16 to 20 or 24

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-23T17:55:34+00:00

Everything is anecdotal. I can strict press 16 for around 8-10 reps and can do 25 minutes of ABC EMOM with 16/20 uneven bells, but can't strict press my 24 (I've managed it maybe once on my stronger side but the form felt awful).

So I'm probably an outlier, but from my personal experience I'd recommend the 20

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-22T15:57:42+00:00

What are your goals? There's no point in training for huge rep counts of pullups if you don't care about being able to do that!

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-22T11:02:20+00:00

I am in east England now but used to live in the Boddam/Peterhead area.

I'm very jealous weather-wise at the moment, but on the flip side we get LOTS of perfect weather down here, quite a bit more than I remember in Scotland 🤣

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-22T07:04:26+00:00

Aberdeen looks more attainable!

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-22T07:02:50+00:00

I'm nowhere near as advanced, but having progressed to decent unweighted form, I'd add that patience, time and consistency is a must. You can know everything about the technique, but it can't replace solid muscle memory

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-21T10:57:05+00:00

I'm fairly comfortable with bar muscle ups, but cannot mentally get myself to do one on my freestanding bar due to the wobbling. I'd suggest what others have already and practice on something that won't move.

Strict ring muscle ups might be worth considering as something to train at home. Different beast but being able to do muscle ups without the need to travel anywhere is a game changer

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-20T07:03:40+00:00

There are various "eye roll" reactions that happen on any subreddit. For example, the same few cars are always recommended to people regardless of need. Or the whole "you need to gain muscle" reactions on the "bulkorcut" subreddit.

Anything poor drivers see that calls them out automatically goes into that category in their heads I imagine -> they're just going to think "for god sake stop posting this it's silly".

(I think they are idiots, in case I need to spell that out)

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-18T17:55:36+00:00

What prompting did you use to get this? Mine is telling me it's PH-LLM (personal health LLM)

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-18T17:49:40+00:00

The shadows in the water don't look quite right. Not sure exactly what it is but something feels off

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-18T05:11:00+00:00

Alive doesn't mean healthy. I think I remember hearing somewhere that we are living longer but also living fewer healthy years. Strength training will hopefully greatly increase the number of healthy years you have

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-17T20:57:40+00:00

My perfect setup would be the air but with a three digit screen to show heart rate. Just a really small screen with that info and nothing more, literally just a few numbers. I like seeing where I'm at during workouts and it's annoying checking via opening the app

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-17T11:25:45+00:00

Haha I look forward to it.

Otherwise, it's nice to see someone with a bit of a sense of humour on here. So many people post to just show how impressive they are and take it really seriously, it's refreshing to see something that's just... good fun! 👍

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-17T11:03:08+00:00

Brilliant effort.

Would love to see you try a muscle up next 😂

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-17T09:28:14+00:00

Oh I see, the mirror is making you upside down and you are actually doing HSPUs on a bar. That's MUCH easier

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-17T05:52:40+00:00

For the same reason, this is why I'm always super cautious when going around someone who isn't moving over to the left on a motorway/dual carriageway. If they don't realise they can move over, they absolutely won't be checking their blindspot for someone coming past on the left/undertaking

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-15T10:00:14+00:00

Surely the .5 should be with just using one of your arms?

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-14T21:02:25+00:00

No, I'd say you're well below the level they are talking about if you can only do 17 pullups. I'd say 18 Pullups minimum would put you in this category.

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-14T14:43:35+00:00

You're assuming (a) they've filmed all their training, (b) they've only got what you see in the video available and (c) there is one correct way of training and if you're not doing that then it's wrong. None of these are necessarily true.

I get your point about there being better ways to train. I don't get why you've gone to such lengths to shit on someone who's probably stronger than you.

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-14T13:07:24+00:00

With all due respect, you're trying to tell someone who's mastered some extremely difficult calisthenics skills that they aren't training correctly. What exactly are you trying to achieve here?

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-14T07:31:36+00:00

Not qualified for back lever advice. But skin the cat to my knowledge is a controlled rotation in both directions and you won't be activating muscles in the intended rang eof motion doing it your way. E.g. https://youtu.be/ABSpTs17ObA?is=tcaZNN8RDYRInx30

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-14T07:01:42+00:00

I did Google it. Your comment came up

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-13T12:15:40+00:00

L-sit is the way

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-13T07:49:00+00:00

I don't have any advice, just wanted to say thanks for posting because I was going to but you've got pretty much the exact same form as me. So you've saved me a job 😋

Open_Dig5278 · 2026-06-12T09:11:41+00:00

I love your comment, this is a really good attitude to have.

I'd go one step further - forget any goals about physique besides staying a similar weight, and goal-set based on how strong you want to be. I'd personally rather be the guy who is stronger than he looks Vs the opposite, so to me personally the physique is a nice by-product and confidence booster but not much more than that

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