Muscle up my son! Recently, I became a dad and raising my son has been incredibly joyful
and fulfilling. However, as we all know, time flies extremely fast. My son is rapidly growing,
and I will be declining soon as I get older and older. I thought to myself, can I catch
the tail end of my physical prime and try to achieve something cool together with my son?
Two years ago, I did a pull-up with my wife on my back. Therefore, I thought, wouldn't it be cool
if I could muscle up with my son on my chest? The muscle-up is the most popular move everyone wants
to learn when they first venture into bodyweight fitness. It's a move where you start underneath
a pull-up bar and then pull yourself explosively onto the bar. Obviously, I am not going to really
do the muscle-up with my son on my chest for safety concerns, but I thought it would be
awesome to prove that I can hypothetically achieve this feat with a weight vest at one point in time.
Prior to starting the challenge, I found out my son weighed 5.78 kg, which is 12.7 lbs, during our
regular visit to the pediatrician. The weight of each weight block for the weight vest is around 3
lbs. When I put three weight blocks in the weight vest and measure the weight, the total weight is
13.6 lbs, which is less than 1 lb heavier than 1 my son. However, in order for me to confidently
say that I can muscle up my son at one point in time, I have to account for my son's potential
weight gain during the time I train. Therefore, I decided to set a goal of doing the muscle-up
with one additional weight block, which totaled as 16.6 lbs. In order to make sure whether this
goal is doable in a reasonable amount of time, I sat down and derived the math and physics equation
of the weighted muscle-up. I won't be going into the derivation details in this video, but comment
below if you want to see the detailed math and physics breakdown of the muscle-up in a future
video. In any case, the conclusion is that doing a 16.6-lb weighted muscle-up should be achievable
for me in a reasonable amount of time. On day 1, I discovered that I could do the muscle-up with two
weight blocks, but I barely made it over the bar. As usual, I went back and searched on YouTube for
weighted muscle-up tutorials. Unfortunately, there wasn't a single one on YouTube, but fortunately,
after all these years of training, I am pretty familiar with the theory of strength training
nowadays. The basic principle of training for strength is training with low number of reps,
but high intensity per rep. On the other hand, the basic principle of training for bigger muscles is
training with large overall volume, which is typically achieved by a high number of reps,
but moderate intensity per rep. Obviously, I am here to gain strength to muscle up my son instead
of looking beautiful, so I will be training with low number of reps, but high intensity per
rep. This means doing the weightless muscle-up with lots of reps wouldn't help me gain the
necessary strength to achieve the goal of muscling up my son. Doing multiple sets of one rep weighted
muscle-up is far more helpful to achieve my goal. I trained and trained and trained. On day 12,
I was able to improve on doing 3 sets of one rep with two weight blocks in a row. Therefore,
on day 15, I attempted to do a muscle-up with three weight blocks, and I made it! I knew my
training method was working, and I continued to train, train, and train. On day 29, I was able
to progress to successfully doing 3 sets of one rep with three weight blocks in a row. On day 32,
I decided to put on my baby carrier and head to the park, and this happened. Muscle on my son!
Hoo!
Yes! Alright, guys, I'm gonna show you the number of blocks I have, so I have one block. I have
two block. I have three block, and then I have another one at the back, which I will show you,
four block, guys. Hoo! Lastly, I know in the future when my son grows up,
he probably won't watch all of my videos, but I know he will definitely watch this one, so, son,
here's what I want to say to you. Time really flies extremely fast. I still remember my 20s
like it was yesterday, and I can't believe I am already in my mid 30s now. You really have to
cherish every single second you have in your life and live it to the fullest. The future is yours,
and I am rooting for you. Thanks for watching. I started a food bar business called 5BAR. 5BAR is
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