GOT MY FIRST MUSCLE UP! What worked for me.

Hey everyone, this is my first post on gymnastic bodies. I have been following gymnastic bodies for about a year now and working with the exercises since November. I have had a lot of trouble trying to perform a muscle up in the past. I read everything i could find online on how to train for one, but i still could not get it. Until... i bought a climbing rope three weeks ago. I have been training on it 3 times a week. I got my first muscle up today VERY unexpectedly seeing as how I have not practiced my previous muscle up training for weeks. I hope other people who are having trouble with the muscle up read this and find it helpful. I can wait to see what doors this opens up in my training!

Great! do you have a video?

Wow- I started training in November myself and still feel like I have a long ways to go

There is a rope at the gym I work out at so I will incorporate that into my workouts more for sure. Thanks for the tip.

Awesome!

Could you share with us, what exactly you did in the rope for 3 weeks?

Are we talking bent arm / straight arm, 1 arm / 2 arm, legs yes/no?

Thanks!

For me the best way was to do pullups and russian dips

russian dips, and negative muscle ups was a good way for me to go

For my rope training I performed about 5 sets three times a week. To perform 1 set I climbed the rope with only my arms about 10 feet high. Then I slowly lowered myself down to the ground. My starting position was sitting on the ground.