kipping
Been a long time since I’ve heard that term.
...According to CrossFit founder Greg Glassman, the kipping pull-up is a full body movement that increases the demands on coordination and agility compared to a strict pull-up.
I know what their founder and their literature states.
A crossfitter was at my gym, and made a remark about the (strict) pullup technique I was using.
So I asked him to see how many he could do. He did two, before a long pause at the bottom. Then, as if to save face, he did about a minute of useless flailing (kipping) while dangling from the bar.
Kipping is a body movement that takes little strength but a long learning curve to get. Once you’ve got it, it’s like riding a bike, but some kids take a year of daily training to learn the technique. Some get it right away. It’s like pulling your pants up while in the air horizontally. Again, it’s just a body memory move. It is not a strength move. What is the CrossFit point of it??