Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Happy Brithday to my Bride!
My gorgeous bride rocking some 1-arm push-ups on the eve of her birthday! Happy Birthday my angel!!!
Friday, August 22, 2014
Thursday night part 4: Front lever holds and scap work
Hitting the 1-leg front lever and scapula work :)
Thursday night part 2: 1-arm pull ups
Using less assistance than ever before. Feeling really strong on these!
Thursday Augst 21st evening part 1: Handstand push ups
The body's feeling a little beat up so I kept these on the floor rather than elevated on the push up bars. I also only used a 20 pound weight vest. A good strong set.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
My gorgeous Bride
From last night's training session. Here's my gorgeous bride rocking her "facing the wall" handstands! Awesome job my angel!!
Tuesday morning part 6: straddle press handstands
Not my best set. I hopped off the ground a little too much the entire time. But, not bad either.
Tuesday morning part 5: handstand snake downs
Apparently I have to focus less on the snake down and more on getting to a good handstand before it, lol.
Tuesday morning part 3: clapping pull ups
Last set of these for the day. Had to kick myself when I re-watched this because I totally half ass the last one!
Tuesday August 19th morning part 1: handstand push ups
Hitting the final set of freestanding handstand push ups for the morning, not my best but not bad.
Monday night part 9: Side raisers
Side raisers are feeling awesome, with the exception of slipping about mid way through the set, lol!
Monday night part 4: Front lever negatives and scapula work
Man, I wish my front lever holds were this good, lol. The position has improved a ton and the strength has gone up a ton
Monday night part 3: L-sit to Planche
The l-sit to tuck planche is feeling really strong and stable.
Moday night part 2: 1-arm pull up negatives
These are feeling so awesome. Using less assistance, almost ready to take away the other arm completely.
Monday Auust 18th night part 1: L-sit to handstand
Not a bad set, but I do fall out of the second one, lol.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Monday Morning part 5: Butterfly kicks
Being inside, I'm really focusing on controlling the power on these today.
Monday morning part 4: 1-arm cartwheels
It's a rainy day outside, so I moved everything inside today. Sticking with the basics, and nailing the 1-arm cartwheels.
Monday morning part 2: Muscle up negatives
Working the assisted negatives on the muscle up. Looking to get scary strong in the transition so I can really nail the advanced rings movements later on.
Monday August 18th morning part 1: handstnand holds
Always working the basics, and they are feeling good.
Friday August 15th evening circuit
The final set of what I have dubbed the "Bunny Hop" circuit. Love this one, lot's of great power movements put together.
Thursday night part 4: Front lever and scapula work
The last set of 1-leg front lever holds and scapula work.
Thursday night part 3: Tuck planche push ups
Doing a super set of tuck planche push ups with 1-leg front lever holds/ scapula work. Here's the final set of the push ups.
Thursday night part 2: 1-arm pull ups
Final set of 1-arm pull ups for the night. Using less assistance and feeling strong!
Thursday August 14th evening part 1: Handstand push ups
The last set of this super set that included handstand push ups an 1-arm pull ups. Here's the final set of the handstand push ups. Against the wall, on the bars with a 20 pound weight vest and 10 pound dumbbell attached.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Thursday morning part 8: Clapping pull ups
The 5th and final set of these for this morning. These are coming along great. Holding a dead stop at the bottom, powering up with no kip or swing. I love it!
Thursday morning part 7: Y-scales
There's just something beautiful, calming, peaceful and serene about practicing your Y-scales outside in the morning. I love it!
Thursday morning part 5: butterfly kicks
Finally learning how to control the power going in to these.
Thursday morning part 3: Dive roll to handspring
Working out the kinks in the dive roll to handspring combination!
Thursday August 14th morning part 1: Front flip fun
Got the cushions out and working my basic front flip technique!!
Tuesday August 12th evening circuit
Here's the final round of this evening's circuit which included Tiger Squats, 1-leg burpees, 1-leg leg curl/ hip thrusts, Split jumps, and Wall Drive sprints. Awesome stuff.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Tuesday morning part 8: straddle press handstand
Final set of straddle press handstands. Had to adjust a little to the different environment. It felt good.
Tuesday morning part 7: explosive pull ups
My 5th of 5 sets of explosive pull ups. Working on getting as high as I can, trying to touch the mid or bottom of my chest on every pull, without using any kind of kip or swing.
Tuesday morning part 6: monkey flips
Having a ton of fun flipping around. This is what practice is all about :)
Tuesday morning part 5: handstand snake
My first time training handstand snake downs to squat. Not bad, but you can tell that I'm overthinking the whole thing.
Tuesday morning part 2: freestanding handstand push ups
The second to the last set of these. I should have filmed the next set, they were better, lol.
Tuesday August 12th morning part 1: handstand holds
Always start out with the basics, set 6 of 6 for handstand holds.
Monday night part 7: V-sit holds
Midsection tri-set includes v-sit holds, v-ups and side raisers. Here's the final set of v-sit holds
Monday night part 5: Victorian hold
This super set was modified Victorian holds and 1-arm body curls. Here's the final set of the 1-arm Victorian hold.
