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Monday, February 1, 2010

Tuesday - The Kipping Pullup


WOD

Five rounds for time of:
5 Thrusters (155/105#)
5 Muscle-ups
Run 400m

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The Kipping Pullup is an exercise you will very rarely find outside of CrossFit. It is also an integral part of CrossFit. Most others see it as a way of cheating, but what they fail to realize is that by using a kip, you can push your body to farther extremes than a strict pullup. It is an altogether more metabolically taxing movement, which helps develop hip and shoulder flexibility, coordination, and explosiveness. These same people, after learning the kipping pullup, usually have a change of heart and consider it a valuable training tool.
A CF Journal article talks about the similarities of the kettle bell swing and the kipping pullup.
http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/32_05_Swingers_Kippers.pdf

Videos for Learning the Kipping Pullup
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_AdrianKippingPullUps1.wmv
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_AdrianKippingPullUps2.wmv
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_AdrianKPUFixHips.wmv
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/eva-on-kipping.wmv
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_Kipping1-Concept.wmv
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_KippingPullupStep1.wmv
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_KippingPullupStep2.wmv
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_KippingPullupStep3.wmv
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_KippingPullupStep4.wmv
A Comparison of Power Outputs in Strict vs. Kipping Pullups
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/StrictVKippingPullup.wmv

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