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AJ first of all I was just having fun at my gym messing around with the clap ones. Secondly of course I can do muscle ups there big time. Thanks for the comment and your opinion but I been at this awhile brother.

Do u even lift?

To get to that clap on the top, his concentric (the pulling up) has to be really powerful or else he wouldn't have been able to clap in the air, that in itself is a show of power training. He did his best on the Eccentric (the lowering down). That is something to be acknowledged of and its hard and fun when you can do it.

i suppose it depends on what your goals are. if your looking to work on focus and coordination these would have huge payoffs...

@musclepharmpres i totally get the whole having fun thing and all and its deff good to mix things up to keep from feeling stale and whatnot. but i do have to agree with aj on the fact of their really not necessary at all. i mean yeah i getcha, you were more or less playing around. but then you produce an article kinda recommending them and kids/beginners will start to think that these are something you should really aim for or focus on, rather than just telling them to work on quality contraction, MM connection, and controlled negatives on the variety of standard pullups and chins. just my two cents.

Everyone knocking on the idea of the a clap pull up is getting a little annoying,and for the most part ignorant. As most of you workout enthusiast know there are many different types of muscles fibers. some react better to explosive movements hints the explosiveness of the clap pullup and pushups?..and the some to time under tension hints the idea of a long squezze and slow negative. In my opinion the idea of clap pullups is very inteligent and infact an exercise that alot of people should incorporate to stimulate new muslce growth in your lats..its all about shocking the body knew movements new ways to do the same workouts youve been doing for years..people that think doing three warmup sets of 10 reps of wide grip pullups every back and bi day is going to get you further then variations in your pullups seems alittle ignorant.. i for one know and have proven to my self varrying pullup grips and techniques will improve your wide grip over time because you will hit knew secondary and and smaller less developed parts of your back aswell thus making your back stronger overtime leading to a more developed and overall stronger back.. same goes for all types of exercises..when you plateau its time for change..ITS ALL ABOUT CHALLENGING YOUR SELF... BREAK THE NORM !!!!

Until you can do as many or more of the clapping pull ups then I don't really see a point in talking crap about it.. just sayin

If my buttcheeks clap at peak contraction does that count?

I came in here about to reply at the ignorant comment by AJacks92.. but you beat me to it dumbxassx! Well said brother.

fully agree with... dumbxassx ... You need to generate a lot of muscular power to perform a clapping pull up. Muscular power is the rate at which work is performed. So power is the application of strength and speed which is key in athletic performances. clapping pull ups are a plyometric for the back muscles... it uses stretch reflex to facilitate recruitment of motor units, It's no different than performing box jumps in attempt to to improve leg strength, speed, or power.

@MusclepharmPres Well if it's just for fun, then very well then.
@SovereignMuscle Yeah. Do you Mr. No Picture?
@Longbow16 I get it. But so do Muscle Ups.
@grandroid828 Haha thank you for agreeing.
@dumbxassx Well that's good. Breaking plateaus. I get it. But that's not why MusclepharmPres said. He did them just to have fun; therefore, your idea on breaking plateaus isn't even worth contributing.
@dreambig1993 I have no intentions of even doing them, because I know of exercises that tailor my needs and my goals. Thank you.
@TRazor Look at my comment to @dumbxassx.

@AJacks92 The clap pullups shows great strength and is beneficial to learn. That muscle memory that eventually grows from this kind of movement (catching weight, especially your own) Will make your body learn how to work together on every exercise translating to more power, strength, stamina, reps, and of course superficial muscles if that's what you're looking for.

clapping sucks

Thanks bud I really enjoy doing these and hearing from #MPnation!!

Benjamin thanks for the feedback !

Agreed I also do the Rep Hold and 28 method on pull-ups also both articles that have been featured on here too.

What other Company Pres do you see commenting back to the consumer?! Not often #MPNation does it right!

thx man!

Haha, I was about to tease on the bandwagon dude wearing all MP stuff... till I realized who it was.

Thanks for the motivation Cory. Pull ups are my bane, and I need to keep at them.