Monday night part 4: Front lever negatives and scapula work
Here's the final set of front lever negatives and scapula work.
Monday night part 3: L-sit to tuck planche
This super set includes l-sit to tuck planches and front lever negatives/ scapula work. Here's the final set of the l-sit to tuck planches. Feeling good.
Monday nitght part 2: 1-arm pull up negatives
Last set of the 1-arm pull up negatives. Using even less assistance and feeling pretty strong with the movement.
Monday August 11th evening part 1: L-sit to handstand
Super set with L-sit to handstand and 1-arm pull up negatives. Here's the final set of the L-sit to handstand on the parallets.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Monday August 11th morning wrap up
I was having a terrible practice this morning so I called it good for the time being. I'll be back tonight to kick ass in the training though!
Friday, August 8, 2014
Friday August 8th morning the whole thing
Unable to post videos for some reason today, so here's a breakdown of today's morning session:
1.) Jumping Muscle Ups 6 x 3 reps
2.) Handstand Holds 6 by 20-30 seconds
3.) 1/2 Floor Circles 10 reps
4.) 1/2 Floor Circle to Front Splits 10 reps
5.) Handstand Hold to Bent Arm Hold 10 x 1 rep
6.) Macaco Overhead Reach 10 reps
7.) Macaco Monkey Flips 10 reps
8.) Straddle Press to Handstand with back against wall 2 x 5 reps
9.) Yoga Bridge 3 x 20 seconds
10.) Wrestler's Bridge 3 x 20 seconds
11.) Gymnastics Bridge 4 x 20 seconds
There you have it. Friday Morning's practice session.
1.) Jumping Muscle Ups 6 x 3 reps
2.) Handstand Holds 6 by 20-30 seconds
3.) 1/2 Floor Circles 10 reps
4.) 1/2 Floor Circle to Front Splits 10 reps
5.) Handstand Hold to Bent Arm Hold 10 x 1 rep
6.) Macaco Overhead Reach 10 reps
7.) Macaco Monkey Flips 10 reps
8.) Straddle Press to Handstand with back against wall 2 x 5 reps
9.) Yoga Bridge 3 x 20 seconds
10.) Wrestler's Bridge 3 x 20 seconds
11.) Gymnastics Bridge 4 x 20 seconds
There you have it. Friday Morning's practice session.
Thursday August 7th evening the whole training session.
Alright, my videos wouldn't post here at all. I'm sick of putting up links so here's what I did:
Super set 1:
a.) Handstand push ups (against the wall and up on push up bars) 3 x 5 reps with my bodyweight plus an additional 30 pounds.
b.) 1-arm pull ups on the rings 3 x 3 reps per arm
Super set 2:
a.) Tuck Planche Push ups 3 x 7
b.) 1-leg Front Lever Holds and Scapula work 3 x 5 seconds (front lever) and 3 x 20 seconds (scapula)
Super Set 3:
a.) Body Flies 3 x 10 with my bodyweight plus an additional 20 pounds
b.) 1-arm body curls 3 x 5 per side
Mid-section Tri Set:
a.) V-sit holds 3 x 5 seconds
b.) V-ups 3 x 15
c.) Side Raisers 3 x 15 reps per side
There you have it, Thursday night's training session.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Thursday morning part 11: Clapping Pull ups
On the high bar for my last of 5 sets of clapping pull ups! Love these!!
Thursday Morning part 10: Y-scale
Hitting the 3rd and final set of Y-scales for the day. This was in a super set with 5 sets of clapping pull ups.
Thursday morning part 9: butterfly kicks to 1-arm cartwheels
Not bad for the 2nd day of practicing these
Thursday morning part 7: aerial cartwheels
The aerial cartwheel are finally feeling pretty good on the left side, lol!
Thursday morning part 3: Freestanding Handstand Push ups
The final set of freestanding handstand push ups for the day. These really stunk today, but what can you do.
Thursday August 7th morning part 1: handstand holds
Working the basics, holding them pretty well. The handstand!
Wednesday morning part 4: straddle press handstands
Trying to use no jump or hop on the straddle press to handstand. Here's the final set.
Wednesday August 6th morning part 1: False Grip Speed Pull ups
Hitting my final set of false grip speed pull ups on the rings. Trying to aim for getting my belly button to the rings.
Tuesday August 5th evening circuit
Here's the second to the last round from Tuesday night's circuit. I hit another round after this, nice and strong. Awesome stuff!
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Tuesday morning part 11: gymanstics bridge
Finished off this morning with 3 sets of yoga bridges, 3 sets of wrestler's bridges and 4 sets of gymnastics bridges. They went very well and are improving by leaps and bounds.
Tuesday morning part 10: straddle up to handstand
Here's the youtube link for my last set of straddle press to handstand with the back against the wall. I love this movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9VEqHHP-kM&feature=player_detailpage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9VEqHHP-kM&feature=player_detailpage
Tuesday morning part 9: monkey fliiping fun
Here's the link to the youtube video of the monkey flips for today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbCILfE6Lgk&feature=player_detailpage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbCILfE6Lgk&feature=player_detailpage
Tuesday morning part 8: Macoco overhead reaches
Getting really F#$king tired of these errors in uploading BlogSpot. I'm getting ready to just say screw it, it's not worth it, I'm going only on facebook and youtube. This is getting sickening. Especially since none of my videos have any problem uploading on any other site.
