a bodybuilder or a weight lifter couldnt do almost any of the gymnastics exercises. They are not flexible, big, and slow. But a gymnast can easily lift heavy weights.
hi.i'm 16 years old,1.77m and 67kg.What do you think i must eat and how much training must i do to improve.I want to improve my number of pushups(now 40-45),and get to a planche.I know it will take like 1 or even 2 years,but i just want to know the exact training.I can do a l-sit for 15 second,but i strugle because i don't have flexibility.How can i imrove my flexibility.Pls give me some tips(sets,reps,.....)
@TheMrporkchop11 Nope, I'm from Texas. Usually I train for gymnastics 2 to 3 hours on 4 or 5 days of the week. Mostly working skills and routines, but I try to get in some strength work in the last hour or so.
is it possible to learn those things like the handstand without training in a gym and eat normally? if yes, what exercices work best and how manny times you need to do it?
@BlackAbbysV2 Certainly. If you want to learn a handstand, practice doing them up against a wall or on a soft surface to start with. I'm not sure there's a good way to learn them other than just doing them. Some people learn to balance it quickly while others struggle for a long time. Good shoulder flexibility helps.
@DrAlexisOlson I try handstand quite alot and its getting better and better, i think i'll just do that some more and try to train my abs and arms too. Thank you.
@JLBird1993 I eat a lot of food. Around 4000-4500 Calories on the days I work out, consisting of plenty of meat, eggs, and dairy and trying to avoid too much sugar and bad carbs. PM me if you want more detailed specifics.
omg. that is so beast. ok so i want to start having this type of strength and conditioning. Although i have no idea how or where to start. I mean how many reps of what exercise should i do? I dont want to go to a gym or anything like that if i could do it at home or at a park.
@Angelbikost Depends how you define strongest. A weight lifter can't do most of the stuff shown here and a gymnast can't quite lift as much on a bar as a weight lifter can. For strength moves where you only lift your own body, gymnasts are the strongest.
Funny, I just got the book building the gymnastic body a little over a month ago and tried some of the core work. I can do about 300 sets of crunches total and be fine and I am in pretty good shape. I tried one L sit on the arms of a chair and I had to bend my knees after about 5 seconds. I guess that goes to show you really don't know how strong you are until you try these killer workouts. I can now do an L sit and starting to bring it past 90 degrees. Hooray for imporvement. infinity to go
@TheisKlinzingNielsen Leg extension :p It's probably got another name, since a bodyweight hamstring curl is called the harop curl, but I don't know about it.
I have been weight lifting for a few years (I'm not huge but have a 'natural' toned physique) and I would very much like to start calisthenics to be able to do some of this stuff! Where would you recommend I start? Any good sites out there? I see a lot of bodybuilding sites but not that many popular gymnast oriented sites.
@DrAlexisOlson i always try to imagine how it would feel (for me) to do those exercises, man you would not believe how much my body hurts from watching this vid O_O
they are strong yes. But honestly I don't get why gymnast's usually are just slightly toned for being so strong and not super shredded like a nfl wr or rb who rarely do calistenics at this level.
@markkerr101 Gymnasts tend to be pretty ripped (have you seen Olympic rings gymnasts?), but are rarely bulky like a bodybuilder. The ideal physique for a gymnast is a maximal strength to weight ratio, so huge (heavy) muscles are actually a disadvantage.
They are buff ass hell! Just that most of them dont juice. Its a clean competative sport remember. But i bet still a few of the do have you seen yuri van gelder?
@saltfan2 i said a vast majority of olympic athletes, i didn't say steroids, but i'm sure i could dig up something - the problem with uneducated people like yourself when it comes to drugs and sports, you tend to put steroids on a pedestool in its own boat like its some magic potion - it's with the rest of them.. drugs have been in sports since the 50s and will continue to get worse.. i suggest you watch the documentary bigger stronger faster
@saltfan2 btw, i should have been more specific - for a gymnast to use anabolics, thered be wayyy more drawbacks than benefits, they require the highest strength to weight ratio than any other athlete in the world, steroids would ruin this.. but in terms of horror stories, gymnastics probably has to be one of the worst.. covering up drugs is just too easy, look at marion jones who was on EPO, THG, HGH and slin since 99 and NEVER tested positive after hundreds of so called 'tests'
is it true that gymnasts do bench presses and squats and deadlifts 3 times their weight?? just a rumour i heard not sure if its truu...sounds insane but believable after some of the stuff you guys are doin in the vid
@djblue2 That's probably a bit of an exaggeration for most gymnasts, but some may be able to. It's hard to say though since gymnasts rarely train with barbells.
