How to Muscle-Up

Bigger Stronger Leaner
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Hey guys,

I recently posted a video tutorial on how to handstand. I thought I would post another I made on how to muscle-up (MU) on the rings. The MU on the rings requires a lot more strength than the MU on a bar (relying a lot more on momentum). That being said, it can act as a great muscle building exercise for the upper-body.

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Thanks, excellent and informative.

I enjoyed the emphasis on the transition. The transition phase really needs to be drilled over and over by all seeking mastery of the muscle up.

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Very nice tutorial and really solid Muscle-Up technique. So refreshing to see someone actually do a video on a strict, smooth, full ROM MU. So many videos of sloppy kipped MU’s on youtube.

Interested that you feel the bar MU is easier though. Maybe a kipped or power variation, but I was always under the impression that a slow, strict bar MU was more difficult that a slow strict (narrow grip) ring MU.

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Impressive and informative!

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[quote]Sentoguy wrote:
Very nice tutorial and really solid Muscle-Up technique. So refreshing to see someone actually do a video on a strict, smooth, full ROM MU. So many videos of sloppy kipped MU’s on youtube.

Interested that you feel the bar MU is easier though. Maybe a kipped or power variation, but I was always under the impression that a slow, strict bar MU was more difficult that a slow strict (narrow grip) ring MU.[/quote]

I’ll chime in by relaying my experience with the strict version on the bar vs. rings.

Assuming you are using a false grip for the strict bar MU (as with the rings), then the variation which will be more difficult is the one you don’t practice (due to a lack of movement-specific neural efficiency).

With the bar, you push away from it (it won’t move obviously) and guide your body around a fixed object (bar).

With rings, I found that this “push away pattern” wasn’t as efficient (rings move away).On the other hand, not having to maneuver around a fixed object allows you to keep your mass centered between the points (rings) of force transmission.

One easier or harder than the other? I would say they are different and proficiency in one doesn’t equate to instant proficiency in the other.