Check out the first guy in this video, absolutely incredible. The other clips are pretty amazing also.
Is it even possible to train yourself to do that from an age of say 18+? Or is it just genetics/training from a very early age?
A friend of mine who’s been rock-climbing pretty much his whole lfe can hang (if hang’s the right word!) horizontally from a pole like that for minutes at a time. I’ll have to see one day how many 1-arm chins he can do.
I just turned 18 in november, I’d like to eventually be able to do amazing bodyweight exercises like that, would it be more beneficial for me to join a gymnastics club or a rock climbing club?
[quote]Goodfellow wrote:
would it be more beneficial for me to join a gymnastics club or a rock climbing club?[/quote]
Probably.
My roomate is a 125lb cross country runner and rock climber, he hardly EVER lifts as weight (surprise surprise) but can do one, two, three finger pullups like its his job. He’s got some awesome upper body strength for his puny size.
Anyway, yeah, the video is awesome. It’d be awesome to have a training facility like that too just to do some GPP type stuff. Oh, and to mess around in, too.
FUCK! That is just amazing. I wonder if my 34 yr old ass can train to do that.
you gotta be lightweight to do all of these.
And strong as hell for your weight.
The biggest factor is strength to bodyweight ratio. The small ight guys naturally have that. When I weighed 120-140 lbs. I could do 20 deadhang pullups with no practice and all kinds of crazy jumps. I would have loved to be able to move like those guys though. If you really want to do that, don’t bulk up and take gymnastics!
I rock climb both indoors and outdoors here in Phoenix. The two are completely different.
But you can still check out finger boards.
tweak
See what happens when you train for function?
[quote]Goodfellow wrote:
Check out the first guy in this video, absolutely incredible. The other clips are pretty amazing also.
Is it even possible to train yourself to do that from an age of say 18+? Or is it just genetics/training from a very early age?[/quote]
I think a lot of men could do it - I just think it could take a decade of daily practice to get to that point. So, it helps to start at a young age.
[quote]Fulmen wrote:
See what happens when you train for function?[/quote]
Do you care to elaborate on that?
do you guys think someone with heavy legs would be able to do this kinda stuff? I used to be able to do 8 handstand pushups…in a sitting postion, then gonig to a handstand…then cranking them out.
That was b4 fracturing my arm though…and before I increased my squat 50lbs. lol. I think I’m going to give the handstand pushups a shot again. As for the holding onto the pole thing…someone with heavy legs…to be able to do, or not be able to do?
tough to see how anyone can poo poo this and not say that this was a display of incredible dedication to training and an incredible level of strength.
Read somewhere one time about the reply to chins and the amount, “it is easier for the lighter guys” the response, “if you want to do chins and can’t, you are too weak or too fat, probably both”
The first hang that guy was doing, the sideways one…I wrestled a guy a few times that could do those. He would knock the guy into the ringpost on the floor, get a running start, jump, grab the pole and swing around, and just when you expected him to keep swinging and drop, he’d just friggin hang there, just like that. Sometimes do a few of the pushups (or outs, as it were), and then drop into a splash on the guy. Incredible to see.
Also incredible was his physique. He was a gymnast his whole life, and also lifted regularly. And he was light too. Like 5’6", maybe 160 or so lbs, but if they weren’t the most quality 160 lbs I’ve ever seen in my life, I don’t know what was. He looked JACKED, and very cut. Even stronger than he actually looked. If I could do stuff like that video, I’d never get anything done. I just stand on the corner doing that shit on lightpoles and panhandling. We all gotta have dreams…
Kubo
As it stands I’m 5’7" 145lbs, but I have no strength compared to those guys. I guess i’ll keep hitting all body areas with 1-5 rep exercises and see how it goes 
I just found a video of him training upper body.
guys name is dominic lacasse, he has a website but it’s in french =/
the first vid has been posted before,yet its still pretty cool.
though the training is new,good find
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