@DrAlexisOlson oo true that....quick question do you think its a bit late for someone thats 18 to start like acrobatics and that....i did used to do martial arts a long time ago...still have a lil bit of the flexibility..im thinkin ill regain it once i start workin on my flexibility again (muscle memory) but is it a smart idea to start now?? or is it too late
@djblue2 18 is certainly not too late to start unless you want to be in the Olympics or something. It's never too late to start really and 18 isn't very old at all.
I'm about 6' and 180 lbs. The guy doing the one arm chin ups (and a bunch of other stuff) is 5' 11" and around 160 lbs. I'm not sure exactly the size of the others, but they are a bit smaller.
@DrAlexisOlson how about some side crunches while in the flag position, or toe touch with both hands over the bar at the top of pullups, L sit walks, pistols on top of the paralel bars, some germans or stuff like that, airflares(i'm a bit into bboy stuff), peace!
wow this is great stuff guys...keep it up!.....inspirational !.....I cant do any better than a cross pullout.....well..... I'll just have to keep workin! I could do with being about 15 years younger too!...rock n roll!!!
Nah, I struggle with L chins and you can forget about L dips lol. My normal muscle up is far from clean currently anyway, I only got it recently; theres a lot of improvement to be made.
a bodybuilder or a weight lifter couldnt do almost any of the gymnastics exercises. They are not flexible, big, and slow. But a gymnast can easily lift heavy weights.
123phobia123 2 weeks ago
I c Kyle kueker but I mite b wrong
Rylee304 3 weeks ago
@Rylee304 No Kyles in the video.
DrAlexisOlson 3 weeks ago
really fucking imressive.
petrokuzz 1 month ago
That's so awsome!! I hope to become a strong gymnasts like that but I have not slot of sholder flexiblty :((( more leg strenth tho :)
luguys44 1 month ago
hi.i'm 16 years old,1.77m and 67kg.What do you think i must eat and how much training must i do to improve.I want to improve my number of pushups(now 40-45),and get to a planche.I know it will take like 1 or even 2 years,but i just want to know the exact training.I can do a l-sit for 15 second,but i strugle because i don't have flexibility.How can i imrove my flexibility.Pls give me some tips(sets,reps,.....)
paynehunter 1 month ago
@paynehunter I don't think I can answer all of that in 500 characters. I suggest you check out the forum on the gymnasticbodies website.
DrAlexisOlson 1 month ago
This is so fucking good.
mcclurgoman 2 months ago
Hey, are you from sweden? I am definitley interested in what you do, what's your training schedule? What do you practice and when?
TheMrporkchop11 2 months ago
@TheMrporkchop11 Nope, I'm from Texas. Usually I train for gymnastics 2 to 3 hours on 4 or 5 days of the week. Mostly working skills and routines, but I try to get in some strength work in the last hour or so.
DrAlexisOlson 2 months ago
is it possible to learn those things like the handstand without training in a gym and eat normally? if yes, what exercices work best and how manny times you need to do it?
BlackAbbysV2 2 months ago
@BlackAbbysV2 Certainly. If you want to learn a handstand, practice doing them up against a wall or on a soft surface to start with. I'm not sure there's a good way to learn them other than just doing them. Some people learn to balance it quickly while others struggle for a long time. Good shoulder flexibility helps.
DrAlexisOlson 2 months ago
@DrAlexisOlson I try handstand quite alot and its getting better and better, i think i'll just do that some more and try to train my abs and arms too. Thank you.
BlackAbbysV2 2 months ago
Which muscles does it require to do that handstand on those parallel bars?
Badik9999 2 months ago
fuck that. fuck that. im going to become a gymnast.
climbswag 2 months ago
can us girls do this?
skylarlynn8 2 months ago
@skylarlynn8 Girls can do some of the stuff in the video (like press handstands), but not things like crosses or one arm pull ups.
