I Tried 100 Levels of Pull-Ups (Easy to Impossible) — Transcript

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1. 0:00These are 100 levels of pull-ups.
2. 0:01Starting from a level that almost anyone
3. 0:03can perform, working yourself up to
4. 0:05level 100, which is almost impossible
5. 0:07even for me as a calisthenics world
6. 0:09champion. I trained pull-ups for over 9
7. 0:11years and some of these exercises I've
8. 0:13actually never even tried and some I
9. 0:15have tried but failed. Let's start with
10. 0:17the easiest one though that I know that
11. 0:18I can perform and most likely you as
12. 0:20well. This would be level five and that
13. 0:22is the Australian pull-ups, both feet in
14. 0:25the ground, pull yourself up and back
15. 0:27down. If you want to make it harder, we
16. 0:28can do here. Still a slightly easier
17. 0:30variation that sets the foundation for
18. 0:32all other pulling exercises. Let's move
19. 0:34on to level 10. This one is banded
20. 0:36pull-ups. This sets the foundation for
21. 0:39normal pull-ups and also great way to
22. 0:41progressively increase the tension by
23. 0:43getting a lighter and lighter resistance
24. 0:45band. So, of course depending on how
25. 0:46thick the band is, the easier it's going
26. 0:47to be.
27. 0:49This one we also got. Level 10, check.
28. 0:52For level 15, we're taking away the
29. 0:54resistance band. It's time to work with
30. 0:55only body weight. This is the negative
31. 0:57pull-ups. We start as high as possible
32. 0:59and then we try to sink down with
33. 1:01control. This one I've also got in the
34. 1:03bag and maybe you as well. Let's move on
35. 1:05to level 20. For level 20, we have the
36. 1:08actual strict pull-up and according to
37. 1:10street lifting rules, the chin need to
38. 1:12be higher than the bar height. So, we'll
39. 1:14pull yourself up, chin over and then
40. 1:17come back down. It doesn't need to be in
41. 1:18front of the bar but the height is the
42. 1:20most important part. This one we also
43. 1:22got. Maybe you're still with me. Let's
44. 1:23go to level 25. As you can see, the
45. 1:25difficulty is stepping up pretty fast
46. 1:27and now we're moving on to chest to bar
47. 1:29pull-ups. Basically the normal pull-up
48. 1:31but with a lot more height so that we
49. 1:34touch the chest.
50. 1:36More difficult, more range of motion but
51. 1:39I got it. Maybe you too. Let's go to
52. 1:41level 30. Let's step it up even further.
53. 1:44I know some people have very strong arms
54. 1:46making pull-up grip a bit easier and we
55. 1:48don't use the back as much but now we're
56. 1:50going to do the wide pull-up. This would
57. 1:52be level 30. This one definitely more
58. 1:54back and we can't really utilize as much
59. 1:56arms as before. This one we still got.
60. 1:59Let's move on to level 35. Level 35
61. 2:02we're incorporating some core
62. 2:03compression as well. We're doing the
63. 2:05L-sit pull-up. You can choose the grip
64. 2:07if you want chin-up or pull-up grip, but
65. 2:09then we have the L-sit and then keep
66. 2:11that L-sit as we're getting the pull-up
67. 2:14height. Slightly harder, but still
68. 2:16manageable. Let's move on to level 40.
69. 2:18If you thought the previous one was too
70. 2:19easy, well, this one is going to be
71. 2:21harder. We have archer pull-up. This
72. 2:23puts way more pressure on one arm making
73. 2:26it significantly harder. So, we'll grab
74. 2:28a slightly wider grip and then we're now
75. 2:30pulling to one side
76. 2:33coming back down. And then I'm pushing
77. 2:35with that other arm. Still got it. Let's
78. 2:37move on to level 45. Level 45 we have
79. 2:40explosive pull-ups. For this you
80. 2:42preferably want a bit higher distance to
81. 2:44the ceiling. I'm slightly limited there,
82. 2:46but we're still going to get it
83. 2:47explosive. I might hit the roof, but who
84. 2:49cares? So, we go down and then we pull
85. 2:52up.
