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- What's up Thenx athletes?
It's Chris Heria, and welcome to another Thenx video.
Today, we're gonna be going for 100 pull-up challenge.
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Now, back in 2018, I had done 100 pull-up challenge,
but it was with a weight vest on,
and I was doing it in sets of 20.
And this time I wanted to make another 100 pull-up challenge
that a lot more people could take part in.
And working towards this goal
and accomplishing this challenge in the end
is definitely go increase your pull-up repetitions,
and definitely gives you a competitive edge
over all other athletes.
This is actually something that I try to do
almost every single morning, hit 100 pull-ups.
And it sounds like a lot,
but I'm gonna show you how you can get it done,
and get used to it.
Now if you're gonna follow along with this challenge
and you don't have access to a park or a pull-up bar,
you can still do this workout right at home.
You can just grab two chairs,
and follow along to the same challenge,
with body rows or Australian pull-ups.
It's still gonna be very challenging
and you're still gonna get all the benefits.
And eventually doing it like that,
you're definitely gonna do it on a real pull-up bar.
And if you're a beginner,
you should actually start there with those progressions
to do this challenge.
That's gonna allow you to actually do all the repetitions
and with perfect form.
But even if you're not a beginner, I still do rows.
Rows are super effective for building strength in your back.
And for everyone that has access to a pull-up bar,
as we're doing our pull-ups,
if you ever feel fatigued or start to break form,
you can start to go into a regression like jumping pull-ups
or go into one of the Australian pull-ups or body rows
and finish off the reps.
So if you're ready to get started,
all you're getting to do is find a place
where you're gonna do your pull-ups,
then download the Thenx App if you haven't already,
and open up to the YouTube workout section
so that you can properly follow along.
You'll be able to find this routine,
and then we're ready to go.
To break down our 100 pull-ups,
we're gonna be doing 10 reps each time
of different pull-up variations for 10 sets.
And utilizing different pull-up variations
is actually gonna build your back even stronger,
and engage on different and multiple areas
that you otherwise wouldn't be emphasizing on,
with just a single variation of a pull-up.
Now, after we finish our pull-ups,
we're gonna wait 30 seconds, relax, calm down,
and then go right back up until we finish all 10 sets.
So if you're ready to get started,
we're gonna start off with a wide pull-up, 10 repetition.
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All right, let's take the second to relax.
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Completely calm yourself.
The next repetition we're gonna get into
is gonna be wide grip chin-ups.
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We're gonna be using the same width,
but just by switching the grip,
we're gonna start emphasizing
on a bunch of different muscles.
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All right, there we have the wide grip.
Now we're gonna start
to move into the standard shoulder width, the pull-ups.
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So take this time to relax, and think about your pull-up,
how well you're gonna do it.
Think about your form.
Envision yourself doing it as perfect as possible.
The scapula is retracted.
Engaging your back, engaging your core,
and having your body in a straight perfect line.
And remember your grip is the first point of contact,
and needs to be the strongest link. Let's go for 10 reps.
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All right. There we have 10 pull ups.
Now we're gonna go into 10 chin-ups.
Go ahead and relax. Shake that off.
Breeze. Completely relax your body.
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Almost ready.
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Let's go for it.
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Long grip.
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All right. Go ahead, relax, and shake it off.
Now the next grip we're gonna be going into
is gonna be a closed grip pull-up.
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Let's go ahead, let your body relax.
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Almost like you're just totally going to sleep.
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Remember if you're feeling fatigued at any moment,
definitely jump into jumping pull-ups,
any type of variation. stringing pull-ups.
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All right.
Now, even if you were feeling fatigued
in the middle of that,
and you could only do like five repetitions,
you can always jump back down, do another regression.
As long as you finish the repetitions.
Next we're going to be going into close grip chin-ups.
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Take a second. Catch your breath. We got this.
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We're halfway there.
After this, we'll be more than halfway.
Let's go for it.
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All right. Whoo.
We are 60 pull-ups in, that means we only have 40 left.
The next grip variation we're gonna get into,
is gonna be a mixed grip.
So we're gonna do 10, with one hand supernated,
one hand pronated, and then we're going to switch the grip,
and do another 10 sets.
So go ahead. Relax.
Now for everybody doing this on chairs at home,
of course you can just keep doing
the same variation of pull-ups.
We're still increasing your repetitions.
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Here we go.
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Let's get that mixed group in there.
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All right. Go ahead and shake that off.
I'm gonna switch the grip now.
After this, we're only gonna have two more sets,
20 more pull-ups.
Everyone else hanging in there, keep it going.
We're almost there.
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Okay. We got about five seconds.
Let's switch up the grip, get right back into it.
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All right. We are officially 80 pull-ups in.
We only have two more sets left.
Now for the last two sets,
I want you to choose any variation that you want.
I'm gonna be going for the standard pull-up,
and the standard chin-up.
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Here we go. Last five seconds.
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Let's go.
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We're gonna give it our all in the last reps right here.
We're gonna be going for chin-ups.
Go ahead and shake that off. This is the last set.
I'm going to give it everything you got.
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We got last five seconds.
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Let's go. I'm gonna go for a close grip.
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Ooh. And there we have it, 100 pull-ups smashed.
For everyone that followed along with me, congratulations.
You guys are a best!
Even if you get it on the chairs,
you're just doing Australians or body rows,
that's a solid challenge
and you're definitely gonna see results from it.
Should be super proud of yourself.
For everyone that couldn't make it through,
keep challenging yourself, come back to this video,
until you're able to beat it
at least through the first stage,
with your feet on the ground.
You can try it that way first,
either with body rows or Australian pull-ups,
and get really comfortable with beating it like that,
and eventually move your way up to the pull-up bar.
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