Chinese Men Pommel Horse! 2007

[Javeriffic]

perfect circles, arch in front.so incredible

[387Dima]

gymnasts are the strongest athletes by weight

[lilchickita408]

men's gymnastics uniforms look like footsie pajamas:)

[iHarmonicDissonance]

@lilchickita408 if only they felt like them...

[cantfeelbetter17]

@lilchickita408 this is sooooo true.

[benmahesh]

this is nothing short of impressive. Core strength out the ass

[birdeeboo]

I wonder how often guys rack themselves doing this.

[fig905]

Xiao Qin and Zhang Hongtao back-to-back. Best swingers, hands down, of all time.

[parkourislife123]

nice and easy haha

[a599524123]

muscle power!

[pinkshrimp]

I don't know shit about gymnastics but my favourites were the 3rd one (so fluid) , and the two last ones in white..

[infinityshot]

@pinkshrimp the 3rd one is call Xiao Qin. The pommel horse olympic champion.

[danpt2000]

Those can't be good for their wrists....

[a599524123]

someone is jelous~~~~~

[jcschulzid]

AWESOME!!!!!

[JohnyWindmill]

it reminded me of marshmellows.

[NextSuperstar88]

they have a big biceps..woahh!

[red666A]

They train their moves almost veryday. Life of olympics

[SULANTiiA]

OMFG i can onlyy doo 1 flair!!!

[agathayy]

love chinese gymnastics =)

[BboyDeusEx]

this is insane! i ts so difficult, I can't do one flare or cirle on the horse!

[aiyahEric]

is there a specific name for russians on one pommel? i can't seem to find it in the book...

[kevinakahaedbaenger]

who is the guy performing his exercise at 2:09? he's doing great!

[ipod7000]

its Xiao Qin, 2006 and 2007 pommel horse world champion, and 2008 Olympic pommel horse champion.

[kevinakahaedbaenger]

thank you!

i had a suspicion but i wasn't sure^^

[CodenameLan]

the poor guy who had to go after him slipped... must have been intimidated. haha

HOW DO THEY KEEP THEIR BODIES SO STRAIGHT!?

[tigerrockleaderreap]

the way they keep there bodies so straight is from years of practice

[ShootingAugust]

the faster you spin, the easier it is to keep your body straight, as for the holds, thats pure strength

[joeymuffarco69]

squeeze your butt. thats the biggest thing. if u do that, it tightens ur whole core.

[JimmyDeLocke]

Unless you're a gymnast it's probably impossible to comprehend how difficult what they're doing actually is.

[TheCollegeboi18]

Some elements of pommel horse are indeed for elite gymnasts. But the others can be taught with lesser difficulty.

[JimmyDeLocke]

Those are the elements I was referring to -- the ones these guys are doing. I am a gymnastics coach, and I believe that anyone can learn if they have the desire and determination, but these guys make the nearly impossible look easy.

[TheCollegeboi18]

I don't know if you can call me a gymnast or not. I'm just good and pommel horse and I don't do much of anything else. Never been on a competitive team. Think I can continue honing my skills at 18?

[JimmyDeLocke]

Absolutely. Men don't peak until at least 25. I believe it's possible to perform at the elite level well into your 40's. Go for it!

[matthewmovement]

Good Luck to you.

[XxKilorexX]

holy crap the way they doin it it seem lik they dont even need they're feet to walk around

[123bonebreaker123]

:-/ easy..pff...joke =-O

[thegill44]

amazing,

but why so few flares ?

[dd8yf]

Very few high-level tricks that involve flairs in the Code, and there are substitute tricks at the same value that are (arguably) better developmentally.

That, or you have to learn to do flaired flops, which are extremely difficult.

[NoHaX123]

Hmm who;s the guy after Xiao?

He has incredible form as well almost as good as Xiao's and his high on his scissors is amazing.

[Spartan038lverr]

It's 'cause they have no sack

[nanarocxie]

he looks like a fish!

[picius6]

Prawie jak Break ;] pojebało ich totalnie! jak tak można robić!! ;]

[denisefan]

2008 Olympics - Men's Team All-Around Gold,

individual all-around gold (yang wei),

pommel horse gold (xiao qin),

floor exercise gold (zhou kai),

high bar gold (zhou kai),

parallel bar gold (li xiao peng),

still rings gold (chen yibing)

7 out of 8 possible golds, the most dominant gymnastics team in Olympic history!!! Period.

[kawaiikaos]

I know! but you've got to admit it looks funny.

I know its amazing and takes alot of skill.

I'd be way to scared to do it. but it still makes me laugh watching for too long

are you a professional or something?

[xxRoro]

Is that Xiao Qin at 2:10 because his swinging and dismount is amazing!

[66QQ66]

sure, no one else can has that altitude

[brookey91]

i don't understand how they r physically able to do that its impossible!! i've have attempted and failed so many times!

[supphat0]

they trained a long long time for it

[gulmoh]

WTF is this shit?

[EvolutionIXRR]

this require a lot of strength... gymnast training is intense...

[kawaiikaos]

how can people not laugh at this sport?! XD I can watch it for about 10 seconds before I explode laughing

[hdskull]

oh. :D

[xXxYeLxX]

boring

[damaya11]

lol, they're goood, i just work with the mushroom :$ :$

[hdskull]

You probably didn't see the guy at 2:40.

[EricCris10sen]

This is crazy shit! I couldnt imagine how long it took to perfect it. God I couldnt even do it for like 10 seconds. They probably are damn strong has hell. I wish I was....=(

[SingingActor550070]

man...this looks hard! i hurt just thinking about trying it! and on the olympics people get like 5.450 for difficulty, and i think it should be more like 10,000...amazing vid

[dancedevil94]

THIS JUST CONVINCES ME EVEN MORE THAT MENS' GYMNASTICS IS EVEN HARDER THAN WOMENS'. I'm not even a gymnast but you can just tell that they have it way hareder...they have to b 3 times as strong as the women

[caseyyesac2121]

A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sure!!!!:)

[fearlessgymnast24]

at 209 is the best hes goin to the olympics his name is xiao qin hes the best in the world

[saskatoon32]

one of these days these nips are gonna smoke there nuts on one of those handles, and until someone gets that on camera, this b.s will be interesting.

[skatejako]

all of them are doing the same thing :P

[jpicker13]

One slip up and their nuts are gonna hurt

[h3115r3p3ntanc3]

if i ever tried to dedicate myself to something other than books food and sega dreamcast i would do the pommel horse... sadly i don't...

[NYDCnewyork]

lol, guess what if they did airflares on the pommel, haha full marks

[caseyyesac2121]

yeah

[darthukas]

they look like spiders with theyr little hands :D

[skillmatrix09]

wow they would make some good break dancers...amazing

[JazzWS]

these men don't need legs

[fuckyouXXL]

aaaa thats crazy !

[replicas91011]

The chinise r the best gymnasts in the world so they would be good duh!!!!!

[gergit684]

i know the dismounts dont look hard but they are. I know. Ive tried.

[Nolanisthelaw]

i know it's not, but their hands are moving SO fast and precise, it's like the video was being fast forwarded...

[severmine]

wow