86. 2:55We're good. Let's move on. 45-50.
87. 2:58>> [snorts]
88. 2:58>> Level 50, we're pulling up this bad boy.
89. 3:01Maybe you know what it is, maybe not.
90. 3:02This is the belt where we can add
91. 3:04external weight to our pulling. And for
92. 3:06level 50 we're adding 40 kg. Weighted
93. 3:08calisthenics is for sure a banger
94. 3:10whenever you want to progress in
95. 3:12strength cuz it's so freaking easy to
96. 3:15incorporate progressive overload. As you
97. 3:16get stronger, you just increase the
98. 3:18weight and you have a clear tracking of
99. 3:20are you getting stronger or not. Very
100. 3:22good. So, as soon as you can do more
101. 3:24than 10 bodyweight reps, I strongly
102. 3:25recommend adding some light weight so
103. 3:27that you keep pushing yourself and not
104. 3:29only working on increasing the amount of
105. 3:31reps, but also increasing the the weight
106. 3:33underneath. Now, let's do the actual
107. 3:34challenge. One pull-up with 40 kg. Dead
108. 3:37hang.
109. 3:39Cool. Manageable. But trust me, it's
110. 3:41going to get much, much heavier as we
111. 3:43increase in levels. We're just halfway.
112. 3:45Let's move on to level 55. If you
113. 3:47thought the archer pull-up was a bit too
114. 3:49easy, let me give you a challenge that
115. 3:51is a bit similar to it. It's called a
116. 3:53typewriter pull-ups. This is the level
117. 3:5655. We basically do the archer pull-up,
118. 3:59but then we need to keep that height as
119. 4:01we move on to the other side. Check from
120. 4:04my side, but let me know if this is
121. 4:05something you also can do. You might see
122. 4:07the band and think, "Should we do banded
123. 4:08pull-ups again?" And yes, we are. But
124. 4:10this time we're eliminating an entire
125. 4:12arm. We're doing it one-arm banded
126. 4:14pull-up. A great setup for this is to
127. 4:16fasten a resistance band in front of
128. 4:18you. But instead of fastening the band
129. 4:20in the foot, we actually put it on the
130. 4:22side of the thigh. It actually looks
131. 4:24more comfortable than it is. It's not in
132. 4:26the center, it's on the side. Trust me.
133. 4:27And then if we have it on the right
134. 4:29side, we want to take the left arm then,
135. 4:31so that we pull diagonally. And this
136. 4:33will mimic the trajectory of the one-arm
137. 4:35pull-up much better. So, we grab the
138. 4:37band here or the bar, and then
139. 4:40we pull up. And then if you want to
140. 4:41change to the other arm, we can do it
141. 4:44like this.
142. 4:47Let's go. Time to move on to level 65.
143. 4:49Honestly, a personal favorite of mine.
144. 4:52We have front lever pull-ups. This for
145. 4:54sure is a progression that you won't
146. 4:56necessarily just get because you can do
147. 4:59the previous exercises. But if you can
148. 5:01do the previous exercises, you will have
149. 5:02a pretty good pulling strength. And then
150. 5:04if you can combine that with more
151. 5:05positioning, training different
152. 5:07progressions for the front lever, you
153. 5:08can definitely accumulate this with some
154. 5:10time. So, let's see if I still got it.
155. 5:11One front lever pull-up. Go underneath,
156. 5:14get the false grip.
157. 5:16Pow.
158. 5:17Touch the bar, full lock out. We got it.
159. 5:20Let's move on to level 70. You could
160. 5:21probably see on my assisted one-arm
161. 5:24pull-up that I was actually struggling a
162. 5:25bit. I tried to keep the poker face, but
163. 5:27wasn't the best of doing so. But the
164. 5:29truth is also that one-arm pull-up isn't
165. 5:31my absolute strength. I might be strong
166. 5:33in pulling in general, strong in
167. 5:34weighted, but one-arm pull-up, pretty
168. 5:36tough. I'm also 92 kg. May- maybe that's
169. 5:38why. But don't want to say any excuses.
