Joonas Mäkipelto set a new world record in the chin-up in Lahti on Saturday. The result is exceptionally hard even in the ME comparison.
Joonas Mäkipelto did a great chin-up performance on Saturday at the Nordic Fitness Expo in Lahti. The powerhouse pulled no less than 67 jaws in the category under 90 kilos.
The result is a new world record. Earlier, Mäkipelto had achieved the same result in the category under 80 kilograms, but now the result was bang in the upper weight class. It is also the highest reading of all time when the world record results of all weight classes of the World Pull-Up Association are lined up.
– I try to pull the first 40 jaws as quickly as possible. Only after that do we calculate how many would be left to reach seventy, he says.
– The compression force often runs out in the middle. There should be more of that. The pull is so hard and sharp that it often gets stuck. 50 goes easily, but after that we’ll see if it will be 60 or 70. Today I was pretty sure that 70 would break, but it depends on the day. There is always the same tension in the performance.
Top name in another sport
Joonas Mäkipelto is an experienced record holder in chin-up. Riku Korkki
Mäkipelto pulls jaws with a catch.
– A hawkish performance does not require much. If the pull is felt in the biceps, there is something wrong with the technique. Of course, you feel it a little more in the biceps with the backlash, but if the pull angle is right, the pull comes from the back and becomes lighter.
– For me, 80 percent of the pull goes directly to the back muscle. The rest of the trip will then go up by itself. The aim is to keep the hands relaxed. The performance requires back muscles and endurance.
Mäkipelto started competing in the sport in 2016, but he has had a very diverse sports background since he was a child. There has also always been a chin pull.
He is 34 years old, so he still has a lot of jaw-dropping years left, but in another major sport, age catches up faster.
Mäkipelto is also a two-time world champion in the acidic sport, i.e. indoor rowing, over a distance of 500 meters.
– I have invested in indoor rowing for the past few years. 500 meters is the most horrible distance. That’s where the biggest muscles are used. You have to rip the club so hard that you vomit and feel dizzy after the performance.
The next goal is the indoor rowing World Championships at the beginning of next year and crossing the magical limit in the chin-up.
– In indoor rowing, the goal is World Championship gold. In addition, I would finally like to draw more than 70 jaws, says Mäkipelto.
– It’s already been 76 in training.