Robert F Kennedy Jr Are these pullups? Chin not over the bar

lenny · Post by **lenny** » Sun Feb 22, 2026 5:32 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOLXhsWc7h4
Bram would you count these as pullups? His chin is not close to going over the bar.
Mark Rippetoe had a video of chinups where his chin was about 5 inches from going over the bar

I got 9 chinups today and my last was at least an inch from the bar.
I have a doorway pullup bar. If the bar is thicker it's harder than a thin bar. I remember crossfit had a rotating bar which even the
best could do 3 or 4

That was when Dan John was still into it. Probably 2004 or so.

Can you believe I was wanting to do the Paul Chek method and i found a guy who was transitioning to Crossfit. He had one of the first ten
Crossfit gyms. Now there are thousands including in Israel. I wanted to start one in the old city of Jerusalem where Moslems, Christians and Jews
and anybody else could attend. I was gonna call it Old City Crossfit. I suppose terrorists would have trained there. I never did the cert. You know what that is.

When did you hear about Crossfit and what did you think of it?
Hope you're having a good weekend
lenny

Bram · Post by **Bram** » Sun Feb 22, 2026 5:09 pm

Bram · Post by **Bram** » Sun Feb 22, 2026 5:15 pm

I think the pull-up vid of RFK is damn impressive. It’s not full ROM, but his shoulder mechanics are mostly good, and that’s a lot of reps.

I heard about Crossfit maybe 20 years ago? I thought it was super dumb and dangerous. In general, it’s much better than it used to be, but I still have no interest. I’ve met many people who have been permanently and severely injured from Crossfit.

Hope you’re having a good weekend too!