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Mike Nelson

(10,800 posts)
1. Weird...
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:29 AM
Thursday

... I can do one, with my skinny arms! He's doing the easier, underhand lift... seems strange that he is struggling, with his knees raised, to do one pull-up.

DavidDvorkin

(20,395 posts)
4. Funny, but out of context and grossly misleading
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:08 AM
Thursday

That was the last pullup in a contest he was having with RFK Jr. He had done a large number of pullups before that and was struggling to do one more at the end.

70sEraVet

(5,018 posts)
8. I just checked out a video of that contest, and you are right, DD!
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:28 AM
Thursday

I guess I had heard late-night comedians making fun of that pull-up, and hadn't researched it.
Glad you found it funny, even though it was misleading.

DinahMoeHum

(23,220 posts)
5. Like a Girl!!! Tee hee hee.
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:08 AM
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And BTW, today's kids can do pull-ups better. Whether the "girl" way or the "boy" way.

Augiedog

(2,659 posts)
10. That's not a pull-up, it's an attempt at a chin up....very different. Real pull ups are much harder
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:35 AM
Thursday

If yer palms are facing you are doing a chin up and you use a much different muscle group. Chin ups require much less strength than a pull up which means your palms are facing away from you, an over hand grip.

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