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Do you mean muscle-ups?
Back in my day a kip-up was just a cheating pull-up, using your knees to pump your body up.
It was allowed in the USMC for a long time. I don't think I would ever have achieved the standard on dead hangs if I hadn't had a few years doing kips. It can be a good stepping stone. The biggest hurdle is always getting out there and doing something.
You're right. I'm working towards a 3 minute dead hang now, amongst other things, but I especially like having a strong grip.
I have a chain that I climb up and down with no legs that has been phenomenal for that. I over did it though and now I get a little pain in my elbow so I need to chill.
What is your meditation routine like?
There's a standard for dead hangs? I thought that was only for women?
A kip up is when you leap to a standing position from lying flat on your back. It was taught in my high school gym class in the 80s.
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Had no clue, that is awesome. The state of americans considering this was once taught in gym? Geez.
I'd forgotten about that, the "cheater chin-up" that has now become "the kipping pull-up" thanks to Crossfit.
I'll give Crossfit some credit as it dared to mock "Saint George" Floyd, but that schiff has destroyed countless shoulder joints.
Muscle-ups are fun, but I do not remember them being part of gym class in my schooling, probably because the chin-up bars were too close to the ceilings to do them.
I wonder when the "muscle-up" term came into being as it was something that kids would just do on their own, y'know, jump up to a tree branch and just do it, but nowadays it too is seen as a physical feat.
There's the Boomer meme of an 8th grade math quiz from the early 1900s going around, with pretty much the majority of modern Americans expected to fail it. I think most Americans today would fail an 8th grade gym test from the 1950s.
I bet. They're making a concerted effort to lower our intelligence and I hate it.
I came across some letters written by 18 or so yearolds from 1890-1900ish and they write so well, it's beautiful.
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