Brother Flo The Pullup Machine : Speakers & Interviews

Sorry, I grew up in Russia and I can assure you we didn't so these stupid pullups there at any time. We did the proper ones, since we were little kids.

pretty much true

I agree. I think the swaying motion is not as harmful to technique as others think. In a live match your going to use your entire body for a snap down, not just lats and biceps. And aside from "The Experiment" Karelin, the Russians don't usually have the body builder physique like many Americans. I doubt they sit in the gym saying "Your technique is all wrong on those pull-ups. Only 5-10 reps and only perfect form!"

And props to this guy for pumping out a ton of pull-ups. More than I can do.

How often in a match do you perfectly extend your arm and then perfectly retract it?? Almost NEVER! Your going to extend your arm and pull it in any means necessary. So doing 5-10 perfect pull-ups isn't as practical as doing high rep pull-ups at any means necessary. As long as you have the motion and will power to get them done then that's what counts.

Great job on the pullups but what about the guys doing girls pushups?

LAT POWAH!!!! Funny thing is that everyone who posted a comment on this video only wishes they could do that.

Why is form important onthe pull-up? What is the purpose of the pullup? This is not the USMC PT test. For all wrestlers body weight exercises should be functional exercises. Still stuck on the second question? The functional aspect of the pullup is to pull yourself up and over something, which is why kipping is more appropriate and relates to action in wrestling. Do you teach wrestlers to extend their arms fully and then pull their opponent to them? Doubt it. Better technique is to attack the opponent with a "short arm" and then move him. Which pullup better replicates this functional action?

well sam hazewinkle was a great tech and it got him 2x runner up and third place finish in the ncaa's, and he should have beat donahay... so technique means alot... if you not the best athlete tech is everything

Are you trying to ignore the "cattle branding" video comments ???

TJ X

You cant compare pull ups to drilling. Doing pull ups like that is just a mind set that you will never stop and you are going to keep going, what happens when you are in that dead hang and you cant go anymore? The reason the Russians beat us in freestyle and greco is because they wrestle that since they are little kids and stay with that. In America we wrestle collegiate dominantly and freestyle and greco in the "off season" but when the emphasis on the both become as great as it is placed on the collegiate style then the success will come.

Does his form really matter in the end? He has no shot at the ultimate goal: ncaa national champ.

Look at Collegiate wrestlers from around the country: Billy Murphy, Jayson Ness, Mike Grey, Alex Trsistis, Kyle Borshoff, J.P Occonor, Colt Sponseller, Shane Onufer, David Craig, Tyrelle Fortune, Ben Berhow...None of these guys will ever be National Champs. Its statistically mind blowing.

Blue Springs, MO VS Oak Harbor, OH
Let's set it up!

I am a fan of great form of course, but I am a bigger fan of simulating what goes on in competition. Wrestling is a fast, intense sport that demands emptying the gas tank at a rapid and grueling pace. Give me a guy who "knows his stuff" through reading books and nitpicking other people's approach vs a blue collar guy who just gets it done and works his ass off every day and I'll take the worker. You can say you'd take Mr. Perfect Form, but in the heat of battle you might have second thoughts.

I respectfully disagree with you Coward. Certainly not on the part about "kipping pull ups." I am sure you are 100% correct with that and if you read my post, I clearly commended Bro Flo for the very impressive feat. I still disagree with you however in performing improper technique for ANY reason. You are better off doing 5-10 dead hang PERFECT traditional pullups in 60 seconds rather than bouncing through 33 poor form ones whether you want to call them kipping or whatever. Maybe we have discovered why the Soviets are better than us? Maybe they concentrate much more on QUALITY over QUANTITY and our boys concentrate on QUANTITY over QUALITY? Maybe the Russians' mindset is not to thump their chest at to how many kippers and jippers they can do but HOW WELL CAN DO THOSE PULLUPS OR SINGLE LEGS. A word of advice to ALL wrestlers: NEVER EVER SACRIFICE QUALITY for quantity, EVER, in any exercise. You are ALWAYS better off doing 10 perfect single legs with finishes rather than 50 horrible ones in half the time. Coward, do you have a scientific term I can use for 90% of drillers out there on ALL levels who blow thru their moves at 100 MPH paying little to no attention to quality?

I guess when a man lives long enough, he actually hears everything. "Technique is not everything..." WOW. Hey folks, I believe I have found the answer to the billion dollar question as to why the Russians are better than us.

thatz you flo...wow

umm poor form ??
do some research obviously they were not looking for form, instead working at a maxin 60 sec. pace

these kinds of pull-ups are know as an individual form called kipping pull-ups
crossfit.com
check it out

technique is not everything because in wrestling youre not going to be able to have the perfect form when snapping someone down or goin in a for a single , even at the upper levels it is hard to get off a perfectly clean shot, so one needs to explode quikly and just get it done

Very impressive but I still believe proper technique is EVERYTHING be it a single leg or a pull up. The principles do not change, in my opinion, if you train any muscle group with poor technique, that muscle memory and mentality together will carry over in other areas (drilling, competition, etc.). It's like the bench press guy, you know, we have all seen him at some point in our lives. The guy who stacks 315 on the bench then proceeds to bounce his way through 10 of the most horrifying reps you have ever seen. I once grabbed a bafoon who did that and challenged him to do it properly and guess what, he got crushed on his SECOND rep. Again, kudos to Bro Flo, you are AMAZING but let's sharpen up that technique, you have an audience now!

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I agree that you have to go to the bottom and hold it for good technique. This excercise was obviously a conditioning/circuit excercise. You probably have never done one of those, but it is all about muscle stamina. You don't worry about technique in an excercise like this, it is about reps.

i agree with TJX, this exercise along with almost EVERY exercise is much much more effective when emphasizing the eccentric potion of the exercise; as compared to focusing on the concentric portion

Your a douche! Do you have perfect arm extension and have a 1-1000 count when your pulling i a single leg. NO!!!

Very impressive even with the poor form. Gotta work on more control, locking the elbows, pausing at the bottom for a full 1-1000 count, and much more control on the negative part of this exercise. I'd rarher see 10 extremely strict correct pullups from a dead hang than 50 poor ones. Still, quite impressive!