DrAlexisOlson 2 months ago
omg
robinsonsonya57 2 months ago
Damnn:)
smgymbrat16 2 months ago
200-300g of protein per day. how do you manage to eat so much and what type do you eat?
JLBird1993 2 months ago
@JLBird1993 I eat a lot of food. Around 4000-4500 Calories on the days I work out, consisting of plenty of meat, eggs, and dairy and trying to avoid too much sugar and bad carbs. PM me if you want more detailed specifics.
DrAlexisOlson 2 months ago
HOT ; )
themelanieify 2 months ago
OMG
amy2916 2 months ago
Hey, do you need like eat a lots of protein to get that strength? I need an answer please
TCKikeeElectro 2 months ago
@TCKikeeElectro It'll help, probably. I generally eat between 200g and 300g of protein per day.
DrAlexisOlson 2 months ago
do you guys watch what you eat to get like that?
MelonPopp 3 months ago
@MelonPopp Some of us eat more carefully than others, but none of us are extremely strict.
DrAlexisOlson 2 months ago
wow
turtlelover1129 3 months ago
omg. that is so beast. ok so i want to start having this type of strength and conditioning. Although i have no idea how or where to start. I mean how many reps of what exercise should i do? I dont want to go to a gym or anything like that if i could do it at home or at a park.
6576SERDS 3 months ago
As a gymnast you are right we are the strongest athletes, not weight lifters
cainocrodrigue 3 months ago
umm...0__0
kay59712 3 months ago
Love the planche push-ups on the parallel bars, and the human flag at 1:32!
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Mrthatnice 4 months ago
Gymnastics is the hardest and best sport in the world!
360isbest1 6 months ago
Beasts! Go Gymnastics screw weights gymnastic is the way to bulk up ;)
KTA155 6 months ago
what level is he ?! wow cool !
shosho6639 6 months ago
you are surely very powerful
but i dont think gymnasts are the strongest
the strongest are the weight lifters that lift 250kg for example
Angelbikost 6 months ago
@Angelbikost Depends how you define strongest. A weight lifter can't do most of the stuff shown here and a gymnast can't quite lift as much on a bar as a weight lifter can. For strength moves where you only lift your own body, gymnasts are the strongest.
DrAlexisOlson 6 months ago 11
@DrAlexisOlson yes thats what i mean
of course gymnasts are the strongest in lifting their body
keep on training man:)
Angelbikost 6 months ago
@Angelbikost Yeah sure weight lifters are stronger than gymnasts. But pound for pound gymnasts are the strongest athletes in the world.
MeMrInsane 4 months ago
YEAH IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO PAY 1000 DOLLARS A DAY FOR TRAINING SURE GO AHEAD
onofomi 6 months ago
Funny, I just got the book building the gymnastic body a little over a month ago and tried some of the core work. I can do about 300 sets of crunches total and be fine and I am in pretty good shape. I tried one L sit on the arms of a chair and I had to bend my knees after about 5 seconds. I guess that goes to show you really don't know how strong you are until you try these killer workouts. I can now do an L sit and starting to bring it past 90 degrees. Hooray for imporvement. infinity to go
slickwick45 8 months ago
NICE!!
fallinloveromance 9 months ago
Yeah Ronnie Coleman would find a lot of these exercises challenging because he's so heavy.
TimpBizkit 10 months ago
:22 hump/rape
beachmonkey382 10 months ago
That's just amazing :D
pawlo669 10 months ago
There's strong
Then there's army strong
Then there's gymnastics strong
imafreakinninja12 11 months ago 41
@imafreakinninja12 Nice! I'll have to remember that.
DrAlexisOlson 11 months ago 3
have you guys ever been in a fight? can you guys mutilate someone with that strength?
VLambo311 11 months ago
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Kalkazaar 11 months ago
you know they have probrably been doing this for like 6 years
phoenix9and22 11 months ago
wow nice vid :D may i ask how you trained for the one arm chin up?
Sinjid142 11 months ago
Very nice, you are def strong, i would be curious to see what Supersaiyan requirement you can complete.
Check my video you'll see what i'm talking about, it might interest you, SS3 or even SS4 for you.
let me know!
