Things like that were a window into a true asshole sociopath Ellen was. I would imagine he had no idea she was going to do that and he had no choice but to try and fail. That was probably his last appearance on her show. Ellen enjoyed watching people embarrass themselves.
Pull ups are unfortunately one of the most butchered exercises imaginable. Most people who claim to rep out sets of 20 have never done a proper dead hang pull up in their life
This is so true! I'm actually impressed if I see a guy at the gym perform pull ups with good form (full rom, no kipping and controlled eccentric). Only about 10-15% of people in commercial gyms perform pull ups with good form.
Pull ups can be done like most other exercises. How many times you seen someone doing very strict, controlled eccentric curls, push-ups, oh press, or squats? Tempo isn't superior but it definitely plays into the volume you can do. Pull ups can be done many ways depending on the result your after, but none are innately superior to the others. Hate Pull up police on the internet.
@@zachdenny4939 your muscle doesn’t contract when it’s doing the opposite of contracting? Revolutionary concept! However, when you begin to contract from that deep stretch I think Dr. Mike and a few others would agree that you’re putting that muscle under a hell of a lot of beneficial tension
If you're over 200 pounds, and you can do 5 or more legit clean pullups, you're probably in the top 5% of all people on the planet. If you can do over 10, you're like top 1%, if you can push 20, you're literally built different.
Y'all are serious? I had a trainer make me do 20 on the regular. I didn't think it was unusual, but maybe that was because I only weighed like 95lbs at the time?
Most, but idk man no bs I do the widest grip possible with about 8-10 seconds between each pull up. I can do 12 it took about a year. It’s all back strength
Before I could do ten pull ups I needed to do a lot of grip training. Then again I started training as a fat fuck ar 289 pounds and now I’m 205 so losing 84 pounds of fat probably made the pull ups easier.
@@jmav2229 I believe you, and have seen people knock out 20 in front of me. I can probably do 3 right now. I do not train them like I should and I need to lose about 15 pounds of fat. I think the point of this video is if you can knock out 38 pull-ups easily it is better to just make that video and post it.
Exactly. Although there is nothing wrong with it, I've seen massive body builders use the assisted pull up machine because they can't do enough body weight pull ups
This is the response I was going to reply with. There is 0 chance that with his frame and musculature he is doing more than 15 pull-ups, 20 with bad form half pull-ups
I think some people over 200-225lbs can pullup 30-40 pullups. I have done 20 good pullups at ~200lbs, but I think those people are either calisthenics guys or pullup fiends. Even to reach 20 proper pullups the pullups training sessions can become pretty intense doing over 100 pullups per session, or at least that is what I did.
Even then. Im not THAT light, but I've always been lean and light with a high strength to weight ratio, and I've only ever managed 22 proper pullups in a row. And as I get heavier, that number has dropped 😂
@ulizez89 honestly they are better at gripping than lifting, and the best ones use their legs...but yeah agreed male gymnasts and rock climbers potentially
Theres also that weird subsection of eastern europeans who work out with their decades old bar in the park that do 30+ reps with immaculate form for their working sets and have never touched a barbell
In the Army I could do 19 pull-ups, but I only weighed 156 lbs. I'm still in great shape and a few pounds lighter, but my pull-up count is a fraction. I just need an NCO to yell at me and belittle me every day forever.
The ones I always saw the ROTC and NROTC kids doing, and the ones the recruiter has you do for the Marines OCS PFT, at least, are a complete joke. If they make you do real ones once you're in that would be a hell of a blindsiding! I will say this: Coach mike is actually being misleading here and glossing over a _huge_ ambiguity. His "proper pullups" have a controlled eccentric; as he repeatedly points out, you can do _much_ fewer this way but it's the smart choice to _train_ mostly like that. An actual competition pullup only needs to go from dead hang to chin and that is it; you certainly would not be doing them in a way you could do fewer! So no, when a person says they can do n pullups they are not saying they can do n as Jared demonstrates.
No joke, I knew a dude in bootcamp (Marine Corps) that could do 38 pull-ups exactly I believe. And the form was 100% spot on - arms fully extended at the bottom, chin over the bar, no kicking. He was a freak of nature (in a good way). He also acted like he had an IQ of 20 all bootcamp. I knew he was smarter because our racks were next to each other and I'd talk to him about his family, but 99% of our platoon (DIs especially) thought this dude was basically Forrest Gump. Our DI even denied his request to use the bathroom one time and he looked the DI right in the eye and pissed himself! Then when the DI lunged to lay hands on he started running away "GANG WAY DRILL INSTRUCTOR, GOOD EVENING SIR. GANG WAY DRILL INSTRUCTOR, GOOD EVENING SIR". Funniest moment of my life - it was even worth the brutal slaying we would receive for the rest of the day. Last day of bootcamp our DI finally asked him if he was fucking with everybody the whole time, his response was "AYE AYE SIR" which was basically how he answered every question LMFAO Shout out to Jerrolds, miss you brother!
i swear too many dudes are masochists. Especially the army. I become super human from praise. Belittlement just gets on my nerves. Thats why in bootcamp i put a rat snake in our drill srgnt'a bunk. fuck that guy.
@@franktower9006Dude, everyone knows that if the internet overuses a word by this guys standards, it is BANNED FOREVER. Find an alternative like… Fremdschämen. Which is totally easy to remember and not at all pretentious.
I worked at a gym for 6.5 years. I never saw anybody over 220lbs do more than about a dozen halfway-decent pullups at best. Only guy I know that could do that was a state champion climber, and he was built like a spider monkey at about 145 lbs.
@@joeloon545 Lmao nooo you fuckin didn't. I just saw your video and those were NOT any amount of PERFECT FORM pullups IN A ROW. You made errors within your first 10, and proceeded to get sloppier. AND that video was 8 years ago? Is your comment supposed to be a joke? 😂
@@Meldrick-jv7sy nah mate, he's right. I'm actually shocked when I see someone do pullups or pushups correctly. like 95% of people pump the shit out of them and use a lot of momentum for each rep
Most people I know do half rep pushups and count them as real pushups. So basically they just rapid fire these tiny little push ups and go "Yeah man, I can do like 50 pushups in one go." Dude, there are plenty of people who can do 50 proper push ups in one go, but looking at your physique, you're not one of them. Let's try doing those again, but this time with proper form, with full range of motion, and with full control all the way through, up and down.
But yet they're saying now that the constant muscle tension from improper pushup pumps builds muscles faster than going all the way down and all the way up.
@SuperFunkmachine oh yeah. None the jarheads I knew that had bulk like him could do more then 16. That many pull-ups was some wiry dude with a sleeper build
It took me 4 years in the military to be able to do 30+ pullups in good form. It's possible. It just takes years of dedication. Don't be afraid to be proud of what you have accomplished boys. I went from 275lbs being able to 0 pull-ups at 18 to a 190lb pull-up machine. I am proud of the countless hours I spent in the gym to get to that point. People who have never made that commitment will tell you that you have an ego but that's only because they can't understand what it feels like to have a difficult goal and accomplish it through years of discipline and hard work.
10 clean pull ups is an achievement and every one after that is harder and harder. I’d be surprised if anyone outside of elite climbers and gymnasts can knock out these numbers
Even push-ups and weight lifting should be controlled and full range of motion...a guy who claims to do 100 push-ups can actually only do a few good ones .(.slow and controlled.)..that's where real strength comes from ,..not momentum movements which is a waste of time..
Yeah but many of them do shorter extensions versions of their workoutsgreat for muscle isolation but not FULL extension. Gets the job done technically@wildstyle203
Yeah, I used to be a gymnast and I won’t say that I’ve never done that many pull-ups (?), but I know now they were never clean pull-ups anyway. Conditioning days were just 3+ hours of the worst workout of your life, so… unless he’s doing that… 🤷♂️
If there are people than can climb 38 steps on a salmon ladder, there are people that can do 38 Remember, everytime that an excersice become popular, some tryhard will appear and make 100 reps on the most hardest version of that
Was able to do 46 pull ups for a ROTC competition in high school that was judged by marines. It was to cadence and we had to fully lockout at the bottom and chin fully above the bar. No swaying. No kipping. I was also 140 lbs and had probably less than 10% body fat. But I’d say what helped out the most was doing 9 years of competitive gymnastics
Most impressive shit I've ever seen in the gym was I trained with a dude who was 300 lbs lean (on all the gear obviously), nationally-competitive powerlifter with an 800 lb deadlift.... but what was more crazy to me is that he could do a set of 15 immaculately clean pull ups in a row at his heavy ass bodyweight
@@TonyTrinidad-n8d strict up and down is the only thing that matters. Time under tension doesn't when you're covering high volume for competitive reasons, no kipping or kicking either.
Based on Richtin's size though, it's unlikely. Mike is a bit off regarding climbers and gymnasts, but neither of those are typically the same as body-builders.
Yeah was gonna say the same thing. Usmc requires each rep to end in full lockout, on the pull chin has to go above the bar, no kipping. Max is 23. Regularly see guys maxing it still with a lot of gas in the tank. They only stopped because they hit max points. Most guys are around 10-20 though. But acting like 38 is this impossible feat doesn't seem realistic just based off what I've seen guys put out on PFTs.
Hey ex professional athlete here, sppecifictly circus arts, and I can confirm that at the top of my game my max pull-ups were 35-40, last 10 would be poor technic (of course) it took me about 5 years of training pull-ups several time a day. best part is not 15 years later I can barely manage 10-15 lol
Same. Was a really active kid growing up and was always in some sport. Wrestling was niche. My high school’s team ends every practice by having us do 40-40-40. Pushups, pull-ups and sit ups before we could check our weight and head to the locker room. They didn’t need to be consecutive. Just had to get them done. My senior year my dad got me into a gym and I put in the work during the preseason, which paid dividends once we rolled into duals and tournaments. The best I ever did as far as pull-ups consecutively was 22 before I had to drop. Freshman and sophomore year I’d do my pull-ups on the rock climbing grips we had hanging as part of our conditioning circuit to help grip strength. That record I can’t remember if I did them on the grips or a bar it was a long time ago. I remember I’d also show off to my teammates in rugby before practice while waiting for coach and the rest of the team to show up.
@@rugbywrestler1608 Yeah, it's really rough. I don't remember my exact number, but it was during auditions for an elite circus school (one of the hardest to get into). We had been doing training and physical tests all day, and we were already super tired. I'm pretty sure that after all that, I managed to do around 38 pull-ups.
