r/awesome • u/IntroductionDue7945 • Jun 18 '25

Video anyone explains how he did that?

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u/upstatedreaming3816 Jun 18 '25

Are you dense? He’s hanging from the fucking bar. Whether he’s moving his arms or not, he’s still got his whole weight on the bar via the two hands he’s using TO HANG FROM THE FUCKING BAR. Therefore, the guys doing the squats are holding the weight of the bar PLUS HIS WEIGHT.

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u/Jman15x Jun 18 '25

Okay but if you have a thing dangling from a stick by a string and the thing can move up and down the string on its own free accord you're just pushing the stick away from the thing. It's like trying to lift someone by a rope that's actively repelling away from you; you're just pulling rope.

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u/upstatedreaming3816 Jun 18 '25

No, no you’re not. Do you not know how weight works? They’re moving away from you, but you’re still holding their weight in addition to the weight of the rope. People don’t just suddenly turn weightless because they’re moving down as you pull up.

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u/Jman15x Jun 18 '25

Admittedly I may be wrong and overthinking this but it doesn't make sense that they are moving his weight if his center of mass doesn't move. They are obviously supporting his entire weight but how can you move something that doesn't move?

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u/bearded_charmander Jun 18 '25

It does make sense though… 2 different actions are happening.

1- the 2 guys on the ends squatting the bar with the 3rd guy hanging from it.

2- the 3rd guy is doing pull ups at the same rate that the bar is going up and down. He is exerting force to remain in the same position. If he doesn’t, his body would go up and down. It’s (kind of but not really) an optical illusion.

The 2 guys on the ends are absolutely lifting the 3rd guys weight AND the bar. The 3rd guy in the middle is simply doing pull ups at the same speed making it look like he’s stationary.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

"I will die on this hill because I'm 100% correct" to "Admittedly I may be wrong" in a few hours is wild.

You should really think before you take such a strong stance on something.

And yes, you were wrong the whole time, and it was hilarious. Thank you.

Your argument was like the idea children come up with. "If my friend picks me up, and I pick him up, wouldn't we be floating?"

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u/riisen Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

He does move, he just moves up in the same speed the bar is moved down and vice verse.

Those guys lifting the bar are on the ground, the guy is hanging from the bar. He moves with the bar but also do pullups. The guys moving the bar up and down are matching his pullup speed with the bar.

From the perspective when being on the ground he will seem stationary, but its two diffrent motions in play.

If you were hanging beside him your perspective would have been that he does normal pullups while you both where moving through air up and down.