VassTheSupersaiyan 11 months ago
God damn. Some of these are just not right.
xAFallFarewellx 11 months ago
superman hides from these guys!
monkula84 11 months ago
dude i wanna do a 1 hand pull-up SOOO BAD!!! i can do most other bodyweight stuff
WalmartBiker 1 year ago
what is this 0:20 exercise??
TheisKlinzingNielsen 1 year ago
@TheisKlinzingNielsen Leg extension :p It's probably got another name, since a bodyweight hamstring curl is called the harop curl, but I don't know about it.
ShaolinIronLeg 1 year ago
I have been weight lifting for a few years (I'm not huge but have a 'natural' toned physique) and I would very much like to start calisthenics to be able to do some of this stuff! Where would you recommend I start? Any good sites out there? I see a lot of bodybuilding sites but not that many popular gymnast oriented sites.
86mhassani 1 year ago
@86mhassani I highly recommend checking out gymnasticbodies . com. They have a great forum and post workouts of the day about four times per week.
DrAlexisOlson 1 year ago
@DrAlexisOlson Excellent, thanks very much.
86mhassani 1 year ago
@DrAlexisOlson i always try to imagine how it would feel (for me) to do those exercises, man you would not believe how much my body hurts from watching this vid O_O
Wollmilchsau1337 4 months ago
@86mhassani Plus, you can actually get towards these skills with weights. Haha.
ShaolinIronLeg 1 year ago
@86mhassani
Try beastskills by Jim Bathurst as well. He has great stuff.
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Try beastskills by Jim Bathurst as well. He has great stuff.
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matthwy1 10 months ago
These guys are strong!
saltfan2 1 year ago
Nice video, great strength! btw how tall are you, and when did u start training?
MslyA 1 year ago
i cant do 0.34 maybe i dont have enough leg room (im not a gymnast)
JamesBowlesyBowles 1 year ago
Gymnasts have amazing core, stability and balance strengths, it's quite incredible. Great video
132000Volts 1 year ago
they are strong yes. But honestly I don't get why gymnast's usually are just slightly toned for being so strong and not super shredded like a nfl wr or rb who rarely do calistenics at this level.
markkerr101 1 year ago
@markkerr101 Gymnasts tend to be pretty ripped (have you seen Olympic rings gymnasts?), but are rarely bulky like a bodybuilder. The ideal physique for a gymnast is a maximal strength to weight ratio, so huge (heavy) muscles are actually a disadvantage.
DrAlexisOlson 1 year ago 8
@DrAlexisOlson gymnasts dont look so shredded, because they aren't supposed to be, they just have amazing core strength
yankees4595 1 year ago
@yankees4595 They have amazing all round strength. Doing 5x single arm pullups doesn't use your core.
86mhassani 1 year ago
Thats just the camera.
saltfan2 1 year ago
They are buff ass hell! Just that most of them dont juice. Its a clean competative sport remember. But i bet still a few of the do have you seen yuri van gelder?
saltfan2 1 year ago
@saltfan2 lol ur joking right.. a vast majority of olympic athletes are on the juice, sorry to burst your bubble..
MAVsince1991 1 year ago
@MAVsince1991 If that is so. Name one gymnast who were busted????
saltfan2 1 year ago
@saltfan2 i said a vast majority of olympic athletes, i didn't say steroids, but i'm sure i could dig up something - the problem with uneducated people like yourself when it comes to drugs and sports, you tend to put steroids on a pedestool in its own boat like its some magic potion - it's with the rest of them.. drugs have been in sports since the 50s and will continue to get worse.. i suggest you watch the documentary bigger stronger faster
MAVsince1991 1 year ago
@saltfan2 btw, i should have been more specific - for a gymnast to use anabolics, thered be wayyy more drawbacks than benefits, they require the highest strength to weight ratio than any other athlete in the world, steroids would ruin this.. but in terms of horror stories, gymnastics probably has to be one of the worst.. covering up drugs is just too easy, look at marion jones who was on EPO, THG, HGH and slin since 99 and NEVER tested positive after hundreds of so called 'tests'
MAVsince1991 1 year ago
is it true that gymnasts do bench presses and squats and deadlifts 3 times their weight?? just a rumour i heard not sure if its truu...sounds insane but believable after some of the stuff you guys are doin in the vid
keep it up
peace
djblue2 1 year ago
@djblue2 That's probably a bit of an exaggeration for most gymnasts, but some may be able to. It's hard to say though since gymnasts rarely train with barbells.