Current Marine here (for context, not that anyone asked). Most I’ve ever done was 30 proper dead hang for a PFT. I’m down at around 25 right now. 14 years in still active duty enlisted 2010. 5’11 190lbs
Thank you for this comment and totally agree!! Former Marine here and coming out of boot camp, 20 pull ups became a joke. Was a 300 PFTer for my 5 years, and so long as I kept my weight between 170-175 for PFTs (height, 72”), then the pull ups, crunches and sub-18 run was relatively easy. People (including many Marines) just aren’t willing to put in the time and effort for daily training and proper diet. 🦅 🌎 ⚓️
I did watch a special forces military member do more than 30 proper ones in a row but that is pretty rare and elite. 38 for a guy this dude's size....not happening.
That's because your skinny and don't eat enough 30 clean pull ups aren't impressive if your under 180bs WOW you can lift 165lbs up into the air 30 times your sooooooooooo strong hahaha bro your still weak just accept that fact, do one arm pull ups for a count of 10 before you knock calisthenics
That's comforting. I can only currently do one pull up. But let's put some perspective on it. For the last three years I have run a thing called "tough mudder" in the twin cities. The first year I could not do any of the upper body arm obstacles. The second year I was able to do the first one but failed instantly on every other. This year I started focusing my work out on upper body strength. By the time we got to the tough mudder I was only able to one pull up. I aced the first upper body strength obstacle but was also able to go further on all the rest then I had ever done preciously. So starting at one pull up is encouraging because it showed me just how impressive being able to pull up 245 pounds was. So I look forward to what I can do when I can do 2 pull ups.
I had a pull-up competition in boot camp for the marines, and I swear to god I got placed against a guy who did over 40 on his first set. Truly incredible. There was even a guy who was watching our form on every rep to make sure we weren’t swinging, came to a dead hang, and pulled our chin above the top of the bar. The guy was an amateur bodybuilder or something before joining, and he was like 5’0”, so he wasn’t pulling that much mass relative to his strength. For reference on that difficulty; the USMC max pull-ups on the PFT is 23. You’d see about half of the infantry Marines get 23, and maybe a small handful could get up to 30 but that’s it. I’ve met all of just that one guy who could do more than 40 in one set, and each of us did pull ups literally every day.
@@RealDagg3r "As of 2020, the height requirement is 58-78 inches (147-198 centimeters) for men and 58-72 inches (147-183 centimeters) for women." That's from google and just incase you can't do math: 5'0" is 60 inches. If there has been any changes to this please let me know.
@@buddy2356 directly from the marine website: A. BE 74 TO 78 INCHES TALL. MARINES WHO DO NOT MEET THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS
My taekwondo teacher was in his 60s and he could do pullups basically continuesly, i never saw him slow down or struggle, he looked fraile and old but was extremely fit and fast, even his punches looked like he was putting no effort in but would smack the pad straight out of your hand and the shockwave thru your arm was something else. Doing laps around the feild the younger "peak" guys would be ahead for the first few laps, then hed pass them one by one till the whole class had dropped out from fatigue and the "toughest" guys legs were jelly he'd just do another couple laps to show us what to aspire to and not even broken a sweat😒. Incredibly fit man not even for his age, just a machine hidden in a tiny frame.
My record was 28. I was 23 years old, had a weight vest, newly sober and doing pushups/pull-ups while studying. Took about a year to get 10 reps with an extra 50lbs, 2-3 reps with the full 80lbs. One day I tested @ BW (170) and got 28. I did gymnastic as a kid, was skinny at the time, climbed throughout my teens and have always had great upper body strength. I scoffed at this dude’s 38 the way most people have scoffed at my claim of 28. I’ve seen a dedicated trainer with favorable body proportions get 30. 38, at that size and age…come on bro. Side note: still have and use that same 80lb x-vest 20 years later. Working my way back up again. I’m at 6 reps with an added 15 lbs, 1 rep with 50lbs added.
This sounds soooo similar to my story, except I’m not to 28 reps yet, I weigh only 155, and im 36, 5 years clean after 12 years of IV drug use and just doing a bunch of calisthenics to gain back some semblance of control in my life that I lost through my own volition, and lack of discipline. (I do have 22 clean dead hang pull ups though, and just got my first muscle up!) also regularly walk 10,000 steps of a 20,000 step day with a 50lb weight vest. Life ain’t great, but it’s getting more tolerable than where it used to be. 🤝
38 pull-ups in a row is a superhuman level of endurance. As a comparison, the USMC fitness standard has a pull-up component and the max score is earned at 20.
I don't agree. look how the gymnast is doing 34 for his birthday or 36, but he is not big(80-90kilo). I'm may 17 but not clean but for two sets but I'm a beginner 84 kilo, 8 sets per training (17,17,8,8,9,9,10,10 for now)my aim 25 clean
No it’s not.. we got guys benching 1,000 pounds but 38 pull-ups of body weight is absurd? David goggins did 4030 pull-ups in 17 hours. You think he was doing 5 at a time😂😂
@@trystanpeeler3375 benching over 1000 lbs one time is a terrible comparison lmfao. If you weigh 150 pounds and do 38 pullups without dropping, you have moved almost 6,000 pounds. While hanging the entire time. Your comparison makes it sound ridiculous when it was intended to make it sound realistic
Strict, dead hang, GySgt counting your pull-ups? 38 is pretty damn elite. Doable, but elite. I personally watched a buddy in BUD/S prep (he’s a ST6 operator now) bang out 35 absolutely perfect, full ROM, dead hang pull-ups. Were they Dr Mike slow-on-the-negative pull-ups? No. They were efficient, zero kip, chin over the bar, all the way down, quick pause in a dead hang, and back up. He also made a run at the 24hr pull-up record back in 2008, and came damn close…so once again, elite. These are guys who need incredible PFT scores in order to screen, so it’s something they train almost daily. If we’re talking just bodybuilders and gym rats who happen to do some pull-ups on back day? Far less likely.
Your height, weight, and weight distribution are massive factors in relation to how many pull ups you can do REGARDLESS of you how you train. Alan Ritchson is supposedly like 6'3 230. Someone built like that who doesn't just have a massive upper body and reeds for legs (nearly impossible for that weight), 38 clean, dead hang pulls might literally be world record territory or even beyond it (for that size)... Doubt there is a category for such a thing, but point stands.
@@TcBalkom shut up no you didn't. Most companies only have 1 or 2 studs going over the 20 maximum with not all of them being about to get to 30. Then you'll get 2 or 3 more that get to 20 and could prolly get 23 or 24 if a gun were pointed at them, and 1 or 2 who struggle to 20.
I did thirty pull ups one time, i usually do ten to twenty then go onto weighted ones, i dont think it would be impossible with gear, but form is likely lacking.
Once at a much younger age and weighing only about 180, I did 27. Fast pull ups, full range but definitely fast paced. Proper form, slower controlled eccentric? Probably cuts that number in half, easily. Fast forward 20 years, 15 lbs heavier and with strict form, I can't get past seven. It's humbling.
I can do about 14 clean pull ups and that is my most impressive feat because it took me 3 years to get from 10x3 to 14x3 and I can now rep out 10x3 15kg weighted pull ups. Really one of those exercises that I really cant injure myself and I have a knack of injuring myself.
@@ZlatniPlast Key word is clean reps sir, I can do about 19-22 reps with decent form but with strict form I can only dream to touch those numbers. I really think I have reached my peak with pull-ups in terms of reps, all I can do now is add weight and it doesnt help that I am bulking too so it is insanely more difficult. I recently got a bundle of joy so I really cant afford to be at the gym for 1 1/2 hours so for the 7 past months all I have been spamming is pull ups and squats in my garage and I went from a 150kg to 190kg back squat and my pull ups went from 10x3 weighted 12.5kg pull ups to 15kg...
I do pull ups, (proper form) as one of my main exercises because I love rock climbing and calisthenics. I can do 25 with solid form, there are days I can do over 30. I am however 6’ and only 160lbs. Also extremely low body fat. Pull ups are like any other skill. If you train for them you will progress.
When I was in my prime while in the army, I was 220lbs at 5'11 with 6% body fat during cuts and fasting. Admittedly, I was on gear and a couple of other stimulants, but even then I never broke over 35 pull-ups during my entire time in. I had the highest pull-up count in my unit for a while, and with the exception of hitting 35 one time, I could rarely get more than 30. They had to be perfect or they wouldn't count. I could knock out 40-50 half assed pullups without locking out. There's a huge difference between speeding through "pull-ups" with shit form vs actually locking out and doing them right. Out of the guys that gave me the most competition, it was definitely not the massive 6ft4 guys like this dude. The bigger I got on gear, the less pull-ups I could do. I guarantee I never hit over 30 when I was at 220. I was probably in the 185-190 range when I was hitting those higher numbers
@@DuBstep115 yeah I would lay a week's pay on a bet that he can't do it at his size. Longer arms make it harder too and he's got really long arms. I would be impressed if he could even do that many with terrible form and not locking out. He's just too big and don't have the body type to have an advantage in pull-ups. Really lean guys like David Goggins, that are really cut but not super heavy, are the best body types to maximize pull-up ability. Even then, David Goggins had to work a lot harder to achieve what he's done than someone smaller with short arms
The most pull ups I never did was 21. And that’s when I was my biggest/strongest (225lbs at 6’4). I’ve gotten much weaker and lighter (190) and can only do about 10. So I wouldn’t be surprised if this monster could do 35+
I’ve seen many marines do 30+ with a full dead hang and chin above the bar. I think if you really train for it, 20-30 is pretty doable natural. And some of the secret sauzule in, and 40 is there.
The most pull-ups I've ever done is 44 in the USMC. In the Marine Corps, you have to go from an arms extended dead hang to chin above bar without swinging or kipping.
Once you go from bro pullups to clean proper pull ups. Its extremely humbling. Went from being able to do 12-15 reps to barely squeaking out a 3rd rep the proper way. Great stuff
This is the same thing people say about doing a hundred push ups every day and then you wanna do them along with the guy and he looks like he started having seizures
100 pushups a day usually isn't done in one set of 100 😂 more like 20-30 at a time and adding up to 100 in the day. Or if you're good doing 50 in the morning and 50 at night.
