Hey, I just saw this type of push up for the first time. The guy that breakdances on this video does push ups without his feet touching the ground. How do you get to be this strong? Can olympic gymnasts do this?
I hope the link works. The other things he does are just as incredible.
Is that real? Some of his moves look graphically enhanced (kinda like the protein commercials with the mom doing an alley-oop dunk). Assuming that’s not doctored, that guy’s got an unbelievably strong core. Wish I knew how he trained!
Coach Sommer has also written other articles on this site - there is also a huge amount of info on breakdancing/gymnastics progressions on the net, just spend a few hours finding the decent sites
The main difference that I see between the similar movements in gymnastics and breakdancing is that gymnastics moves are biased towards using whole body tension, whilst breakdancing moves are more biased towards using selective tension.
that guys name is Junior and he lives in france. he has a website. its b-boyz.com or something like that. there is a clip where he is doing a handstand and jumps off a stage about 5 feet down and lands on his hands and keeps going…
ha…its funny how everyone else looks like sh!t compared to him, even guys that would slaughter me in a dance off (and who wouldnt?) look like ass next to him.
Very impressive, but from the looks of it he’s using a fair amount of momentum and body english to hit some of his positions. The gyrogcopic effect while he’s spinning shouldn’t be discounted. What I am TOTALY impressed with is his plyometric explosiveness and ability to quickly swithc/reverse directions.
[quote]redsol1 wrote:
Very impressive, but from the looks of it he’s using a fair amount of momentum and body english to hit some of his positions. The gyrogcopic effect while he’s spinning shouldn’t be discounted.[/quote]
Yeah, he’s probably got a double-ply bench shirt on too.
It’s crazy-impressive feat of strength and skill no matter how it gets done.
[quote]Minotaur wrote:
redsol1 wrote:
Very impressive, but from the looks of it he’s using a fair amount of momentum and body english to hit some of his positions. The gyrogcopic effect while he’s spinning shouldn’t be discounted.
Yeah, he’s probably got a double-ply bench shirt on too.
It’s crazy-impressive feat of strength and skill no matter how it gets done.[/quote]
Exactly. I would love to join a local group that does that here to learn. It would be an intense workout and a ton of fun!
damn that’s badass. I could see a world class gymnast being able to do that. I could also see him being a world class gymnast. Pretty similar type strength movements.
I’m allso working on my way to the planche push-up. However still no chance to hold the position of outstretched legs. Hey Xen Nova, how about some info on how you train it? Especially frequency and what you cut back on, in the regular work outs.
I’ve cut most bench work, and keep the rest of my workouts higher then 6 reps. I do 2 workouts pr week consisting of:
Max effort, meaning 5 seconds holds, where I try to gradually stretch my feet and back, ultimately going for a full planche.
Repetition method. Well, as close I can get, meaning 30-60 seconds holds of an easier position.
Been working fine so far, but with combining those two instead of 2 ME, I’ll try to go for 3 or 4 by next week.
… Can’t wait to see my friends eyes seeing me pull off this one (-: