at his build to know the kid can't do 40 pullups. And that's the red flag that tells you most everything else could be equal BS. Lies are like cockroaches.
tejohnso 9y ago
Oh my...those are quarter pullups at best.
- audiometry 9y ago
  Flexed arm-hangs
binarymax 9y ago
Well, he uses sigmoid instead of relu, perhaps trying to make up for it!? https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-WE337_CHESSL_M_20171116132131.jpg https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-WE337_CHESSL_M_...
agnivade 9y ago
I hate when you do something just to achieve the end result and not realize the real purpose behind anything that you do. My point is not that his form is bad. Its to do with any sort of competitive physical exercise. You want to do 40 pullups properly in perfect form ? Sure, you can train for it, optimize every part of the movement, get proper nutrition and do it. But is that the main objective ? If it is, then fine. But if your objective is to strengthen your lats and grip strength then there is no point in doing a single set of 40 reps. Split your set into 15 reps. And do 4 or 5 of them. Pace it properly and with perfect breathing. And concentrate on your lats. Squeeze them hard and expand fully, go slow on the negative. There's too many things if you go into the details.

These are Max's pullups for his "40 pullup challenge": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-3t9KuGhuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-3t9KuGhuo Something tells me this guy is cutting a few corners.

jamestimmins 9y ago

Is the issue that he's not going low enough? Or that he's swinging his body?

brucephillips 9y ago
Not going low enough. A pullup requires you to straighten your arms completely to 180 degrees. He's not even getting to 90 degrees. It's not anything resembling a real pullup. It was the one challenge video I clicked through because it seemed like the most difficult. 40 pullups is a hard task. I wish Max wouldn't lie to market himself.
- schoen 9y ago
  His definition of a pull-up for purposes of the challenge was to reach 90°, but I agree that he doesn't do so in this video. https://medium.com/the-mission/my-month-long-quest-for-40-pull-ups-e37a00e1d0d https://medium.com/the-mission/my-month-long-quest-for-40-pu... You can look at his other projects, and he seems to do well under his definitions of success. He emphasizes that he's not starting from zero with respect to (almost) any of these skills. https://medium.com/@maxdeutsch/m2m-day-1-completing-12-ridiculously-hard-challenges-in-12-months-9843700c741f https://medium.com/@maxdeutsch/m2m-day-1-completing-12-ridic...
  - brucephillips 9y ago
    I could define an apple to be a banana. It doesn't make it accurate.
  - mellowdream 9y ago
    I can run a marathon in 2 minutes. By the way, my marathons are 20 feet.
sadlion 9y ago
When doing proper pull-ups you have to hang while keeping your back muscles engaged and with hands wider than your shoulders; pulling yourself up from that position is challenging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpSV-_gBaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpSV-_gBaE
Florin_Andrei 9y ago
Bottom - arms straight. Top - chin above the bar. Anything less than that is not a pull-up.
majos 9y ago
I'll disagree slightly with posters who say that your arms should be straight 180 degrees at the bottom of the movement, since you want to keep your shoulders engaged throughout; a slight bend through the elbow is best, I think. But by slight I mean 170 degrees or something, not 80 or whatever this guy is doing.

sadlion 9y ago

haha, good point. 0 pull-ups done.

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owens99 9y ago

Nice find. You can just look at his build to know the kid can't do 40 pullups. And that's the red flag that tells you most everything else could be equal BS. Lies are like cockroaches.

tejohnso 9y ago

Oh my...those are quarter pullups at best.

audiometry 9y ago
Flexed arm-hangs

binarymax 9y ago

Well, he uses sigmoid instead of relu, perhaps trying to make up for it!? https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-WE337_CHESSL_M_20171116132131.jpg https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-WE337_CHESSL_M_...

agnivade 9y ago

I hate when you do something just to achieve the end result and not realize the real purpose behind anything that you do. My point is not that his form is bad. Its to do with any sort of competitive physical exercise. You want to do 40 pullups properly in perfect form ? Sure, you can train for it, optimize every part of the movement, get proper nutrition and do it. But is that the main objective ? If it is, then fine. But if your objective is to strengthen your lats and grip strength then there is no point in doing a single set of 40 reps. Split your set into 15 reps. And do 4 or 5 of them. Pace it properly and with perfect breathing. And concentrate on your lats. Squeeze them hard and expand fully, go slow on the negative. There's too many things if you go into the details.