170. 5:39But next up, we have one-arm pull-up.
171. 5:42Let's see if I can do it.
172. 5:44Think right arm is strongest. Let's go.
173. 5:49The thing that's full range. I know that
174. 5:51there's another variation of this coming
175. 5:53up. So, I'm not going to do it on the
176. 5:54left arm. I want to save it, but let's
177. 5:56check that one. We have even heavier
178. 5:57things to come, so let's move on. Level
179. 5:59eight. It is time for another weighted
180. 6:01one. Probably guessed it by the weight
181. 6:03I'm holding. It's 60 kg pull-ups. Let's
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196. 6:30Now, time for 60 kg rep. Dead hang.
197. 6:37We got it. Definitely heavy, but doable.
198. 6:39Let's move on to the next one. This one
199. 6:40I know is going to be even tougher,
200. 6:42unfortunately. We have another one, the
201. 6:44final one-arm pull-up variation, which
202. 6:47I'm thankful for. But, I'm not sure I'll
203. 6:48be able to make this one. It is pretty
204. 6:50damn insane. It is one-arm L-sit
205. 6:53chin-up. This grip
206. 6:55pull-up here, hold the L-sit. It's
207. 6:57tough. The reason we do chin-up is
208. 6:58because of the rotation. It's going to
209. 7:00be pretty hard to do a one-arm pull-up
210. 7:02here. So, if you want to do the L-sit,
211. 7:04get up here, much easier with a chin-up
212. 7:06grip physic-wise. Let's give it a go.
213. 7:08Start in a dead hang.
214. 7:17Not fully.
215. 7:18I don't know why, but I feel like a
216. 7:20climber. I feel like all climbers do the
217. 7:22L-sit. It's tough. It's insanely tough.
218. 7:24Let's give it a go on the the arm that
219. 7:26I've rested.
220. 7:31>> [snorts]
221. 7:31>> Not even close on that one. Insane. Damn
222. 7:34it. So, I failed on this one. But, like
223. 7:36I said, I never train one-arm pull-up. I
224. 7:38don't like it, or I'm just bad at it,
225. 7:40honestly. That's the truth. So, let's
226. 7:41move on to the other things. I might
227. 7:43still be able to do more levels, just
228. 7:45not this one. Comment down below if you
229. 7:46got this one because that's pretty
230. 7:48insane. You have my respect. We're back
231. 7:50with some weights. But, now you probably
232. 7:52look at the belt and see it's only two
233. 7:53plates. That's 40 kg. It's less than we
234. 7:55did before. That's true because we're
235. 7:57doing a twist to it. Level 85 is
236. 7:59weighted archer pull-ups. Insanely
237. 8:01heavy, but it's also one hell of a good
238. 8:03skill to progress towards the one-arm
239. 8:06pull-up as well. You get more load on
240. 8:07one arm, and then you progressively
241. 8:09increase that. And once again, easy to
242. 8:11incorporate for your overall load. But,
243. 8:12let's see if we can have this one. 40 kg
244. 8:15heavy.
245. 8:20Maybe. Almost. I am not the one behind
246. 8:23the camera that can see the angles and
247. 8:24stuff, but maybe. Please.
248. 8:27Valid? Yes.
249. 8:29Yes. Yes.
250. 8:30We got it. Let's move on to the next
251. 8:32one. This is one hell of a tough one,
252. 8:34but then again, the rules are to get the
253. 8:35height and not necessarily in front of
254. 8:37the bar. So, I'll take it. I'll take it.
255. 8:39Time for level 90. We have the dip bar
256. 8:42once again. We're going to do wide front
257. 8:44lever pull-up. I'm going to go as wide
258. 8:46as I can on a dip bar. Preferably, you
259. 8:48want to have a slightly wider bar just
260. 8:50for this specific thing, but the dip bar
261. 8:52is convenient for my home gym, so that's
262. 8:53why I have it. So, I'll go as wide as
263. 8:55possible. Definitely much wider than I
264. 8:56usually do. I'll see if I still can get
265. 8:58a full range of motion pull-up.