@@ZebraEnt I'm talking specifically of the 100 in one set type guy who claims they started from 20 and added 1 each day up until 100. There is more of them than I'd like
Most people are not David Goggins. The most clean reps I have gotten to without having to take a break is 17 or 18. I can do way more than that with breaks between the sets. And all I do are pull-ups. I'm not in Jack Reacher shape, but I work from home and have a pullup bar in my office. I do 2 workouts, pull-ups/chin-ups, and pushups throughout my day. It helps maintain focus for me. Whenever I start to lose focus, I bust out a few reps until I can't do a clean one, then go back to work. Even though that is what I spend most of my week doing, I can't come close to 38 clean reps in 1 stint.
Most I've done in the Corps was 28 at around 135lbs, nowadays I just do anywhere from 15-20(now at 145lbs) depending on how I feel whenever I decide to do them. Anything above 25 or 30 would suggest a more serious motivation and dedication to keeping those muscles strong along with a consistent diet. 38 is a commendable number. 30-50 is a personal goal of mine but that's not likely to happen unless I train and eat well consistently. I don't personally know anyone who says 25-30 isn't a high number, so be cautious of those who claim to be able to do those numbers cleanly.
@@MMACinephile The fact you have no idea how easy 30 is for even an average climber shows me how big of a waste it would be to knock out a measly 30 pull ups on video for a goober with MMA in his name. Cringe.
@@zoopiecou You deleted your comment. What a lame, poorly constructed attempt at trolling on the net. I'd be surprised if you could even do one proper pull-up.
38 at Alan Ritchson's weight would be.. quite a feat even for someone of his strength. He ain't nowhere near 135 lol. The doctor is right to be very skeptical
@@MMACinephileI’m a pretty average guy, definitely above average athleticism though I’ll admit. During the pandemic when gyms were closed I went to the park and did pull ups during my lunch break every day. I could do 30 pull ups. Somebody that weighs 145 lbs and specifically trains for pulling their body weight around could for sure do 30 pull ups. I weigh 180. I don’t think the guy in the video at like 225 lbs could do 38 pull ups
@bradthompson5383 in the Marine Corp is it common for us to get 20 plus with all different builds. The big thing is we use a pull up program to help get everyone to that perfect score on our fitness test. Or at least they did.
@thatVAkidd The difference between 20 and 40 is ENORMOUS. Just like the difference between squatting merely 135 lbs for 20 reps and 40 reps is enormous. Almost anyone can train to squat 135 for 20 reps. I did about 175-185 backsquat for 20 reps. For such large muscle groups doubling the reps isn't only twice as hard. It's an order of magnitude harder. I can believe a well trained person can reach 20 pullups. But to reach 40 your body needs to be basically perfect. You need to be both super lean and super strong and have ideal body proportions. If this weren't the case it should be easy to find videos of people with average but well trained physique doing 30-40 pullups with good form. But those videos are literally non-existent. Any such video will feature a lean and relatively small person.
@bradthompson5383 your example is flawed right, doesn't the NFL use bench press to see who can do 225 for the most reps. If you want to increase how much you can lift you have to make that weight easy and change your technique. You can't so a lot of reps with the mindset of controlling the eccentric motion that will tire you out. The form has to be held while conserving as much energy you can.
@bradthompson5383 ua-cam.com/video/wXA6HdugLlo/v-deo.htmlsi=0C-lHCvbzDYWnwUU Our man Mike has some tips to help. But again, if you want to see how many you can crank out; don't tire yourself on the eccentric(almost push yourself down=more efficient), go wider than normal (shortens the movement= more efficient), the motion is arms extended with chin passing the top of the bar. You can train to make it harder, but the test needs to be the most efficient form out there. Also the record holder, for most in a minute, was a Marine who wasn't lean. Anyone can get there like Mike says in that video, it's about becoming efficient in the movement.
It's possible to do 38 pullups. I used to be able to do 30 pullups naturally. I stopped making progress around 21. So i started training my shoulders, fore arms, and weighted dead hangs. That made a world of difference.
You dont have to go down slowly for the pullup to count, all that matters is that elbows lock out, and chin goes over the bar Just because the method is the best for hypertrophy, doesent mean no other method is correct, training for strength exists
Except if you're deviating on form.. you're not really getting good strength gains, either. Sure, if you're just going for numbers, go as fast as you can. It's just that most people deviate from form when they do that. If your lower body moves (or really anything other than your arms) it doesn't count. I personally prefer to bring the bar to my chest, instead, as well. But I rock climb, so having that strength through the full ROM is important.
@@donovanmccoy6833 You're missing the point entirely. You might as well say that someone cuts short a race track, because he's not getting maximum neck gains. When we're talking about the max pull ups someone can do, that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with what kind of movement is good for aquiring muscle or strength.
I’ve been lifting for about 15 years and I weigh about 160 lbs. I do weighted pull ups almost every time I do my back to keep the rep range down to around 10. If I do them unweighted without any prior exhaustion, I can do about 30-32 going to absolute failure.
It's very strange. When I was a teenager, my dad and I trained pullups. I maxed at about 22 before I stopped training. He (about 45 years old, with many old injuries) could do 30. I think the form requirements Mike thinks are so important just increase the hang time. But we could both hang for 2 minutes, and a rep should only take 2 seconds until you're close to failure.
with perfect form you are bordering on elite level which is impressive. Although it might be worth actually trying a max set, not because you arent very strong and light but just because pushing pullups over 30 requires a fair amount of endurance which is kinda hard to get without training specifically for it.
When I was 22 yrs old in Marine Corp bootcamp, I did 34 dead hang pull ups until my DI told me to stop and save my energy for the 3 mile run. I am almost 54 now and can still do 20 dead hangs no problem.
Also there is a big difference between slow controlled pullups and pushups and doing momentum style ,..which most people do .in fact even with weight training...every movement should be controlled and full range of motion...unless your purposely doing partials
I can't understand how you say its impossible. There are calisthenics guys like Andrey Isypov that do for example 105 pullups with perfect form and with a pause between each rep (ua-cam.com/video/GECFxAq9CBY/v-deo.htmlsi=jJFxYEmhwQcaxBj9). And many others like Max True, Javi Ales, etc. They train for that and are the best in doing an incredible amount of reps in a row. Their competitions are out of this world like the Max True vs Javi Ales. Pure calisthenics resistance training.
I think it's because he is so big that he couldn't imagine anyone that heavy doing that many. When I was 170 lbs (shredded), I used to do multiple sets of 20 full ROM pull-ups with good form, and my max was probably 30+. So, I definitely don't think it's impossible for someone to do 38. It is very rare, though, as I don't think I ever saw anyone do as many as me in person, although I have seen people do more in online calisthenics/climbing/gymnastics videos.
People just be talking to hear their own opinions sometimes. Guess it's tough to research everything you say when you're putting content out constantly.
@@DavidLoveOfficial he does consider the possibility that it could happen in the video didn't he? Its just very small chance and not many individuals who could pull that off
When I was about 16 and in high school, I lifted weights but was skinny as hell, weighing about 145 pounds. One day during gym class I was talking to a friend while the gym teacher was talking. He got pissed and had me come up to the front of the class and told me to do 20 pull ups. I got on the bar, pumped them out, and sat back down. The teacher just stood there and didn't say anything. I could have done 40 easily back then.
@@spuzzdawg look at how swimmers or rowers do pullups. in almost all sports ur trying to generate the most power, but bodybuilders think everyone wants to do pullups for hypertrophy lol.
@@cooljp1531 if I'm doing pull ups for hypertrophy I will control the whole rep more strictly than the test requires. I would seriously struggle to get 20 that way. On the test though, you're naturally incentivised to do the fastest rep you can that will still count. I'm just saying I think it's a reasonable standard. The sit ups on the other hand are being counted by you and your buddy, not the guy with the clipboard, so the unspoken rule is that you both did over 100 unless one of you is bad enough at them that that's too much of a stretch.
I know it’s possible because I did over 40 when I was stationed in the Philippines. The only problem was my 3 mile runtime dropped drastically from 18 minutes to like 20. Oh and underhand pull-up grips to me are equivalent to pushups on your knees so I’ve never done them that way. BTW I was 21 years old 5-6, 175lbs when I was doing 40 plus pull up reps in one set and getting those 20minute 3 mile runs, and was 19 when I was easily getting 25 pull-ups with an 18 minute 3 mile run. Oh and you’re right about the complete range of motion with that many reps, you absolutely have to explode at the beginning of each rep to eliminate what I think is called a kip. You can Kip from the floor onto your feet, but I think it’s also called a kip when momentum is used to swing your body up like a C shape.
Pull ups is one of the best examples I can think of when people try to argue that leverage doesn't matter. Find a 5'4" ripped dude and a 6'4" skinny dude of similar weight (yes, they exist) the short dude is moving a fraction of the distance with better leverage. Much more reasonable to believe 38 good pull-ups.
Okay, so Mike has just shattered my dream of achieving 100+ pullups through sheer progressive overload in my lifetime. 😮 I didn't know it was that difficult to reach even the 30s and 40s.
depending on your size, you probably could be able to break into 30’s but prob not hundreds lol. it’s not rly that 38 pull-ups is impossible, it’s just that the type of guy who talks abt pull-ups like this, usually has terrible form.
@@FrogGuy-tt1wq that "depending on your size" is carrying way too much for its size for you to not clarify i know untrained women at 60-80 lb that can do 10+ low-momentum muscle-ups my ass at 400+ can barely get 2 without abusing momentum and the training i had to do to just get that far made me consider whether gear was worth it (it is not).
you can definitely achieve a hundred pull-ups through progressive overload, it will take a few years and it's unlikely you'll reach it if you weight over 70kg.
When I was in the Army, I spent 8 months specifically training pull-ups as one of my primary training goals. I weighed about the same as Ritchison, in the 230-240 range, and was juiced up the same as he is. I maxed out at 19 reps to standard after 8 months of specific, targeted training, and that was 100% effort to failure. I don't buy for a minute that he was banging out sets of 30 whenever he felt like it. Pull-ups are f*cking hard as sh*t for dudes that weigh 240.
38 isn't unbelievable. In the Marine Corps, you'd often see many Marines easily crank out 20 from full lock out (this was required to count as a full rep) as part of our annual fitness test. 20 was the max you needed for a top score. Sure, you had some individuals get away with not fully locking out, but more times than not, you saw the correct form. I personally witnessed some hit the 40s with full lock out.
