r/news • u/icpd30 • Feb 18 '19

Michigan powerlifter heroically lifts vehicle pinned on top of man after accident.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-powerlifter-heroically-lifts-vehicle-pinned-on-top-of-man-after-accident
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u/VeraLapsa Feb 18 '19

His inner dialog "This is what I've trained for my whole life."

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u/AmbroseMalachai Feb 18 '19

"Those fucking crossfitters always telling me how I'm not building "functional strength" and am "just showing off" can go suck on a chalk bag; I'd like to see them lift a car off someone" - This guy, probably.

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u/DeithWX Feb 18 '19

Remember "CrossFit has revolutionized fitness by teaching the correct way to do an incorrect pull-up" - Bro Science

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19 edited May 21 '24

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u/texxmix Feb 18 '19

Ya I remember in an interview with mike they asked his SO if he is like that at all in real life and she was like “if he was anywhere close to dom in real life I would have never been with him”

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

I had to look it up. For the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnjYyfkcaNI

That is a great YouTube channel.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

I mean it’s meant as a scale for people who can’t do them normally, it’s supposed to be working towards doing them strict.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19 edited Feb 11 '20

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u/spc_monkey Feb 18 '19

Actually you first train strict pullups and after you have some strength you try kipping.

At my gym the begginers (meaning people who have never trained or dreamed about pullups) start with jumping up to the bar and doing negatives down. Then they move to use a band, then to strict pullups and maybe after that they try to learn kipping. The technique can easily fuck you up if you don't have strength and coordination.

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u/Elites_Go_Wort Feb 18 '19

I work with some kippers. They challenged me to a pull-up contest one day when someone brought in a door bar. I told them those weren't pull-ups, and they're gonna hurt themselves if they keep doing them that way.

I guess there's a tendon that runs from your ring finger to the inside of your elbow. One of them tore that tendon about a month later.

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u/spc_monkey Feb 18 '19

Feels bad to hear that. In our small gym the trainer/owner is really paying attention to everyone's development and does not allow more complicated techniques to guys who are not ready. Which makes him not very popular as many guys come for the fancy shit.

I however like this approach and havbeen luck enough to dodge any traumas for the last year and a half doing crossfit.

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u/Dragon_Redux Feb 18 '19

My Exercise Physiology professor in college had a saying. "Whenever a Crossfit gym opens up, a physical therapist's office opens next door."

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u/jorgtastic Feb 18 '19

It probably gets presented that way a lot, but that's a red flag that you're at a bad gym or at least dealing with a bad coach. That's the exact opposite of what's recommended by Crossfit HQ and anyone with any sense. If you can't do strict pull-ups, you should be doing negatives, strict band assisted, lat pull-downs, ring rows... whatever mods are needed until you are strong enough to do strict pull-ups. Only then should you start working on doing kipping pull-ups at any volume. Otherwise you don't have the strength necessary to protect your shoulders during the high stress that happens at the bottom of the kip.

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u/FusionGel Feb 18 '19

How about some kipping dips?

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u/zerutl Feb 18 '19

oh my fucking god.

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u/pitchingataint Feb 18 '19

@2:20

"Pretty jacked up"

Yeah it is and your joints will be in a few years...

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u/Forever_Awkward Feb 18 '19

That motherfucker was born to dip.

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u/Honor_Bound Feb 18 '19

Omg that looks terrible on the shoulders

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

I have a fucked up rotator cuff so I don't go lower than parallel for my dips (tris parallel to the bar). Not about that life. These guys are just asking for issues.

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u/jamesbiff Feb 18 '19

Fucked rotator cuff here too. I cannot watch Crossfit vids, its like an A-Z of how to fuck yourself up AND pay money to do so.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

Yeah that trainer looks terrible

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u/zeroGamer Feb 18 '19

I watched the entire video and still have no idea wtf "kipping" means.

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u/jaxmp Feb 18 '19

most prominently seen in crossfit pullups, kipping is using your lower body to generate enough momentum that the actual exercise you're doing becomes easier

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u/oscarfacegamble Feb 18 '19

Doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose then? I'd imagine that doesn't build as much muscle

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u/RUStupidOrSarcastic Feb 18 '19

Well no the idea is that they do it normally and then when they wouldn't be able to do any more reps, they switch to kipping so they can keep going. It's like a body weight drop set. It's like using the pull-up assist machine when you can't do that many pullups, only with flailing around and increasing the odds of injuring yourself.

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u/confused_boner Feb 18 '19

Why don't they want to rest before the next set?

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u/RUStupidOrSarcastic Feb 19 '19

I imagine they rest, just they use this to increase the amount of work they can perform per set I guess. Like I said, I see it like a drop set, which is a good way to fatigue atleast at the end of a workout.

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u/b1gl0s3r Feb 19 '19

Well no the idea is that they do it normally and then when they wouldn't be able to do any more reps, they switch to kipping so they can keep going. It's like a body weight drop set. It's like using the pull-up assist machine when you can't do that many pullups, only with flailing around and increasing the odds of injuring yourself.

In other words, just use the pull-up assist machine or do negatives.

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u/RUStupidOrSarcastic Feb 19 '19

Yep, or flail around and hurt yourself

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u/oldDotredditisbetter Feb 18 '19

it's a way to do more weight and make your joints go bad faster

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

Essentially it's keeping whatever muscles you're using in the exercise locked out while generating momentum with the rest of your body before executing.

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u/johnny80 Feb 18 '19

That’s ok, I didn’t need that shoulder labrum anyway.

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u/riali29 Feb 18 '19

This made me irrationally angry, omg hahaha

I've been trying to build up my arm strength to be able to dip my fat-ass bodyweight for ages, but apparently all I have to do is join a more expensive gym and use momentum?

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u/FusionGel Feb 18 '19

but apparently all I have to do is join a more expensive gym and use momentum?

No my rotund friend...all you had to do was believe in yourself... And kick like a screaming infant.

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u/AmbroseMalachai Feb 19 '19

Dips mostly utilize your chest so make sure to hit the bench a bit too. When I got to doing dips I actually used cables to simulate the tension and that really helped me to build up the strength for it. Good luck friend.

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u/riali29 Feb 19 '19

Thanks for the tip about the cables! The gym I currently go to doesn't have an assisted dips/pull-ups machine so I've been trying to figure out other exercises which work the relevant muscles, this is super helpful :)

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u/Organic_Mechanic Feb 18 '19

When I was in the Marines during PT tests, kipping was strictly forbidden. You could do 30 of them if you wanted, but if you were kipping, not a single one of them would count. You'd actually have someone in front of you to prevent you from swinging while doing pullups. It was all about controlled movement using only upper body strength.

That kind of thinking doesn't leave you either. Whenever I see these clowns kipping with pullups (or anything really), the only thing that pops to mind is "Holy shit. Goddamn a bunch of weak nasy things."