Dillon Castro Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Coach Sommer,i just got my extreme rings and am enjoying them thoroughly. I have been trying to develop the muscle up but i can't quite get through the transition of the pull-up to the dip. I was wondering if it would help to set the rings at shoulder level and press downward, making sort of a pseudo muscle-up static contraction, for x amount of seconds to build strength at that joint angle? Always a pleasure to read what you have written,Dillon Castro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbryk Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I wouldn't really work you said, but you can try, most people forget that a muscle up is a pull then a push(pull up to a dip), work those 2 skills to begin with.Try my video also, this will help you break that barrier, sorry for the quality, I made it quickly and it was awhile ago and found it on my computer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWqZ0118hoYTry the first part, pull either in the L position, or knees bent and hold rings at least shoulder width apart, and pull up and hold to shoulder height, hold for around 3 seconds or how ever long you can, once again work the work pull ups preferably false grip pull ups and ring dips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 You can get a spotter...and don't forget->false grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Picó García Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I think the best way to develop the muscle up is to do pull ups with false grip trying to go as high as possible, working on that more that trying to increase the numbers of pull up reps, to do one muscle up you just need one pull up , the higher you go on your false grip pull up the easier the transition will be (your hands have to reach your armpits not just 'chin-up' so try to do the pulls until you can do that way). And about the transition, if you do it quickly you don't need strength at all, is just a quick movement of the elbows going from down - up. When you can do some muscle ups then you can start to do them slowly, then the transition is really a hard pushing movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Sommer Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Link for Muscle-up Transition EssayThe following essay will give you some detailed tips for developing the muscle-up transition.Yours in Fitness,Coach Sommer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Valentin Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 HiMy advice (especially if you dont have a spotter is)1- Work on doing 3-4 power chin-ups (Where speed on chin-up is the goal< hopefully you will have enough form strictness not to allow yourself to just jerk out 3-4 chins) in a row on rings (keeping rings parallel). Focus on pulling the rings down to your arm pits. If you are particularly ok with the Chin-ups do it in false grip2- Put your feet on a raised surface so that you are hanging in a L with your feet on a raised surface. From there do a muscle up.. Its much easier because you can push down with your legs to manually spot yourself as much as you need it. You can also work in this way transitions.3- Work on getting that nice deep dip on rings as Coach Sommer recommends.one thing i dont like about kbryk video (and no offense intended), is that he is keeping the the rings way to far out. Its not really wrong, but it doesn't make the exercises any easier. For someone wanting to learn it keeping the rings close to your body and making a fast transition is really the key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Castro Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Thank you all gentlemen. I can't wait until i can finally achieve a muscle-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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