I’ve changed the name of these quite a bit over the years, but I’m going with “The Legend” as the name for this exercise, as I become a fucking legend in every gym where I perform them, from Top Gym in Austria to Iron Sport in Philly, and everywhere else I’ve done them.

I developed this ridiculous pullup variation out of boredom with doing regular pullups. They are not for the weak or the timid. To perform them, you will need the following:

  1. A squat rack with a pullup bar towar the front at the top
  2. the ability to do at least 10 pullups in a row
  3. big brass balls

Here’s the deal. You’re going to set up a barbell in the squat rack on the highest or second highest hole. That’s near the top, in case you were curious. Now, hang from that bar, with your arms slightly bent (not a dead hang). I suppose you could go from a dead hang, but you’d not have the “coiled power” necessary for doing long-distance legends. Next, you pull yourself up as hard as humanly possible and throw yourself upwards, grabbing the top bar midflight. You then drop back down to the barbell and repeat. As you get better, and braver, drop the lower bar progressively deeper. I’ve not measured my best for a single, but it’s in the neighborhood of 36″. That’s right. I fucking rule, and so does this exercise.

Peep this video, which shows you how motherfuckers get down:

Now, go forth and spread the gospel, get a huge, ripped fucking back, and become a legend in your own right.

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