Originally Posted by
MBasic
You can't quantify Rip's or Niki's reps either. . . or at least "as well".
Just because the bar touches the chest means nothing.
They are essentially just doing a bent-over-panda-high-pull. Essentially a kipping barbell row.
They manipulate the amount of legs, back, heave, and amount of "panda" (chest-dip-to-bar) to accomplish touching the bar to the chest to varying degrees as the load increases.
A lot of flexion in the back too. I'll give Rip a pass on that.
And some controlled eccentric stimulus would be a good thing for the delts, lats, biceps, and upper back.
You can start from the floor, and lower it controlled.