I assume this counts as an achievement but I'll also add some basic tips. So when I started working out 6.5 months ago, my goal was to to learn to do one of these and I finally did one last night and I still can't get over it (altho I CAN get over that bar! nyuk nyuk). You watch some of these vids and they're like, learn to do one in 5 minutes... Yeah no. While it wasn't my sole workout focus, I did spend a lot of time doing specific exercises to accomplish this and it STILL took me a long arse time (good god I hope it wasn't a fluke and I can do it again today :o).

Here's what worked for me. Do watch vids. There are tons of em and some I've watched on this very sub as there are a couple great posts here that include this topic. I've watched a good amount of videos and I think most of them helped in some way. I may add a couple I thought were the best if anyone wants, but I also think searching this sub would provide a lot of the same vids. What helps in particular is watching slow mos of when to kip (next goal is to remove that!). The key is to pull up/ begin kip as soon as your legs start their momentum backwards.

Pull ups: Do a lot of em, do em often. I've gone to workout where doing 100 pull ups was the only goal (took me 35 minutes I think). I've done weighted pull ups too which def helped with the power portion. Once you are comfortable with strict pull ups, it's really important to do them to your chest. I can't go lower, but that's my next goal in order to learn better muscle ups/ eventually aiming for strict ones.

Hang on the bar. Get used to it along with the swinging motion for the kip.

Get used to having your wrists bent/ not just hanging straight down when you pull up. So twist them (like revving a motorcycle) when you pull up.

Any attempts for something new like the explosive pull up or your muscle up attempts, only do at the beginning of your workout.

Dips on a straight bar. (You should be pretty comfortable with normal dips)

Lat pull downs. The normal ones while sitting, but also stand and do them with your arms straight out in front of you not bent (obviously at a lower weight).

And that's about it. It was a long goal, but pretty stoked I nailed it finally. Need to make sure I have it down pat now then work on improving it to a strict. Also thinking of adding a planche to my goals. Anyways, was just really excited and thought I'd share with ya'll. Happy training!

edit* Oh and my stats: 33 y/o, 5'9, 164lbs (started out 178lbs in Feb).

edit2* not a fluke! did my second one today and did it on handle bars (which was way harder as they're farther apart than I like my hands and angled). Also added one more tip.