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How To Of The Day: Do More Than One Stinking Pull-up

September 30, 2015July 14, 2015 gags

Want to be able to do more than one pull-up. Follow this routine and you’ll be doing multiple sets of ten pull-ups in no-time flat.

Pull-ups are a great exercise for building upper body strength, but they’re also really hard to do if you’re not already used to doing them. If you’re not able to do more than one pull-up already, this video will show you how.

The video, from The Art of Manliness, gives you an easy routine to follow. If you can’t pull off a single full pull-up, the video suggests starting from the raised position and slowly lowering yourself, in a “reverse pull-up” motion. Once you’ve managed to work your way up to a single pull-up, the video suggests the following routine over time to increase your reps:

Week 1: Twice a week, do 12 sets of 1 pull-up with a 45 second break in between each set.

Week 2: Twice a week, do 6 sets of 2 pull-ups with a 45 second break between each set.

Week 3: Twice a week, do 4 sets of 4 pull-ups with a 45 second break between each set.

Week 4: Twice a week, do 3 sets of 6 pull-ups with a 45 second break between each set.

Week 5: Twice a week, do 5 sets of 10 pull-ups with a 45 second break between each set.

If you feel like you can’t handle the pull-ups at any point during this regiment, dial it back and start from an easier step. Over time this should help you build your upper body strength and make it easier to do more pull-ups.

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Man Does 4210 Pull-ups In One Day

October 18, 2014March 17, 2020 gags

Caine Eckstein broke not one but two Guinness World Records doing 4210 pull-ups in 12 hours.The previous record within 12 hours was 4,024 pull-ups; 24 hours was 4,182.

The Australian Ironman and five time winner of the gruelling Coolangatta Gold challenge broke the record on the Today show.

Caine Eckstein is an Australian Ironman champion and a Guinness World Record holder. Recently, on the set of the Today show, he completed 4,210 pull-ups in 12 hours. This secured for him the record for the greatest number of pull-ups in both 12 and 24 hours.

To perform this incredible feat, Eckstein did 6 pull-ups every minute for the first 10 hours of his attempt, then 5 pull-ups every minute for the last 2 hours.

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Most Consecutive Pinky Pullups

September 19, 2014September 18, 2014 gags

Indian weightlifting champion Maibam Itomba Meitei trained for 14 Years to set the World Record for the most pinky pullups. He managed to perform 16 consecutive pull-ups using only his pinkies on March 15th, 2014.

Indian weightlifting champion Maibam Itomba Meitei probably has the strongest pinky fingers in the world. The 26-year-old from Imphal city in the state of Manipur recently set the Guinness World Record for the most number of ‘pinky pull ups’ – he used his little fingers to pull his chin above the bar 16 consecutive times in 30 seconds.

Maibam broke the world record previously set by an American weight lifter, who was able to do only 16 pull ups in one minute. He completed the stunning feat quite comfortably during an event organised at the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy. The audience, consisting of several local politicians, was left speechless by Maibam’s display of sheer strength.

A specially designed iron bar was used for the performance – it had two small hooks for Maibam to insert his two little fingers. Once he laced his pinkies through the hooks, he was able to lift his body (weighing 51 kilograms) up with tremendous ease, bringing his chin all the way over to the bar.

To perform such an unimaginably tough task, Maibam went through several years of rigorous training. He has been perfecting his pinky pull-ups techniques for 14 years, with the specific goal of setting the world record. He also mentioned that during practice, he was actually able to do 28 pull ups in a minute. He wanted to do 30 on the day of the official performance, but he had to stop after only 16 pull ups in 30.906 seconds.

This was because of a serious glitch that occurred during his performance. His left little finger got stuck in a sharp edge and he began to bleed. But nothing stopped the strong young man from reaching his goal – and he eventually succeeded in breaking the record.

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