@@roamanxo5882you’d see it occasionally, I personally have seen a tank of a man like that hit 42 in front of my eyes and he definitely still has some in the tank
Thats what i think if i hear this crazy high numbers. If we talk about near to perfect form, rom and technique, than it isn’t realistic for 99% This faster calisthenic like push ups thats known from the prisoners, yeah of course thats possible, but the first mentioned would be over 3 minutes work minimum
38 pull ups is definitely achievable. In a strict format too (military style - Royal Marines have the strictest pull up, press up and sit up technique). I've personally bested 20+ without it being a particular goal. HAVING SAID THAT: I was 70kg, built for a combination of speed, power and endurance at the time. 15 strict reps is my max (maximum interest anyway) at 85kg+
Thanks for the ninja shout out, I can promise you there are some ninjas that can do 38 clean pull ups. I was at 18-19 CLEAN pullups at my best and I'm just mid among ninjas
As a former marine, i was able to do 26 complete pull-ups (from dead hang to chin above the bar without swinging). I weighed about 180 lbs. For most marines this was fairly impressive, but i witnessed a former gymnast do 68 pull-ups during bootcamp after telling the drill instructor he could break anyones record. The current non-stop-complete pull-up without rest record is 105. The record with rested hang between is 651.
I did 29 as a freshman in high school at 143 pounds But I was on a routine that took 6 months to get there I learned it from my wrestling coach who was in the navy and learned it from some famous marine who has videos of people on UA-cam. I woke up every morning for six months and Did a set of as many pushups as I could one set and same with pull ups You add a push up a day and a pull up a week 6 months later I hit 29 pull ups and 175 pushups and said forget this and started hitting the gym 6 days a week 😁 By my senior year I weight 175 in the fall and could only do 23 Legend says Jack la lanne once did 900 dips but who knows He was a freak of nature though
I have 36 on my record. No point in training for that. Waste of time and energy, and also it keeps a lot of stress in the upper body. Looking good and fit for nothing, it was. And as you stop doing pullups the number just drops like you never were there.
I did 28 pull-ups after bouldering almost every single day for a year. My friend an ex-gymnist busted out 40 and set a firefighting record. He only worked out for 2 months. These pull-ups were counted by a wildland firefighting crew chief in front of a crowd. It's possible. My friend set records everywhere he went, he is a freak.
I could do 37 perfect pull ups. I started in 2006 it took till about 2012 before I hit 30 with no sway. My only goal was to do more than any MARINE I encountered. No way I could've gotten there in one year
I love when Mark Walhberg claimed 40 Pullups (Clean Ones) and Ellen pulls out a pullup bar and he failed miserably 😂
I saw that. Completely fucking ridiculous.
Things like that were a window into a true asshole sociopath Ellen was. I would imagine he had no idea she was going to do that and he had no choice but to try and fail. That was probably his last appearance on her show. Ellen enjoyed watching people embarrass themselves.
Ellen had top tier trolling 😂
Cant forget that he also claimed he would have stopped terrorists on 9/11 if he was aboard one of the flights
@cavaliericorey lmao not surprised he thinks that.
Pull ups are unfortunately one of the most butchered exercises imaginable. Most people who claim to rep out sets of 20 have never done a proper dead hang pull up in their life
Most haven't, true.
I, however, have.
I'm a pull up deity.
@@TheBatugan77 I believe you
@@TheBatugan77praise be
This is so true! I'm actually impressed if I see a guy at the gym perform pull ups with good form (full rom, no kipping and controlled eccentric). Only about 10-15% of people in commercial gyms perform pull ups with good form.
Pull ups can be done like most other exercises. How many times you seen someone doing very strict, controlled eccentric curls, push-ups, oh press, or squats? Tempo isn't superior but it definitely plays into the volume you can do. Pull ups can be done many ways depending on the result your after, but none are innately superior to the others. Hate Pull up police on the internet.
People are deathly allergic to the deep stretch on vertical pulls
Because it's a useless motion, maximum muscle contraction dosnt occur when you are fully stretched
@@zachdenny4939you must be knew here
@@zachdenny4939the most efficient muscle growth comes out of milking the stretched position under load. Full ROM all day
The most anabolic part of the movement does occur when the muscle is fully stretched...
@@zachdenny4939 your muscle doesn’t contract when it’s doing the opposite of contracting? Revolutionary concept!
However, when you begin to contract from that deep stretch I think Dr. Mike and a few others would agree that you’re putting that muscle under a hell of a lot of beneficial tension
Omg, you people are making me feel so much better about my pullup game
Your pull-up game is allowed to be weak! Your pull-out game, however...
If you're over 200 pounds, and you can do 5 or more legit clean pullups, you're probably in the top 5% of all people on the planet. If you can do over 10, you're like top 1%, if you can push 20, you're literally built different.
@@mercb3ast Exactly, great comment.
Fyi some of the worlds strongest guys can't even do 1 pull up. (Usually because they're 300+lbs and have long arms.)
Y'all are serious?
I had a trainer make me do 20 on the regular. I didn't think it was unusual, but maybe that was because I only weighed like 95lbs at the time?
Most people cannot dead hang for the amount of time it takes to do 10 pull ups properly.
Most, but idk man no bs I do the widest grip possible with about 8-10 seconds between each pull up. I can do 12 it took about a year. It’s all back strength
Before I could do ten pull ups I needed to do a lot of grip training. Then again I started training as a fat fuck ar 289 pounds and now I’m 205 so losing 84 pounds of fat probably made the pull ups easier.
@@jmav2229 I believe you, and have seen people knock out 20 in front of me. I can probably do 3 right now. I do not train them like I should and I need to lose about 15 pounds of fat. I think the point of this video is if you can knock out 38 pull-ups easily it is better to just make that video and post it.
That’s ridiculous. There’s no excuse to have a grip that weak. Or the pull up bar you’re using has no knurling or is too fat, maybe
Well said
Especially at his weight. The heavier you are the more weight you have to pull up. I could believe him if he were 120 lbs. That dude is well over 200.
Exactly. Although there is nothing wrong with it, I've seen massive body builders use the assisted pull up machine because they can't do enough body weight pull ups
This is the response I was going to reply with. There is 0 chance that with his frame and musculature he is doing more than 15 pull-ups, 20 with bad form half pull-ups
search in youtube "50 clean pull ups in rain bw 120", those 50 are more like 40 clean, but those 120 are kilograms
I think some people over 200-225lbs can pullup 30-40 pullups. I have done 20 good pullups at ~200lbs, but I think those people are either calisthenics guys or pullup fiends. Even to reach 20 proper pullups the pullups training sessions can become pretty intense doing over 100 pullups per session, or at least that is what I did.
Even then. Im not THAT light, but I've always been lean and light with a high strength to weight ratio, and I've only ever managed 22 proper pullups in a row. And as I get heavier, that number has dropped 😂
The exception here is competitive gymnasts. They don’t follow Newton’s laws.
And rock climbers, if anyone can do 40 actual pull ups.... my money is on those guys.
@ulizez89 honestly they are better at gripping than lifting, and the best ones use their legs...but yeah agreed male gymnasts and rock climbers potentially
Theres also that weird subsection of eastern europeans who work out with their decades old bar in the park that do 30+ reps with immaculate form for their working sets and have never touched a barbell
Those gymnasts weight 70kgs tops
no-name cali athletes > gymansts for high-rep high quality reps yo.
In the Army I could do 19 pull-ups, but I only weighed 156 lbs. I'm still in great shape and a few pounds lighter, but my pull-up count is a fraction. I just need an NCO to yell at me and belittle me every day forever.
The ones I always saw the ROTC and NROTC kids doing, and the ones the recruiter has you do for the Marines OCS PFT, at least, are a complete joke. If they make you do real ones once you're in that would be a hell of a blindsiding!
I will say this: Coach mike is actually being misleading here and glossing over a _huge_ ambiguity. His "proper pullups" have a controlled eccentric; as he repeatedly points out, you can do _much_ fewer this way but it's the smart choice to _train_ mostly like that. An actual competition pullup only needs to go from dead hang to chin and that is it; you certainly would not be doing them in a way you could do fewer! So no, when a person says they can do n pullups they are not saying they can do n as Jared demonstrates.
26 was my personal record. Also pretty leight weight, 64kg
No joke, I knew a dude in bootcamp (Marine Corps) that could do 38 pull-ups exactly I believe. And the form was 100% spot on - arms fully extended at the bottom, chin over the bar, no kicking. He was a freak of nature (in a good way).
He also acted like he had an IQ of 20 all bootcamp. I knew he was smarter because our racks were next to each other and I'd talk to him about his family, but 99% of our platoon (DIs especially) thought this dude was basically Forrest Gump. Our DI even denied his request to use the bathroom one time and he looked the DI right in the eye and pissed himself! Then when the DI lunged to lay hands on he started running away "GANG WAY DRILL INSTRUCTOR, GOOD EVENING SIR. GANG WAY DRILL INSTRUCTOR, GOOD EVENING SIR". Funniest moment of my life - it was even worth the brutal slaying we would receive for the rest of the day.
Last day of bootcamp our DI finally asked him if he was fucking with everybody the whole time, his response was "AYE AYE SIR" which was basically how he answered every question LMFAO
Shout out to Jerrolds, miss you brother!
Being screamed at honestly does wonders for your pr 😂 gotta awaken your inner demons to replace the nco
i swear too many dudes are masochists. Especially the army. I become super human from praise. Belittlement just gets on my nerves. Thats why in bootcamp i put a rat snake in our drill srgnt'a bunk. fuck that guy.
I guess we're all forgetting Mark Wahlberg can do 40 clean pullups...
The cleanest 💯
CLEAN ONES!
Deep as the abyss.. Perfect form
Embarrassing
“Hey pull-up baw. Say hi to ya mother for me.”
Whenever Hollywood actors start to brag about their fitness, I'm starting to cringe.
They have easy access to pro trainers and PEDs
People that say cringe is worse like brain dead parrots. You notice how you can't come up with a word that's not used to death online?
@@Random-ed2xf You notice how I don't give a fuck, random nobody?
@@franktower9006Dude, everyone knows that if the internet overuses a word by this guys standards, it is BANNED FOREVER.
Find an alternative like… Fremdschämen. Which is totally easy to remember and not at all pretentious.
@@flup1303 Fremdschämen gefällt mir.
I worked at a gym for 6.5 years. I never saw anybody over 220lbs do more than about a dozen halfway-decent pullups at best. Only guy I know that could do that was a state champion climber, and he was built like a spider monkey at about 145 lbs.
