Ring muscle ups. I used to hate this skill. I would run from wods with them in it, and avoid them at all costs. For longest time they were the biggest hole in my fitness, and I couldn’t understand why they weren’t progressing like everything else. I was continuously told “just keep doing them”, “do EMOM workouts with them”, “don’t worry eventually they will come” and honestly it was all bullshit. What coaches and everyone failed to realize and tell me is that even though I was a strong athlete, I was incredibly weak in my upper body compared to my weight. But I kept practicing, kept catching them extremely low, kept practicing a skill I wasn’t ready for. Eventually it led to a shoulder injury that took a VERY long time to bounce back from. Over this past year someone finally sat me down and said “stop practicing this skill you can’t handle. Break it back down and build the strength you need.” So I did TONS of strict pull up work. I did COUNTLESS dips, dip holds, and ring stability dri...