Sunday Show Off - Your home for some progress-acceptance!
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lostsoul2010
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@groo101 Finally began nailing Muscle Ups on the straps. Also hit a spinning muscle up which was fun
michaelphemo
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@lostsoul2010 That was nuts, man! Spin-o-rama MUP!
@groo101 I finally did my first muscle up! Video proof
One thing that I felt helped me was to find a pullup bar low enough that I could use my legs to jump and my arms to pull at the same time. For the longest time I couldn't do a muscle up, but once I found a low bar and used my legs to cheat, I immediately got the feel for how a muscle-up should feel and I was able to do it after a couple more tries.
One thing that I felt helped me was to find a pullup bar low enough that I could use my legs to jump and my arms to pull at the same time. For the longest time I couldn't do a muscle up, but once I found a low bar and used my legs to cheat, I immediately got the feel for how a muscle-up should feel and I was able to do it after a couple more tries.
michaelphemo
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fromgenesistorevelation
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@groo101 Fuck loads of things happened this weekend...
- Not a big deal for most probably but ever since getting into BWF Ive known that my fingers are weak as fuck so I've been spending a lot of time on my fingertips over the months to strengthen them (helps with wrists, too) and yesterday for the first time ever I was able to hold plank on my fingertips with the bones stacked. (Like cupping a cupcake)
- I was able to hold eka pada koundinyasana 2 on my left side for the first time.
- Oh and this one is huge for me... I've leveled up with the hamstring flexibility and can go from bound side angle AND SLOWLY STRAIGHTEN THAT LEG TO BECOME BOUND TRIANGLE/TRIKONASANA!! FUCK YES!
- And along that same note... bird of paradise is pretty much straight on the left side!!! I can probably straighten the right side too, but was too wiped to hold my balance anymore as it was near the end of 3 days of yoga in a row already. (Quads are hella sore from all that active flexibility work today)
michaelphemo
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@fromgenesistorevelation Wow - mobility /flexibility is paramount - and you are flying high on high levels, man = superb!
fromgenesistorevelation
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@michaelphemo Ah man, thanks, but I can't believe i still need more pike compression for that press HS. Long legs are long.
@fromgenesistorevelation Hey Antranik, your wiki links got me all nostalgic as I ended up spending a long time reading in Sanskrit after so many years 
. Sanskrit is commonly taught in school in India and is the root of many regional languages in the sub continent.
Anyway, is there any book you recommend for Yoga?
. Sanskrit is commonly taught in school in India and is the root of many regional languages in the sub continent.Anyway, is there any book you recommend for Yoga?
fromgenesistorevelation
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@fromgenesistorevelation By physical perspective do you mean its more attuned to body strength as opposed to meditation? If so, that is what I am looking for. Thanks.
fromgenesistorevelation
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@dawn16 Yes, exactly. He actually has a really great website where many of his articles are actually directly taken from his books.
Check out http://www.bandhayoga.com/sci_keys.html and http://www.bandhayoga.com/downloads.html
Check out http://www.bandhayoga.com/sci_keys.html and http://www.bandhayoga.com/downloads.html
@fromgenesistorevelation Yes, I already did and am reading the pdf as we speak. Its a stunning book to be honest. Such treatise exist in sanskrit as well, however, the texts are inaccessible to most of us as Sanskrit is an extremely difficult language. The merging of eastern and western medical knowledge can only lead to good things. Cheers.
PS: Your video on assisted L-Sit is one of my all time favourites. Cheers.
PS: Your video on assisted L-Sit is one of my all time favourites. Cheers.
fromgenesistorevelation
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I finally got fed up with only being able to do HSPUs up against a wall, so lately I've been doing a lot more freestanding work, focusing on maintaining stability after repping out a headstand pushup.
fromgenesistorevelation
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@fromgenesistorevelation Whoa happy cake day Antranik!! And thank you bro!
@groo101 I got rings a few weeks ago and I've been messing around with some basic skills. But last week I got my first muscle up on them which I was kinda proud of. Heres me dicking around
Edit: Not really a Sunday show off but I'm starting a gymnastics class and I'm really excited for it.
Edit: Not really a Sunday show off but I'm starting a gymnastics class and I'm really excited for it.
michaelphemo
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@london123 cool man - great work - nothing can stop you now!!!