The push-up battling calisthenics 'rap battle meets UFC' fight community ('last man standing') should become a mainstream nationwide competitive event.
Sam describes a viral underground competition — 100+ people crowed around a circle, calisthenics 'battles' with walkout music, nicknames like 'Extra Money' and 'Respect Nasty,' and betting — and names it 'last man standing.' He argues it's made for content and could spread across the country. ✦ AI generated
Sam · My First Million · 2026-08-06 · original ↗
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“Sean, have you guys and Ari, have you guys ever seen or like the meme or a video or in real life of like a ripped black guy doing pull-ups like in the corner of a busy street and just looking yolked?”
there's this whole community of people and I followed them on Instagram and they're obsessed with calesthetics. This one guy, he basically I think it's he changed his name. It's like Abu. He went went to prison. He got into calisthetics and he got out and he decided to turn it into a competition and it's exactly like a rap battle meets a UFC fight. ... This is the coolest thing I've seen this week. How great is that?
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7:01>> You took that as validation. >> So, it doesn't have a name, but it's very similar to a UFC event. >> Okay. It just starts with just first of all, there's just people kind of hooting and hollering, just screaming in the background right now. This to start the video, but there's guys doing push-ups, squats, dips. [laughter] >> Okay. So, what am I watching? This looks like a rap battle, but they're just
7:21working out instead. >> Exactly. So, check this out. There's no name for this. There's only a couple posts about it, but there's this whole community of people and I followed them on Instagram and they're obsessed with calesthetics. This one guy, he basically I think it's he changed his name. It's like Abu. He went went to prison. He got into calisthetics and he got out and he decided to turn it into a competition
7:41and it's exactly like a rap battle meets a UFC fight. And so basically there's looks like there's a hundred people in a room and they are all crowded around a very small circle where there's a pull-up bar. There's like an area to do >> great. There's a guy doing a walk out like a UFC fight, right? He's coming out with his and he's got like a m he's got
8:00like a character. He's got like a mask on and like a cool looking chain. >> His name is Extra Money. So it's extra money versus calisthetics the prince and it's basically they they are the final they are the uh they're the main event but leading up to it. So, it's like 150 people. They go in this room and they are surrounding this little circle area and there's an opener where like some
8:20guys are doing like cool tricks on the pull-up bars and showing how strong their abs are. Then there's an undercard where there's two guys going after it and they do a battle and they do face offs. They do they like have music walking in and they get face to face and they're talking trash to each other and people are betting on it and they're throwing money at them and they're
8:36hooting and hollering at them and And then there's a a final battle and it's like I think it's like 70 pull-ups. I have it up here. The battle set is what they call it, which is a great game. >> 100 burpees, 50 muscleups, 75 dips, and then 75 squats with a 65 lb dumbbell. >> How great is this? >> And they're just And there's like they're enclosed like a rap battle
8:58circle or like an Indian wedding. [laughter] >> Yeah. And they're and the there's no I don't think there's a name for this, but there's this entire community of people who are into this. It's like it's like in mostly cities that these guys are doing it and they do it sometimes on like the weirdest objects that they can find like a street pole or something like that, right?
9:17>> And they are jacked to the gills. They are just they are just like ripped. And this guy Abu I think that's his name. He turned it into a competition. I don't even think it has a name, but 100% this could become a thing and be all over the country. This is the coolest thing I've seen this week. How great is that? >> This is great. The name is great, too.