Athlete In The City

one-arm one-leg pushups

The first time I saw pavel the ketel bell russian dude perform these one-arm one-leg pushups I was very impressed. It’s taken a while but I’ve managed to get them.

The progression? Start with one arm pushups on incline, as high as you need to do them right. Over many months reduce the incline. When you can do about 15 on a flat surface, you’re probably ready to try the one-arm one-leg version. Without the second leg to stabilize, your body compensates with core strength and stabilizer muscles (intercostals etc).

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November 30, 2009|Extreme, bboy, bodyweight, gymnastics, video|Post Comment »

elbow step-up pushups

I got the idea for these pushups from various places, but the extreme version from a recently posted video of 18 extreme exercises. You’ll get more from the video than my explaining them, but they work the triceps a lot, also the deltoids, abdominal, and stabilizer muscles. Very good alternative to the standard simpler pushups that most people do.

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November 23, 2009|Extreme, bodyweight, video|Post Comment »

eighteen extreme exercises

Just found this video on youtube and was pretty impressed. Although I’ve never had much luck with the human flag, I don’t work on it much either. The straddle planche pushups though, I work at everyday. Closer but still not there. All the others I’ve got pretty well. So I guess I’m getting somewhere!

standing ab wheel rollout
back lever
hannibal pullups
korean dips
one-arm one-leg pushups
leg lifts
straddle planche pushups
L-sit walk
human flag
superman pushup
dragon flag
side-to-sides
handstand pushup to nose
elbow step pushups – together
muscle-up with false grip
stall bar hold
deep handstand pushups
bicycle pullups

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November 9, 2009|Extreme, bboy, bodyweight, fitness, video, weightbearing|Post Comment »

working out with Hannibal!

This guy Hannibal is a powerhouse. Unbelievable. He does a lever on a fire hydrant, then flips up to a planche and does a few planche pushups. Amazing. In one shot it looks like he’s doing a maltese. Damn!

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May 18, 2009|Extreme, bboy, gymnastics|Post Comment »

new handstand pushups – on medicine ball

A new twist on handstand pushups. If handstand pushups get too easy, try deep press hanstand pushups (on parallettes) where your chest comes down to hand level. If those get to easy, destabilize one or both of your hands with a medicine ball. And a caveat aka warning, please don’t try this if you struggle with basic handstand pushups. You’ll fall splat on your face!!

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April 13, 2009|Extreme, bboy, bodyweight, weightbearing|Post Comment »

Jack Lalanne – Fully Extended One-Arm Pushup

This video is pretty awesome. Jack Lalanne is an old school strong man and fitness enthusiast. He makes all these hard-core training exercises look easy. A great role model, even with the funny commentary!

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March 23, 2009|Extreme, bodyweight, jacklalanne|Post Comment »

more planche training ideas

I found this video on another youtube like site. This guy has a lot of exercises for training the planche. One particular one I’ve been working on is the handstand pushups, where each hand is supported by and destabilized by an exercise ball!!

Acrobatic 3-The Planche – Awesome video clips here

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March 16, 2009|Extreme, bboy, gymnastics|Post Comment »

Planche Fly on Blocks – fully extended

Refer to the previous week’s video on what I call the planche fly. This week I do the same but on blocks, so balance is more crucial, and you’ll find you can probably do fewer of these than those planche flys.

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February 2, 2009|Extreme, bodyweight, core|Post Comment »

One Arm Pullups with Theraband

To train for the one-arm pullup you want to over many months of training, reduce the weight on the assisting arm, and increase the weight on the primary arm. Here’s one way to do that. Use a theraband on the secondary arm.