I’m a climber built like a spider monkey and I can confirm this is true
Watch Physical:100 season 2 pullup challenge, its definitely possible
I’m about 230lbs right now. I can do 10 dead hang pull-ups but barely. My own weight really works against me.
When I was a teen to mid 20s I could do 50 or so, but I was 115 pounds lol
There are state climbing champions?
I'm now on a mission to do 39 perfect form pullups in a row. Will update in a decade.
Same
My pr was 25 but im 125 pounds
Nah. I have a video of me doing 30 with one year of training. Now at 42. Posted on my channel.
@@joeloon545 Lmao nooo you fuckin didn't. I just saw your video and those were NOT any amount of PERFECT FORM pullups IN A ROW. You made errors within your first 10, and proceeded to get sloppier. AND that video was 8 years ago? Is your comment supposed to be a joke? 😂
Pull UP and pushups are the most common exercises that 90% people do it in wrong way.
Don't project onto others.
You're brown. What do you know about literally anything when it comes to exercise.
@@Meldrick-jv7sy nah mate, he's right. I'm actually shocked when I see someone do pullups or pushups correctly. like 95% of people pump the shit out of them and use a lot of momentum for each rep
Most people I know do half rep pushups and count them as real pushups. So basically they just rapid fire these tiny little push ups and go "Yeah man, I can do like 50 pushups in one go."
Dude, there are plenty of people who can do 50 proper push ups in one go, but looking at your physique, you're not one of them. Let's try doing those again, but this time with proper form, with full range of motion, and with full control all the way through, up and down.
But yet they're saying now that the constant muscle tension from improper pushup pumps builds muscles faster than going all the way down and all the way up.
Knew a marine that could do that. He was also a gymnast competing on the national level before joining the Corps
An he was 170lb wet, lean and made of wiry muscle.
@SuperFunkmachine oh yeah. None the jarheads I knew that had bulk like him could do more then 16. That many pull-ups was some wiry dude with a sleeper build
I bet he wasn’t 6’4, 230 though. Sorry reacher, I call bs.
@@soakedbearrd tbf I think he's only 6'1", they gave him lifts for the show, but yea. Unlikely still
Thank you! With all due respect to this guy it's statements like this and surety of himself that make me question his credibility.
He didn't say consecutively - he means 38 over the span of 8 hours 😂
"whenever i felt like it" sounds like he is talking about all in one go all at once
bro what he said whenever i feel like ht
@@dragonpaulz_
Again, you need to see the whole video for context
Its a joje
@@jarde1989 i dont know what context would change the phrase "i can do 38 pullups whenever i want"
David goggins did 4030 pull-ups in 17 hours…. Wild to think about
So he claims. That guy is a tool
@@TheyWILLdisarmYOU it’s recorded
@@TheyWILLdisarmYOUIt's on video.
Goggins is a legend.
It took me 4 years in the military to be able to do 30+ pullups in good form. It's possible. It just takes years of dedication.
Don't be afraid to be proud of what you have accomplished boys. I went from 275lbs being able to 0 pull-ups at 18 to a 190lb pull-up machine. I am proud of the countless hours I spent in the gym to get to that point. People who have never made that commitment will tell you that you have an ego but that's only because they can't understand what it feels like to have a difficult goal and accomplish it through years of discipline and hard work.
You spent your entire military career in the gym battling the most dangerous enemy ever created, your ego ❤
@@krazy2094 without him your bloodline wouldn’t be here watch your mouth
@@username-pq4nbUmmm what if he's from Iraq tho
@@username-pq4nb hate to be that guy but dude didn't protect anyone's bloodline. What a tool
are you one of those al-queada guys who trained only using the monkey bars
10 clean pull ups is an achievement and every one after that is harder and harder. I’d be surprised if anyone outside of elite climbers and gymnasts can knock out these numbers
Even push-ups and weight lifting should be controlled and full range of motion...a guy who claims to do 100 push-ups can actually only do a few good ones .(.slow and controlled.)..that's where real strength comes from ,..not momentum movements which is a waste of time..
@@mslice09HAVE U SEEN ALL THE GUYS IN PRISON???..THEY'D DISAGREE WITH U..JUST SAYIN🥴
Yeah but many of them do shorter extensions versions of their workoutsgreat for muscle isolation but not FULL extension. Gets the job done technically@wildstyle203
@@hez859 YUP...THEY SAY CONSTANT TENSION ETC IS Y IT WORKS 4 THEM
Yeah, I used to be a gymnast and I won’t say that I’ve never done that many pull-ups (?), but I know now they were never clean pull-ups anyway. Conditioning days were just 3+ hours of the worst workout of your life, so… unless he’s doing that… 🤷♂️
*David Goggins has entered the chat*
Yeah he did 7800 proper pullups in 24 hours
Yeah he's the elite lol
I think he does less than 38 in a row with many sets tho.
It isn’t proper form
@@darknessally in order to be counted in guiness they have to be proper form. If you have ever seen Goggins do pullups they are strict form.
If there are people than can climb 38 steps on a salmon ladder, there are people that can do 38
Remember, everytime that an excersice become popular, some tryhard will appear and make 100 reps on the most hardest version of that
Was able to do 46 pull ups for a ROTC competition in high school that was judged by marines. It was to cadence and we had to fully lockout at the bottom and chin fully above the bar. No swaying. No kipping. I was also 140 lbs and had probably less than 10% body fat. But I’d say what helped out the most was doing 9 years of competitive gymnastics
Were they slow and controlled though?
You were a machine bro💪 how many you doing now??
My homeboy biceps are insane... he grew up in a gymnastics family...he can do about 25 to 30 pull ups so i believe that...
Hugely impressive, but as Dr Mike did point out, you were clearly an elite athlete, with years of training behind you.
@@Kekster3000 yeah it was to cadence so down. Up. Down. Up. Said for every second basically. Had to be controlled otherwise they’d cut you off there.
Most impressive shit I've ever seen in the gym was I trained with a dude who was 300 lbs lean (on all the gear obviously), nationally-competitive powerlifter with an 800 lb deadlift.... but what was more crazy to me is that he could do a set of 15 immaculately clean pull ups in a row at his heavy ass bodyweight
❤all the way to the top of the chest. Slow & Controlled
It looks crazy deffo but any strong guy who isn’t fat, should be able to, due to their big back
15 pull-ups at 300lbs is absolutely unnecessary levels of strength, I love it
@@TonyTrinidad-n8d strict up and down is the only thing that matters. Time under tension doesn't when you're covering high volume for competitive reasons, no kipping or kicking either.
everybody can do that if theyre on gear, about as impressive as taking a shit
38 pull ups is like Magnus Midtbø level of pull ups. Fair bullshit call Dr. Mike.
I doubt Magnus can even pull that off, 38 is so many
@@elijah4642in his prime he probably could, but right now? Probably not
Not even Magnus can do 38 with perfect form. He did 30 in a special forces test and like 23 with 10 kg.
@@elijah4642i think his max was like 26 in a russian military training video i believe, was still insane
@@danielbeall7725how many can you do?
It is possible. Did that for rugby training with good form in a university fitness test. 52 no joke.all the way down and all the way up.
My LT (marine corps) did 37 pull-ups on a PFT, but then again we focus heavily on pull-ups
Yea man, watched plenty of Marines hit 30+, Mike's talking out his ass on this one lol.
Based on Richtin's size though, it's unlikely. Mike is a bit off regarding climbers and gymnasts, but neither of those are typically the same as body-builders.
@@brighambaker3381 Most top level climbers can't do that many pull-ups.
When I was in S3 I saw it a few times. Definitely possible
Yeah was gonna say the same thing. Usmc requires each rep to end in full lockout, on the pull chin has to go above the bar, no kipping. Max is 23. Regularly see guys maxing it still with a lot of gas in the tank. They only stopped because they hit max points. Most guys are around 10-20 though. But acting like 38 is this impossible feat doesn't seem realistic just based off what I've seen guys put out on PFTs.
Hey ex professional athlete here, sppecifictly circus arts, and I can confirm that at the top of my game my max pull-ups were 35-40, last 10 would be poor technic (of course) it took me about 5 years of training pull-ups several time a day. best part is not 15 years later I can barely manage 10-15 lol
By the time you can train to that limit, age catches up to you. 😂 Gotta be an assassin trained since birth to reach 50.
Same. Was a really active kid growing up and was always in some sport. Wrestling was niche. My high school’s team ends every practice by having us do 40-40-40. Pushups, pull-ups and sit ups before we could check our weight and head to the locker room. They didn’t need to be consecutive. Just had to get them done. My senior year my dad got me into a gym and I put in the work during the preseason, which paid dividends once we rolled into duals and tournaments. The best I ever did as far as pull-ups consecutively was 22 before I had to drop. Freshman and sophomore year I’d do my pull-ups on the rock climbing grips we had hanging as part of our conditioning circuit to help grip strength. That record I can’t remember if I did them on the grips or a bar it was a long time ago. I remember I’d also show off to my teammates in rugby before practice while waiting for coach and the rest of the team to show up.
Same lol
@@rugbywrestler1608 Yeah, it's really rough. I don't remember my exact number, but it was during auditions for an elite circus school (one of the hardest to get into). We had been doing training and physical tests all day, and we were already super tired. I'm pretty sure that after all that, I managed to do around 38 pull-ups.
Yeah I’ve seen you. 15-20 max
Current Marine here (for context, not that anyone asked). Most I’ve ever done was 30 proper dead hang for a PFT. I’m down at around 25 right now. 14 years in still active duty enlisted 2010. 5’11 190lbs
Thank you for this comment and totally agree!! Former Marine here and coming out of boot camp, 20 pull ups became a joke. Was a 300 PFTer for my 5 years, and so long as I kept my weight between 170-175 for PFTs (height, 72”), then the pull ups, crunches and sub-18 run was relatively easy. People (including many Marines) just aren’t willing to put in the time and effort for daily training and proper diet.
🦅 🌎 ⚓️
@@aching4382Almost pro rock climber here I've done 47 in a row but I also weigh 135
Yea I agree not many can do over 30 but 20 isn't rare in the Marines strictly graded I might add.
Damn, same as me man! Maybe this guy could smoke us in a PT test but I doubt it
@@pongratep8023oh hello!
I did watch a special forces military member do more than 30 proper ones in a row but that is pretty rare and elite. 38 for a guy this dude's size....not happening.
Pull-ups keeping you big as hell!
Provided your diet is in check.