DrAlexisOlson 1 year ago
@DrAlexisOlson oo true that....quick question do you think its a bit late for someone thats 18 to start like acrobatics and that....i did used to do martial arts a long time ago...still have a lil bit of the flexibility..im thinkin ill regain it once i start workin on my flexibility again (muscle memory) but is it a smart idea to start now?? or is it too late
djblue2 1 year ago
@djblue2 18 is certainly not too late to start unless you want to be in the Olympics or something. It's never too late to start really and 18 isn't very old at all.
DrAlexisOlson 1 year ago
great exercices, great music (which is ??) = great video !
ugou 1 year ago
I have utmost respect for these dudes but man, 0:21, that might be the funniest thing i've seen in such a long time
soumam 1 year ago
This is all really amazing stuff. But I couldn't help but think at 0:50 "that's not a great spot to be in."
PrivChurch 1 year ago
awesome!! i might start doing Gymnastics as well, its realy looking great!
arta3vur 1 year ago
Great work! *****
MsAlaskanBrightSide 1 year ago
I miss the strength benefits from gymnastics..
I lost all my toned muscle and strength..
Now I'm just a diver/bboy :l
TricksterBee 1 year ago
Great vid guys....very impressive for sure.
5 stars.
BRETZERR 1 year ago
holy shit -- this is obscene guys! I think I may as well give up training right now! Keep training hard fellow bodyweight and planche comrades!
timscarfe 1 year ago
Don't give up! This should be inspiring, not discouraging.
DrAlexisOlson 1 year ago
the strength of the athletes is amazing
im interested in height and bodyweight of the athletes
siegmund91 1 year ago 2
I'm about 6' and 180 lbs. The guy doing the one arm chin ups (and a bunch of other stuff) is 5' 11" and around 160 lbs. I'm not sure exactly the size of the others, but they are a bit smaller.
DrAlexisOlson 1 year ago
I'm considering making a second strength video. Let me know if you have some cool ideas for strength moves to include.
Some things I want to include are cross pull outs, front lever pull ups, and maybe some 90 degree push ups.
DrAlexisOlson 1 year ago
@DrAlexisOlson how about some side crunches while in the flag position, or toe touch with both hands over the bar at the top of pullups, L sit walks, pistols on top of the paralel bars, some germans or stuff like that, airflares(i'm a bit into bboy stuff), peace!
alacranmontoya 1 year ago
@alacranmontoya Great suggestions!
DrAlexisOlson 1 year ago
Loved this Vid!! Great to watch before training. Inspiring stuff guys
Demus15 2 years ago 2
wow this is great stuff guys...keep it up!.....inspirational !.....I cant do any better than a cross pullout.....well..... I'll just have to keep workin! I could do with being about 15 years younger too!...rock n roll!!!
lilou1003 2 years ago
Thanks. I totally forgot to put some cross pullouts in this video. Maybe in a sequel.
DrAlexisOlson 2 years ago
This is most people's goals in one video.
Polarcupcheck 2 years ago 18
This is freaking ridiculous! Im currently working on a straddle planche and OAPU but im still months (or mebe a year) away!
AfroPK 2 years ago 2
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5/5 ...
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please don't kill me
FaecereTricking 2 years ago
I am thoroughly inspired. Ha, this is incredible. It's like, the things you consider easy in this video are the hardest things i can do =O
matthewmovement 2 years ago 2
This is ridiculous!! I've got my muscle up now btw :)
natcomber13 2 years ago
w00t =P
matthewmovement 2 years ago
Nice. Have you tried an L muscle up?
DrAlexisOlson 2 years ago
Nah, I struggle with L chins and you can forget about L dips lol. My normal muscle up is far from clean currently anyway, I only got it recently; theres a lot of improvement to be made.
natcomber13 2 years ago
Wow, you sir are a tank!
Amazing control on those planche presses
liamtheclown 2 years ago