I'd show you the video of the monkey flip overhead reaches, but the damn website sucks!!!!!
I'd show you the video of the monkey flip overhead reaches, but the damn website sucks!!!!!
Tuesday morning part 7: handstand to bent arm hold
I'll admit it. I got bored with doing normal handstands to bent arm holds, so I hit the last 3 reps in one set of handstand push ups, lol!
Here's the youtube link to the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRKByPG1iJc&feature=player_detailpage
Here's the youtube link to the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRKByPG1iJc&feature=player_detailpage
Tuesday morning part 6: floor circle to split
I had a terrible camera angle here. But here's my first 10 attempts with working from a 1/2 floor circle into a front split. Not bad for the first time.
Tuesday morning part 5: explosive pull up
Not even going to attempt to upload this video here. Here's the youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl8m8SoqmJo&feature=player_detailpage
Hitting the final set of explosive pull ups. Not trying to rep out pull ups, but focusing on pulling quickly, explosively and powerfully and getting the bar to the bottom of my chest. Eventually I want to get it to my navel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl8m8SoqmJo&feature=player_detailpage
Hitting the final set of explosive pull ups. Not trying to rep out pull ups, but focusing on pulling quickly, explosively and powerfully and getting the bar to the bottom of my chest. Eventually I want to get it to my navel.
Tuesday morning part 4: 1/2 floor circle
I'd comment more on this one, because the floor circles are coming around pretty well, but I'm getting really tired and sick of BlogSpot not uploading or processing my videos. Especially since youtube and facebook have no problem with them. Way to go BlogSpot!
Here's the link to the youtube version of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WAtbcxpMM&feature=player_detailpage
Here's the link to the youtube version of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WAtbcxpMM&feature=player_detailpage
Tuesday moning part 3: rings combination
The final set of the rings combination went really well. But BlogSpot keeps on coming up with some error that neither youtube or facebook do with the video, so it won't upload and process it. I'm fed up with it and not even posting the link to the youtube video.
Tuesday morning part 2: freestanding handstand push ups
Pretty damn good final set of the freestanding handstand push ups!
Tuesday August 5th morning part 1: handstand holds
Starting out with the classic, the handstand hold.
Monday night part 9: side raisers
The last set of training for the night. Ending with a nice final set of side raisers!
Monday night part 8: hip raisers
These are feeling way to easy. Used the 35 pound kettlebell for added resistance, and still too easy.
Monday night part 7: V-sit holds
The last set of the first movement in the midsection tri-set which includes v-sits, hip raisers, and side raisers. Here's the last v-sit. Not bad until I noticed that my legs aren't straight. Damn!
Monday night part 6: body curls
Once again, BlogSpot is not letting me upload a video so here is the youtube link to the body curl video there.
This is the final set of 1-arm body curls for the night. I made sure to use a tougher variation tonight, and loved it.
Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JCTTy25WuyY
Yeah!
This is the final set of 1-arm body curls for the night. I made sure to use a tougher variation tonight, and loved it.
Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JCTTy25WuyY
Yeah!
Monday night part 5: Victorian Holds
A great one for the entire posterior chain. Here's the final set of a modified Victorian hold (super set with 1-arm body curls).
Monday night part 4: front lever negatives and scapula work
Got these in a super set with the l-sit to tuck planche. Here's the final set of front lever negatives and scapula work.
Monday night part 3: L-sit to tuck planche
Here's the final set of moving from an L-sit hold to a tuck planche and back. These are feeling really sweet. Not quite to a straddle planche yet, but it will be coming.
Monday night part 2: 1-arm pull up negatives
Final set of these. Feeling really good. Almost ready to go with no assistance.
Monday August 4th evening part 1: L-sit to handstand and back
The final set of moving from an L-sit hold to a handstand and back to an L-sit hold on the parallets. Did these as a super set with the 1-arm pull-up negatives. Felt really good.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Monday morning part 9: 1-leg jumps
The third set of 3 of one leg jumps. Super setted these with Y-scale holds.
Monday morning part 8: butterfly kick to 1-arm cartwheel
Working another tumbling combination. Here's my first attempts at hitting a butterfly kick into a 1-arm cartwheel.
Monday morning part 6: aerial cartwheels
Yeah! The left side is finally catching up with the right side. However, the right side wasn't as good today, lol.
Monday morning part 5: dive roll to handspring
Starting to put together the tumbling combinations. Here's my first attempts at dive rolling into a handspring.
Monday morning part 4: handsprings
Repping out the handspring. I love that the right side forward ones are starting to feel as comfortable as the left side forward. Awesome!
Monday morning part 3: handstands
Hitting the basics with some handstand holds. A little over confident at first, lol. Hence the bobble. But, I caught it and made it better.
Monday August 4th morning part 1: false grip pull-ups
Working the false grip pull ups on the gymnastics rings. Looking at pulling up as far and high as I can. Not working to pump out the pull up, just to get ready for the muscle ups.
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