Who is the big as hell guy? I forgot his name
@@johndenver7035Alan ritcheson
Pull downs you mean. Bodyweight exercises don't make you big, and i say that racking 30 clean form pull ups
That's because your skinny and don't eat enough 30 clean pull ups aren't impressive if your under 180bs WOW you can lift 165lbs up into the air 30 times your sooooooooooo strong hahaha bro your still weak just accept that fact, do one arm pull ups for a count of 10 before you knock calisthenics
That's comforting. I can only currently do one pull up.
But let's put some perspective on it.
For the last three years I have run a thing called "tough mudder" in the twin cities. The first year I could not do any of the upper body arm obstacles. The second year I was able to do the first one but failed instantly on every other. This year I started focusing my work out on upper body strength. By the time we got to the tough mudder I was only able to one pull up. I aced the first upper body strength obstacle but was also able to go further on all the rest then I had ever done preciously. So starting at one pull up is encouraging because it showed me just how impressive being able to pull up 245 pounds was. So I look forward to what I can do when I can do 2 pull ups.
Do banded pull-ups for reps and try negatives. Also banded chin-ups as well can help increase your pull-up strength
bro wrote a biography
now imagine you are instantly maybe within 5% of total population who can pull that, literally
Bro a 245 pull-up is insanity
@@JohnSmith-xj7ui😂😂😂
I had a pull-up competition in boot camp for the marines, and I swear to god I got placed against a guy who did over 40 on his first set. Truly incredible. There was even a guy who was watching our form on every rep to make sure we weren’t swinging, came to a dead hang, and pulled our chin above the top of the bar.
The guy was an amateur bodybuilder or something before joining, and he was like 5’0”, so he wasn’t pulling that much mass relative to his strength.
For reference on that difficulty; the USMC max pull-ups on the PFT is 23. You’d see about half of the infantry Marines get 23, and maybe a small handful could get up to 30 but that’s it. I’ve met all of just that one guy who could do more than 40 in one set, and each of us did pull ups literally every day.
@@RealDagg3r "As of 2020, the height requirement is 58-78 inches (147-198 centimeters) for men and 58-72 inches (147-183 centimeters) for women." That's from google and just incase you can't do math: 5'0" is 60 inches. If there has been any changes to this please let me know.
@@buddy2356 directly from the marine website: A. BE 74 TO 78 INCHES TALL. MARINES WHO DO NOT MEET THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS
@@RealDagg3rif you were ever in the military then you'd know that waivers exist
The world record is over 100, you can watch it on youtube...
Maybe he’s talking about those CrossFit “pull ups” strange form and repetition there
My taekwondo teacher was in his 60s and he could do pullups basically continuesly, i never saw him slow down or struggle, he looked fraile and old but was extremely fit and fast, even his punches looked like he was putting no effort in but would smack the pad straight out of your hand and the shockwave thru your arm was something else. Doing laps around the feild the younger "peak" guys would be ahead for the first few laps, then hed pass them one by one till the whole class had dropped out from fatigue and the "toughest" guys legs were jelly he'd just do another couple laps to show us what to aspire to and not even broken a sweat😒. Incredibly fit man not even for his age, just a machine hidden in a tiny frame.
The only explanation is fasting
Sounds like he had a rare disorder where he doesn't produce lactic acid.....there's people like this, just very very rare....
@@johnnyringo35lol.
My record was 28. I was 23 years old, had a weight vest, newly sober and doing pushups/pull-ups while studying. Took about a year to get 10 reps with an extra 50lbs, 2-3 reps with the full 80lbs. One day I tested @ BW (170) and got 28. I did gymnastic as a kid, was skinny at the time, climbed throughout my teens and have always had great upper body strength. I scoffed at this dude’s 38 the way most people have scoffed at my claim of 28. I’ve seen a dedicated trainer with favorable body proportions get 30. 38, at that size and age…come on bro.
Side note: still have and use that same 80lb x-vest 20 years later. Working my way back up again. I’m at 6 reps with an added 15 lbs, 1 rep with 50lbs added.
This sounds soooo similar to my story, except I’m not to 28 reps yet, I weigh only 155, and im 36, 5 years clean after 12 years of IV drug use and just doing a bunch of calisthenics to gain back some semblance of control in my life that I lost through my own volition, and lack of discipline. (I do have 22 clean dead hang pull ups though, and just got my first muscle up!) also regularly walk 10,000 steps of a 20,000 step day with a 50lb weight vest. Life ain’t great, but it’s getting more tolerable than where it used to be. 🤝
Big congrats on the 5 years!
Nice one mate! Hope you get back up there and smash your record.🤘🏻
Bullshit
If you can do 10 with 50lb added your bw max cant be close to 28
38 pull-ups in a row is a superhuman level of endurance. As a comparison, the USMC fitness standard has a pull-up component and the max score is earned at 20.
I don't agree. look how the gymnast is doing 34 for his birthday or 36, but he is not big(80-90kilo). I'm may 17 but not clean but for two sets but I'm a beginner 84 kilo, 8 sets per training (17,17,8,8,9,9,10,10 for now)my aim 25 clean
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No, it isn't. Lol. fnthata this case, im a superhuman.
No it’s not.. we got guys benching 1,000 pounds but 38 pull-ups of body weight is absurd? David goggins did 4030 pull-ups in 17 hours. You think he was doing 5 at a time😂😂
@@trystanpeeler3375 benching over 1000 lbs one time is a terrible comparison lmfao. If you weigh 150 pounds and do 38 pullups without dropping, you have moved almost 6,000 pounds. While hanging the entire time. Your comparison makes it sound ridiculous when it was intended to make it sound realistic
Most competitive gymnasts in lat middle school/high school can do 38 pullups on command.
Strict, dead hang, GySgt counting your pull-ups? 38 is pretty damn elite. Doable, but elite. I personally watched a buddy in BUD/S prep (he’s a ST6 operator now) bang out 35 absolutely perfect, full ROM, dead hang pull-ups. Were they Dr Mike slow-on-the-negative pull-ups? No. They were efficient, zero kip, chin over the bar, all the way down, quick pause in a dead hang, and back up.
He also made a run at the 24hr pull-up record back in 2008, and came damn close…so once again, elite. These are guys who need incredible PFT scores in order to screen, so it’s something they train almost daily.
If we’re talking just bodybuilders and gym rats who happen to do some pull-ups on back day? Far less likely.
I've seen plenty of peeps online. Perfect from
So what part about your elite buds bud getting 35 has you believing this actor's claim of 38?
Your height, weight, and weight distribution are massive factors in relation to how many pull ups you can do REGARDLESS of you how you train. Alan Ritchson is supposedly like 6'3 230. Someone built like that who doesn't just have a massive upper body and reeds for legs (nearly impossible for that weight), 38 clean, dead hang pulls might literally be world record territory or even beyond it (for that size)... Doubt there is a category for such a thing, but point stands.
Can confirm, watched tons of dudes hit 30s in the Marines. Mike's jelly.
@@TcBalkom shut up no you didn't.
Most companies only have 1 or 2 studs going over the 20 maximum with not all of them being about to get to 30. Then you'll get 2 or 3 more that get to 20 and could prolly get 23 or 24 if a gun were pointed at them, and 1 or 2 who struggle to 20.
Do the exercise to progress, not to impress.
I hear you, but your fitness goals should determine how you approach pull-ups
Makes your reps count before you start counting reps.
@@Xheph if you do it wrong then can't achieve any fitness goal successfully. Only Instagram views. That's not fitness.
Alright. New goal is 38 proper pull-ups consecutively.
Why not 10^26
@@MushookieMan Because 38 seems like a more achievable goal from the 10 I can currently do 😅 I'll aim for 10^26 pull-ups after I can do 38 👍
I did thirty pull ups one time, i usually do ten to twenty then go onto weighted ones, i dont think it would be impossible with gear, but form is likely lacking.
Crossfit Pullups 😂
I refuse to call them pull ups. We should all stop doing that.
Lets call them "Jerkups".
CrossFit “pull ups” 😅
I thought they were called kipping.
"Big ups"
@@deadlifts_steaks. Yeah kipping pull ups. Still has pull ups in it. We should call it kipping jerk ups.
One of the most impressive pull-up displays I saw was when Brian Shaw cranked out seven solid pull-ups. He weighed 430 pounds.
Once at a much younger age and weighing only about 180, I did 27. Fast pull ups, full range but definitely fast paced. Proper form, slower controlled eccentric? Probably cuts that number in half, easily. Fast forward 20 years, 15 lbs heavier and with strict form, I can't get past seven. It's humbling.
Is this guy suggesting 38 proper pull-ups is unrealistic? There are people that can do hundreds! Properly
I have hit 37 at my max, but at that time I was only 132 lbs and had a planche and front lever in the bag.
I can do about 14 clean pull ups and that is my most impressive feat because it took me 3 years to get from 10x3 to 14x3 and I can now rep out 10x3 15kg weighted pull ups. Really one of those exercises that I really cant injure myself and I have a knack of injuring myself.
If you can do 3 sets of 14 than your max must be more.
@@ZlatniPlast Key word is clean reps sir, I can do about 19-22 reps with decent form but with strict form I can only dream to touch those numbers. I really think I have reached my peak with pull-ups in terms of reps, all I can do now is add weight and it doesnt help that I am bulking too so it is insanely more difficult. I recently got a bundle of joy so I really cant afford to be at the gym for 1 1/2 hours so for the 7 past months all I have been spamming is pull ups and squats in my garage and I went from a 150kg to 190kg back squat and my pull ups went from 10x3 weighted 12.5kg pull ups to 15kg...
I do pull ups, (proper form) as one of my main exercises because I love rock climbing and calisthenics. I can do 25 with solid form, there are days I can do over 30. I am however 6’ and only 160lbs. Also extremely low body fat. Pull ups are like any other skill. If you train for them you will progress.
dead hang on each?
david goggins: May I come in.....
