Last week I made a pair of medium height paralettes from scrap timber in my shed, and this morning, after following your really helpful and clear progressions, nailed it with (I think) almost perfect form. Thank you - your channel is excellent. I am 76 years old,by the way, and only started a regime of running and calisthenics about a year ago. My life has been transformed!

great video and great progressions.

Highly underrated channel! This information is gold!

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

I’m happy it helped! For your feedback it’s worth it already 😉

I'm excited to hear about the shoulder stand in

Great video.

This is awesome! I'm enjoying training these on the rings so much, never thought I could until you showed me how.... Thanks lots!

@GymnasticsMethod

3 жыл бұрын

And you’re doing great! Keep it up! ;)

Thank you so much! Am trying to angle more towards gymastic style workouts from lifting (I'm 200cm 😅), and have found Tom Merrick and your videos very helpful!

@GymnasticsMethod

3 жыл бұрын

Let’s gooo! :))

@Aryan-jn9lt

2 жыл бұрын

I can understand the problems you might be facing i am 198cm mysel😂

Thanks

Very helpful! 💪💪 I like this channel a lot

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it! Thank you for your feedback! :) 🙏

Amazing video!

@GymnasticsMethod

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Nice! Thanks!

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

🙏

Subscribed.

Always the best ..

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

Great video! Where did you buy the paralelettes?

great

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Shoulder stand, let's go

I've been working on my handstand for 2 years and during this period I also practised frogstand and headstand. Then I moved to bars and it was much difficult to do a handstand on a bar than on the ground. On the ground your fingers provide much more control over your balance whereas on the bar only thing you can depend is your wrist strength. Also bars elevate you like 20-30 cm above ground which makes it scarier. Finally, when you are standing on your hands, you have more options to save yourself from falling on your back when you loose balance, like hand walk. If you are a beginner, I strongly recommend doing shoulder stands near a wall and also put a thin pillow or matress right between the bars, so that if you loose your balance, and trust me you will, you can put your forehead over the pillow and reach and get support from the wall with your feet to prevent falling on your back.

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! There’s gonna be a video about handstand this weekend, stay tuned!

Love your channel. Really interested in your program. I have a minor elbow issue that just started a few weeks ago. Should I wait till it's better to start?

@GymnasticsMethod

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏 If that’s something minor, prehab itelf can be a huge help. Up to you, I don’t want to push anything :)

Yeah, preparation is no joke guy. I have some wrist problem because I want to do the trick so soon.

Rings are best, I agree, but you can go on the straight low bar, like where children usually play, and do the same thing> if you tip, just hold on to the bar and swing around it. different for the hands ofc because of different force direction compared to paralettes, but still very safe to do.

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

💯

Incredible video. If I may ask, how do you load up onto a shoulder stand on rings or parallel bars? I

@GymnasticsMethod

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏 Basically as you see on the rings video, from L-sit, or simple support, just lean forward and elevate the hip in tuck at the same time. That’s the easiest. However you can do staddle to prevent falling down, using the straps, or in pike - that’s the most advanced.

Is it just me or are both the adv. Tuck shoulder stand and straddle shoulder stand harder to hold than the full shoulder stand? I can only with luck hold either for a few seconds but the full shoulderstand I can hold consistantly with confidence... i think I should master the progressions too just to be safe

I can kinda do this, but the angle of my body to the ground is only 45 degrees, how do I get a steeper angle

Am i supoosed to bend arms in order to balance backwards from handstand?

@ruthhuijgens

2 жыл бұрын

No you should preferably keep your balance without bending at the elbows. Balance corrections are through pushing with the fingertips/wrist (smaller corrections) or closing at the shoulders or hips (bigger corrections). To learn it properly, practice closing the shoulders and closing the hips separately, so not both at the same time. I also used to bend slightly at the elbows for balance in the beginning but now I only do this very rarely anymore. It's not super bad but it's better long term to learn balance the correct way if you want to learn more than just a straight hs.

How good it is to start practicing ss on rings from the start? I don't have parallel bars that are high enough and no one is selling them in my country. I already have pretty good strength and technique on ring dips and ring holds

@I_am_me_1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you can start on them its just harder than on parralets but if you train with them your stabilization muscles should be ready

@adamtokodi5483

Жыл бұрын

@@I_am_me_1 Thnx, I'll give it a try

Is it normal that I find it harder than handstand itself? I feel more pressure on my shoulders than the one I feel when doing a handstand against the wall, or even free (I sometimes hold it around 10-15 seconds)

What's the height of the parallettes?

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

I think 30 cm

Planche pleas it is too hard for me

@GymnasticsMethod

3 жыл бұрын

Will do that soon

Let's try ir

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

let's go!

i tried this and toppled over and hurt my back, lol

Why i felt like my head wanna explode?

this exercise fucked up my elbow. probably i wasn’t doing it correctly

@GymnasticsMethod

2 жыл бұрын

Probably :(