266. 9:01>> [sighs]
267. 9:01>> False grip.
268. 9:05Pretty much. Definitely touch, but then
269. 9:07again, on paper, I think we should be a
270. 9:09little bit wider, and I would be
271. 9:11struggling at that point. But, I'll
272. 9:12check this one off and move on to level
273. 9:1495. The last two are insane. Like,
274. 9:17absolutely nuts. Level 95. This is
275. 9:20insane. We're up at 90 kg in pull-up.
276. 9:24And I have actually done 100 kg in the
277. 9:27past, but that's for the chin-up grip.
278. 9:28Chin-up is actually the one I train, and
279. 9:30in competition, you are allowed to do
280. 9:32both. I've always been the strongest in
281. 9:34the actual chin-up grip, so So, why I've
282. 9:36trained it mostly. So, we're going to
283. 9:37see the pull up. This one is slightly
284. 9:39more prestige, I would say, if you're
285. 9:40strong in this grip. Let's go. This is a
286. 9:42PR for me in the the pull up grip after
287. 9:45doing all the other ones as well. This
288. 9:46is no Photoshop or something. I've
289. 9:48actually done everything now in a pretty
290. 9:50short amount of time. Let's go. Not an
291. 9:51excuse, but it's going to be even more
292. 9:53epic when I actually succeed now.
293. 10:02It is heavy. It It is really heavy and
294. 10:05uh
295. 10:06it would benefit me to to practice the
296. 10:08pull up grip a bit more. I'm not sure
297. 10:10that's a valid one, honestly, and uh I
298. 10:12didn't know if I was going to be able to
299. 10:14do it, either, cuz I so rarely train
300. 10:16weighted pull ups now with this grip and
301. 10:18you really want to get to use to
302. 10:19accumulating that height as well. So,
303. 10:21yeah, I will take it. Even if I even if
304. 10:23I don't succeed, I'm very happy with the
305. 10:24attempt and I roughly know my level. I
306. 10:27will still have one more, level 100.
307. 10:29You're not ready for this one. Let's
308. 10:30jump straight to it. Level 100. What the
309. 10:33freak is that? Well, let me tell you,
310. 10:35one arm front lever pull up. Insane.
311. 10:38Actually, a few people in the world that
312. 10:40can do it. I I'm not one of them until
313. 10:43like right now, because I've never tried
314. 10:45it. And I've never tried it because it
315. 10:46looks so freaking hard. But, uh that's
316. 10:48also why it's ranked the 100 level. So,
317. 10:50let's give it a go. We have nothing to
318. 10:52lose. I do have a one arm front lever
319. 10:54when I'm fresh, maybe not after 99 other
320. 10:57levels, but uh let's give it a go.
321. 10:58Interesting to see.
322. 11:05>> [gasps]
323. 11:06>> No. You know how I told you one one arm
324. 11:08pull up isn't my thing? How would it be
325. 11:10possible to do it in this direction?
326. 11:12I'll just stick to the the static one
327. 11:14arm front lever hold and then the pull
328. 11:16up will uh remain as a long-term goal.
329. 11:18Let's go. Comment if you have this one
330. 11:20and if that's the case, that's pretty
331. 11:21crazy if you're watching this video
332. 11:22then. Uh that would be sick. All right,
333. 11:24we are actually done with all the 100
334. 11:27levels and I want you to comment down
335. 11:29below which level you got to because
336. 11:30it's a pretty interesting ladder and I
337. 11:32honestly would say it's a pretty good
338. 11:34reference as well in pulling strength.
339. 11:36Some front lever requires a bit more
340. 11:37skill work, you maybe weighted pull up a
341. 11:39bit more pure strength, but at the end
342. 11:41of day it's a pretty good reference of
343. 11:43what level you are in at and what you
344. 11:45have to sort of try and accumulate
345. 11:47during your probably forward years of
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352. 11:59one but we do it for push movements
353. 12:01instead. So, hope you enjoyed it and
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355. 12:04Ciao ciao.