When I was in my prime while in the army, I was 220lbs at 5'11 with 6% body fat during cuts and fasting. Admittedly, I was on gear and a couple of other stimulants, but even then I never broke over 35 pull-ups during my entire time in. I had the highest pull-up count in my unit for a while, and with the exception of hitting 35 one time, I could rarely get more than 30. They had to be perfect or they wouldn't count. I could knock out 40-50 half assed pullups without locking out. There's a huge difference between speeding through "pull-ups" with shit form vs actually locking out and doing them right. Out of the guys that gave me the most competition, it was definitely not the massive 6ft4 guys like this dude. The bigger I got on gear, the less pull-ups I could do. I guarantee I never hit over 30 when I was at 220. I was probably in the 185-190 range when I was hitting those higher numbers
And this dude is like +250lbs claiming 38
@@DuBstep115 yeah I would lay a week's pay on a bet that he can't do it at his size. Longer arms make it harder too and he's got really long arms. I would be impressed if he could even do that many with terrible form and not locking out. He's just too big and don't have the body type to have an advantage in pull-ups. Really lean guys like David Goggins, that are really cut but not super heavy, are the best body types to maximize pull-up ability. Even then, David Goggins had to work a lot harder to achieve what he's done than someone smaller with short arms
The most pull ups I never did was 21. And that’s when I was my biggest/strongest (225lbs at 6’4).
I’ve gotten much weaker and lighter (190) and can only do about 10.
So I wouldn’t be surprised if this monster could do 35+
I’ve seen many marines do 30+ with a full dead hang and chin above the bar. I think if you really train for it, 20-30 is pretty doable natural. And some of the secret sauzule in, and 40 is there.
Chin just above the bar is a huge difference than clavicle touching the bar. That last six inches is a killer.
@@GarageDwellerPat when does hitting the clavicle quantify a proper pullup?
@@mattmoudy9836According to Dr. Mike I guess? Almost everyone, including in calisthenics competitions only require chin above the bar.
@@mattmoudy9836 It's the fullest range of motion possible for the exercise. It's the most difficult, builds the most strength and hypertrophy.
@@GarageDwellerPatain't no organizations using that as a standard 🙄
The most pull-ups I've ever done is 44 in the USMC. In the Marine Corps, you have to go from an arms extended dead hang to chin above bar without swinging or kipping.
27, that's it for me. 288 PFT
Bro 44 real ones is crazy. Should be auto 300 pft.
@@milkers7919 I wasn't the strongest runner so my best time was a 20:30. Solid for the average Joe but 18 min 3 mile is fast for anyone
The vicious headshaking shows clear as day he made that number up.
Hearing shit like that is one of the reasons I felt weak for only being able to do 5.
Dr Mike, you're the best, dude. Thanks for what you do.
I do 10 pull-ups at the gym and people come up congratulating me.
😂
Once you go from bro pullups to clean proper pull ups. Its extremely humbling. Went from being able to do 12-15 reps to barely squeaking out a 3rd rep the proper way. Great stuff
Jamie from Joe Rogan Experience be the only one to bust out them 38 pull ups
Oh, I see what you did there… 😂
This is the same thing people say about doing a hundred push ups every day and then you wanna do them along with the guy and he looks like he started having seizures
100 push-ups is much more realistic than 38 pull-ups though.
100 pushups a day usually isn't done in one set of 100 😂 more like 20-30 at a time and adding up to 100 in the day. Or if you're good doing 50 in the morning and 50 at night.
@@ZebraEnt I'm talking specifically of the 100 in one set type guy who claims they started from 20 and added 1 each day up until 100. There is more of them than I'd like
@@ZebraEntlol I did a thousand good pullups in a month. That was a fun month
Pullups at 230lb are much different than pullups at 180lb.
lol I’m 230…. I can only do 4 proper dead hand pull ups 🤣🤣🤣 shit is hard man
@josephcrotty9553 same, 210 here, in very good shape, but after 4 or 5, your muscle just does not listen to you anymore.
@fxlm5906
I'm 230 lbs and natty and can do 60lb weighted pull ups for 10 reps
@@eminencethroughtenacity find somewhere else to stroke your ego.
@fxlm5906 you obviously can't replicate my strength so I guess I when at pull ups
Most people are not David Goggins. The most clean reps I have gotten to without having to take a break is 17 or 18. I can do way more than that with breaks between the sets. And all I do are pull-ups. I'm not in Jack Reacher shape, but I work from home and have a pullup bar in my office. I do 2 workouts, pull-ups/chin-ups, and pushups throughout my day. It helps maintain focus for me. Whenever I start to lose focus, I bust out a few reps until I can't do a clean one, then go back to work. Even though that is what I spend most of my week doing, I can't come close to 38 clean reps in 1 stint.
Most I've done in the Corps was 28 at around 135lbs, nowadays I just do anywhere from 15-20(now at 145lbs) depending on how I feel whenever I decide to do them. Anything above 25 or 30 would suggest a more serious motivation and dedication to keeping those muscles strong along with a consistent diet.
38 is a commendable number.
30-50 is a personal goal of mine but that's not likely to happen unless I train and eat well consistently. I don't personally know anyone who says 25-30 isn't a high number, so be cautious of those who claim to be able to do those numbers cleanly.
@@zoopiecouSure. Post a video and prove you can even do 30.
@@MMACinephile The fact you have no idea how easy 30 is for even an average climber shows me how big of a waste it would be to knock out a measly 30 pull ups on video for a goober with MMA in his name. Cringe.
@@zoopiecou You deleted your comment. What a lame, poorly constructed attempt at trolling on the net. I'd be surprised if you could even do one proper pull-up.
38 at Alan Ritchson's weight would be.. quite a feat even for someone of his strength. He ain't nowhere near 135 lol. The doctor is right to be very skeptical
@@MMACinephileI’m a pretty average guy, definitely above average athleticism though I’ll admit. During the pandemic when gyms were closed I went to the park and did pull ups during my lunch break every day. I could do 30 pull ups. Somebody that weighs 145 lbs and specifically trains for pulling their body weight around could for sure do 30 pull ups.
I weigh 180. I don’t think the guy in the video at like 225 lbs could do 38 pull ups
I was in Afghanistan doing 36 in the Marine Corp. But I was also 140.
You're lean and short. That's pretty much the only type of person that has a chance of doing 40 pullups.
@bradthompson5383 in the Marine Corp is it common for us to get 20 plus with all different builds. The big thing is we use a pull up program to help get everyone to that perfect score on our fitness test. Or at least they did.
@thatVAkidd The difference between 20 and 40 is ENORMOUS. Just like the difference between squatting merely 135 lbs for 20 reps and 40 reps is enormous. Almost anyone can train to squat 135 for 20 reps. I did about 175-185 backsquat for 20 reps. For such large muscle groups doubling the reps isn't only twice as hard. It's an order of magnitude harder.
I can believe a well trained person can reach 20 pullups. But to reach 40 your body needs to be basically perfect. You need to be both super lean and super strong and have ideal body proportions.
If this weren't the case it should be easy to find videos of people with average but well trained physique doing 30-40 pullups with good form. But those videos are literally non-existent. Any such video will feature a lean and relatively small person.
@bradthompson5383
your example is flawed right, doesn't the NFL use bench press to see who can do 225 for the most reps. If you want to increase how much you can lift you have to make that weight easy and change your technique. You can't so a lot of reps with the mindset of controlling the eccentric motion that will tire you out. The form has to be held while conserving as much energy you can.
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Our man Mike has some tips to help.
But again, if you want to see how many you can crank out; don't tire yourself on the eccentric(almost push yourself down=more efficient), go wider than normal (shortens the movement= more efficient), the motion is arms extended with chin passing the top of the bar. You can train to make it harder, but the test needs to be the most efficient form out there. Also the record holder, for most in a minute, was a Marine who wasn't lean. Anyone can get there like Mike says in that video, it's about becoming efficient in the movement.
I nearly choked to death laughing when he said 38 with such a straight face like COME ON 😂
It's clearly sarcasm...
@@adamwohlin8339you know what that word means?
@@maxhatush5918Yup. There's a reason they cut the clip short
I can do 50 not exaggerating either
@@maxhatush5918 Do you know what that word means? Try to respond without editing this time
It's possible to do 38 pullups. I used to be able to do 30 pullups naturally. I stopped making progress around 21. So i started training my shoulders, fore arms, and weighted dead hangs. That made a world of difference.
You dont have to go down slowly for the pullup to count, all that matters is that elbows lock out, and chin goes over the bar
Just because the method is the best for hypertrophy, doesent mean no other method is correct, training for strength exists
Except if you're deviating on form.. you're not really getting good strength gains, either. Sure, if you're just going for numbers, go as fast as you can. It's just that most people deviate from form when they do that. If your lower body moves (or really anything other than your arms) it doesn't count.
I personally prefer to bring the bar to my chest, instead, as well. But I rock climb, so having that strength through the full ROM is important.
Your very last sentence contradicted everything else in your statement. You just wanna do 💩 pull-ups and feel validated lol
Your last sentence contradicted everything else you said lol you just wanna be validated for doing* partial reps.
@@donovanmccoy6833 You're missing the point entirely. You might as well say that someone cuts short a race track, because he's not getting maximum neck gains.
When we're talking about the max pull ups someone can do, that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with what kind of movement is good for aquiring muscle or strength.
It takes momentum out of it and reduces the chances of kipping.
I’ve been lifting for about 15 years and I weigh about 160 lbs. I do weighted pull ups almost every time I do my back to keep the rep range down to around 10. If I do them unweighted without any prior exhaustion, I can do about 30-32 going to absolute failure.
See, this is a believable claim.
It's very strange. When I was a teenager, my dad and I trained pullups.
I maxed at about 22 before I stopped training.
He (about 45 years old, with many old injuries) could do 30.
I think the form requirements Mike thinks are so important just increase the hang time.
But we could both hang for 2 minutes, and a rep should only take 2 seconds until you're close to failure.
Yea, bodyweight to strength ratio is a big one, im in ok shape and can do 12 strict pull ups, i also weigh about 160
with perfect form you are bordering on elite level which is impressive. Although it might be worth actually trying a max set, not because you arent very strong and light but just because pushing pullups over 30 requires a fair amount of endurance which is kinda hard to get without training specifically for it.
@@MrCmon11315 years lifting and 160 lbs ? Somebody drug test this man
When I was 22 yrs old in Marine Corp bootcamp, I did 34 dead hang pull ups until my DI told me to stop and save my energy for the 3 mile run. I am almost 54 now and can still do 20 dead hangs no problem.
look up gero arias he is in a challenge for doing one more pull up each day until que finishes the year. He is in day 180
Listen here "Dr."Mike! I see the cross fitters doing 100 (pullups) bar flops, fish flops, etc. Now try to quantify that!
"What's your personal record?"
"Avogadro's number."
This episode had me dying god damn.. great topics, great convo, great humour
what was the full episode? I am trying to find it but cant
Have been exercising for over two years now, the best i can do properly was three, four on a good day.
