Calisthenics Unity

hey guys,

i'm working out with chris' program now for a few month and i can't stop wondering at the high amount of sets and reps of muscle ups compared to other exercises.

let's look for example at level 20. i have no problems to do the max. sets and reps in every single exercise except the muscle ups. it says 6-8 sets with 6-12 reps. i am not even close to that. i can do about 4-5 sets with 4 clean muscle ups after that my reps are decreasing if i don't want to have bad form.
to make my point clear, 96 muscle ups at the beginning of the workout seem to be nearly as challenging as the whole remaining workout.
from my point of view there is a great disproportion between the sets/reps of the muscle ups and the other exercises.

but maybe muscle ups are just my personal weakness or chris was a absolute beast when it came to muscle ups ;)
so what do you think?
is there anyone else having such a hard time with the amount of muscle ups?
do you think muscle ups and the other exercies are in the right balance?

i was wondering too, if people like daniel malo, who do max reps/sets on everything, achieved this with the muscle ups too? i can do a max of 6 reps (maybe 7 on good days for the first sets) in a row - without having a break at the top :D

but i can't imagine doing 8 sets of 12 reps...

haha good to hear that other ppl have the same issues with them ;)

i myself will continue to advance to the next level even if i am not able to do the full sets/reps of the muscle ups. otherwise the remaining exercises wouldn't challenge me.
nevertheless i will try to increase the reps and sets while advancing with the other exercises. but i guess before i manage 8 sets with 12 reps i will accomplish the front lever and the oh chinup :D

by the way how hard is the chinup muscle up?
in principle i know how it is exercised but it seems to be much more advanced than the regular muscle up.

Yeah guys, I had the same problem. I did 6 sets of 12 reps at first but then went down to 6 sets of 8 reps because of form issues. Form better be right! So yeah, you get better in time, but form, I think, is the most important thing about the muscle ups.

in my opinion if you start winging you have more to lose than to win even if the reps are increasing.

daniel are you able to do the chinup muscle up?
and if yes, did you manage it at the first try, or did you train for it?

by the way, chris is back from sweden :D so we could ask the creator himself ;)

chris don't you think, that an overall of 96 muscle ups in lvl 20 is a bit much compared to the other exercises?
12 unbroken muscle ups are really hard, i know some ppl who are training for years now and still can't do that many.

hey chris, i would love to hear your opinion as the creator of this workout programm on this matter ;)

don't you think, that an overall of 96 muscle ups in lvl 20 for example is a bit much compared to the other exercises?
is it ok, to proceed to the next level if one can do the max reps and sets of all the other exercises excluding muscle ups?