Arm lock-out is a must. There is a massive difference between the lock-out and just before.
Edit: And kipping up obviously does not count as strict.
Also there is a big difference between slow controlled pullups and pushups and doing momentum style ,..which most people do .in fact even with weight training...every movement should be controlled and full range of motion...unless your purposely doing partials
Indeed.
I can't understand how you say its impossible. There are calisthenics guys like Andrey Isypov that do for example 105 pullups with perfect form and with a pause between each rep (ua-cam.com/video/GECFxAq9CBY/v-deo.htmlsi=jJFxYEmhwQcaxBj9). And many others like Max True, Javi Ales, etc. They train for that and are the best in doing an incredible amount of reps in a row. Their competitions are out of this world like the Max True vs Javi Ales. Pure calisthenics resistance training.
I think it's because he is so big that he couldn't imagine anyone that heavy doing that many. When I was 170 lbs (shredded), I used to do multiple sets of 20 full ROM pull-ups with good form, and my max was probably 30+. So, I definitely don't think it's impossible for someone to do 38. It is very rare, though, as I don't think I ever saw anyone do as many as me in person, although I have seen people do more in online calisthenics/climbing/gymnastics videos.
People just be talking to hear their own opinions sometimes.
Guess it's tough to research everything you say when you're putting content out constantly.
@@DavidLoveOfficial he does consider the possibility that it could happen in the video didn't he? Its just very small chance and not many individuals who could pull that off
I didn't hear him say that it's impossible.
I did hear him say that it's something only elite athletes would be able to do.
@@sebfox2194 Yep. Pullups and chins are much easier at a light, lean weight.
How many bulked up rock climbers do you see?
Everyone relax! He is talking about CrossFit pullups......lmfao!
When I was about 16 and in high school, I lifted weights but was skinny as hell, weighing about 145 pounds. One day during gym class I was talking to a friend while the gym teacher was talking. He got pissed and had me come up to the front of the class and told me to do 20 pull ups. I got on the bar, pumped them out, and sat back down. The teacher just stood there and didn't say anything. I could have done 40 easily back then.
CrossFit propably, so more like 38 swings
i mean, thts how actual athletes do it, contrary to popular belief, u will benefit doing kipping pullups in 99% of sports
@@eddyededwin Rippsche Sauerkraut und n Äpplewoi
@@eddyededwinI found it, the dumbest comment on the internet.
@@spuzzdawg look at how swimmers or rowers do pullups. in almost all sports ur trying to generate the most power, but bodybuilders think everyone wants to do pullups for hypertrophy lol.
@@eddyededwinthats one of the most insane idiotic responses I had the misfortune to ever read
For U.S. Special Forces selection, 20 pullups or more is considered an A++ score
And you can bounce up and down, they don't pay attention to proper form, as long as your chin goes above the bar they count it.
20-23 (based on age) is the A+ score for enlisted Marines on the annual test. I'd say 20 is not too crazy. Not easy but not crazy
@@cooljp1531this is not true though, you can absolutely get your reps disqualified if they're cheaty
@@fallingman8470 You don't have to descend slowly, you can just drop down, that will give you at least 6,7 extra reps
@@cooljp1531 if I'm doing pull ups for hypertrophy I will control the whole rep more strictly than the test requires. I would seriously struggle to get 20 that way. On the test though, you're naturally incentivised to do the fastest rep you can that will still count. I'm just saying I think it's a reasonable standard. The sit ups on the other hand are being counted by you and your buddy, not the guy with the clipboard, so the unspoken rule is that you both did over 100 unless one of you is bad enough at them that that's too much of a stretch.
I know it’s possible because I did over 40 when I was stationed in the Philippines. The only problem was my 3 mile runtime dropped drastically from 18 minutes to like 20. Oh and underhand pull-up grips to me are equivalent to pushups on your knees so I’ve never done them that way. BTW I was 21 years old 5-6, 175lbs when I was doing 40 plus pull up reps in one set and getting those 20minute 3 mile runs, and was 19 when I was easily getting 25 pull-ups with an 18 minute 3 mile run. Oh and you’re right about the complete range of motion with that many reps, you absolutely have to explode at the beginning of each rep to eliminate what I think is called a kip. You can Kip from the floor onto your feet, but I think it’s also called a kip when momentum is used to swing your body up like a C shape.
Pull ups is one of the best examples I can think of when people try to argue that leverage doesn't matter. Find a 5'4" ripped dude and a 6'4" skinny dude of similar weight (yes, they exist) the short dude is moving a fraction of the distance with better leverage. Much more reasonable to believe 38 good pull-ups.
David Goggins (*secretly laughing in the background)😏
"THEY DON'T KNOW ME SON!!!"
Never did 38 at once his world record was an endurance test over 8 hours
He'd do them 10 at a time for a full day
He's also exceptionally lean.
Came to say this
"Who's gonna carry the boats!" 😂
Okay, so Mike has just shattered my dream of achieving 100+ pullups through sheer progressive overload in my lifetime. 😮 I didn't know it was that difficult to reach even the 30s and 40s.
depending on your size, you probably could be able to break into 30’s but prob not hundreds lol. it’s not rly that 38 pull-ups is impossible, it’s just that the type of guy who talks abt pull-ups like this, usually has terrible form.
@@FrogGuy-tt1wq that "depending on your size" is carrying way too much for its size for you to not clarify
i know untrained women at 60-80 lb that can do 10+ low-momentum muscle-ups
my ass at 400+ can barely get 2 without abusing momentum and the training i had to do to just get that far made me consider whether gear was worth it (it is not).
you can definitely achieve a hundred pull-ups through progressive overload, it will take a few years and it's unlikely you'll reach it if you weight over 70kg.
@@angrydragonslayer >i know untrained women at 60-80 lb that can do 10+ low-momentum muscle-ups
I know untrained children that can fly and spit fire.
@@MrCmon113 evil lil buggers
I busted 3 nuts and 50 pull-ups while watching this video.
I busted 1 more dense and thorough nut then your 3 nuts combined in this short clip😮
When I was in the Army, I spent 8 months specifically training pull-ups as one of my primary training goals.
I weighed about the same as Ritchison, in the 230-240 range, and was juiced up the same as he is.
I maxed out at 19 reps to standard after 8 months of specific, targeted training, and that was 100% effort to failure.
I don't buy for a minute that he was banging out sets of 30 whenever he felt like it.
Pull-ups are f*cking hard as sh*t for dudes that weigh 240.
The world record for “clean pull ups” strait is 76.
the fk it is
He also has a 16" 🐓
how do you know🤨
Who doesn't?!
A 16-inch rooster. What is quantifiable on the rooster by 16 inches?😂 wingspan, length, height.
@@johnsoutherland3403 Girth
@@nicholas2113 dear god
38 isn't unbelievable. In the Marine Corps, you'd often see many Marines easily crank out 20 from full lock out (this was required to count as a full rep) as part of our annual fitness test. 20 was the max you needed for a top score. Sure, you had some individuals get away with not fully locking out, but more times than not, you saw the correct form. I personally witnessed some hit the 40s with full lock out.
And how many of those Marines were at 230lbs body weight?
@@roamanxo5882they don’t need to be….
@@roamanxo5882you’d see it occasionally, I personally have seen a tank of a man like that hit 42 in front of my eyes and he definitely still has some in the tank
This dude always been stacked wouldnt be surprised one bit to see him crank out a big set
Thats what i think if i hear this crazy high numbers. If we talk about near to perfect form, rom and technique, than it isn’t realistic for 99%
This faster calisthenic like push ups thats known from the prisoners, yeah of course thats possible, but the first mentioned would be over 3 minutes work minimum
38 pull ups is definitely achievable. In a strict format too (military style - Royal Marines have the strictest pull up, press up and sit up technique). I've personally bested 20+ without it being a particular goal. HAVING SAID THAT: I was 70kg, built for a combination of speed, power and endurance at the time. 15 strict reps is my max (maximum interest anyway) at 85kg+
Thanks for the ninja shout out, I can promise you there are some ninjas that can do 38 clean pull ups. I was at 18-19 CLEAN pullups at my best and I'm just mid among ninjas
As a former marine, i was able to do 26 complete pull-ups (from dead hang to chin above the bar without swinging). I weighed about 180 lbs. For most marines this was fairly impressive, but i witnessed a former gymnast do 68 pull-ups during bootcamp after telling the drill instructor he could break anyones record. The current non-stop-complete pull-up without rest record is 105. The record with rested hang between is 651.
I did 29 as a freshman in high school at 143 pounds
But I was on a routine that took 6 months to get there
I learned it from my wrestling coach who was in the navy and learned it from some famous marine who has videos of people on UA-cam. I woke up every morning for six months and
Did a set of as many pushups as I could one set and same with pull ups
You add a push up a day and a pull up a week
6 months later I hit 29 pull ups and 175 pushups and said forget this and started hitting the gym 6 days a week 😁
By my senior year I weight 175 in the fall and could only do 23
Legend says Jack la lanne once did 900 dips but who knows
He was a freak of nature though
David goggins enters the chat: 😈
Not real pull ups though.
Goggins does the worst pull ups ever.
@@carlosrobles5591the worst pullups EVER???
@@Holykrauthe literally used to hold the record for most in 24 hours...
@@xsydor26so. The records was in 24 hours. Did you expect him to never stop?
Back in Marine Corps Basic, I watched a guy do 40 dead hang pullups during the pft. He was a personal trainer before enlisting.
I have 36 on my record. No point in training for that. Waste of time and energy, and also it keeps a lot of stress in the upper body. Looking good and fit for nothing, it was. And as you stop doing pullups the number just drops like you never were there.
I enjoy watching how u call out many idiots out there! 😅😅
I did 28 pull-ups after bouldering almost every single day for a year. My friend an ex-gymnist busted out 40 and set a firefighting record. He only worked out for 2 months. These pull-ups were counted by a wildland firefighting crew chief in front of a crowd. It's possible. My friend set records everywhere he went, he is a freak.
How heavy is your friend? Reacher is like 240 lbs lol no one that size is breaking 40 pull ups
@ciarangrimes7912 ok yea thats true. My friend was a short guy at probably 170-180
I could do 37 perfect pull ups. I started in 2006 it took till about 2012 before I hit 30 with no sway. My only goal was to do more than any MARINE I encountered. No way I could've gotten there in one year
A friend of mine did 45 pull-ups when he was a freshman. The dude used to be an amateur boxer. ~5'9 and ~170-180 lbs