REAL PLANKING - Jack Lalanne fingertip pushups

[utubesqueeze]

Now that's impressive. These are super hard to do even 10 no matter how fit you are. It is almost entirely core strength though. They are harder than doing standing to flat ab-wheel planks! So, don't even *think* of trying them without having a superb lower back and core.

[ecosby100]

wow that just blowen my mind

[haymanx92]

yeah................ fuck that

[mrkitanai1]

The ability to do (or not do) many exercises is LEVERAGE. It's simple physics. If one has a long torso and/or legs, doing this exercise would be very difficult. It has little to do with core strength. In the same way, if one has short legs and long arms, doing deadlifts will probably be easier. There is a reason why 6'10" basketball players can never be world-class gymnasts and why a 5'0" man will never be able to play center in the NBA.

[MrGamergg]

Floor hump

[djgreeneyes36]

That cannot be good for the reproductive sack

[th0i]

AHHAHAAA

looks like spiderman 

[50calmakebigboom]

fuck that ground!! $)

[isaac916100]

Dont ever say jack lalanne pushups than do them wrong, bring ur feet together idiot

[njcarlos1]

and lower your chest to the floor, don't keep it raised. :D

[njcarlos1]

agree w/ others. your spread-eagle style is distributing your weight over a larger amount of muscle groups. bring your feet closer together.

[justin01gt]

nice sandals



[awalkerog]

Psshhh I got 2 in me lol. Still practicing, we all have to start somewhere. Core to the max

[Tarion666]

And there I was thinking I'm quite fit, cause I can do a few 1 hand push ups. Fucking hell, nice!

[fookingfantastic]

I believe he did it one handed as well

[justkarmatoo]

Take care and may all be happy and well. -JK

[ZboneWalker]

Yep, usually i never use and gym machines... Now days i have stopped going to the gym, i bought a bench press, some free weights and a pull up bar, i can do all the exercises at home and get better results than at the gym

[ZboneWalker]

@ZboneWalker Any not and

[tsrragss]

dick pushups. haha

[Rustybarbell]

OK...hmmmm...will try to do as you described and post it on youtube, say, in the next few hours. Thanks for the advice. What an inspiration Mr La Lanne is!

[falcodarkzz]

Although this is still a feat in itself, i suggest you rewatch Jack's method of doing the pushups. This is not a Jack Lalanne version, you are using your legs and spreading them to wide, most of the propulsion is fromt the upper body, it is an upper body exercise.

[Rustybarbell]

@Faelian6t5 Yes I am!

[bobbytmathew]

haRDER than it looks

[swangle]

Those shorts are disgusting!

[Rustybarbell]

@swangle I'm not sure how to digest this comment...I guess it's better than saying "Your face is disgusting!"....hahaha. Oh I better not laugh too soon - somebody will probably comment exactly that soon...(and that would make me a very sad Panda)

[Jaahaah]

Yeah I did 2 of these and my abs were fucked for like a week and a half

[friskystapler]

so what are the benefits of doing push ups with your fingertips?

[Dobraldo3333]

@DickKnowsBest

Jp, my favorite exercises are:

-Squat(Back/front), Deadlift (rack pulls when i want to hit my back a bit more), Bench press, w.dips, w.chinups, B.rows, Standing B. press, w.pushups, w.bodyweight rows, some grip and core exercises and that is it. I basicly need only a rack, olympic bar, bench and weights and that's it!!!

[DaNuttBall]

cunt

[erneb]

Are you cheating a bit with your foot? But it is really cool!

[thequinton07]

who cares if your form is sloppy? haha, i cant do that. beast

[DarkNatasX]

These are called superman Pushups. :D Good job.

[thekingofoakland]

that cute girl in the back is looking at you like your retarded or something lol do you know her?

[Rustybarbell]

@thekingofoakland What cute girl? I'm too retarded or something to notice...

[bsumiko]

@Rustybarbell. Yes, you make a great point. I've got a very long torso for my height. As a result, I could NEVER perform situps where my legs are not held down. I also have great difficulty performing movements such as ab wheel roll outs.

[englishspringer1]

wow! that was soo cool! :D

[bsumiko]

Your form is not sloppy. It's excellent! You've got a strong core! Keep up the great work!

[Rustybarbell]

@bsumiko I am sure there are people out there with relatively stronger "cores", who cannot perform these pushups. A lot may have to do with leverage - length of the arms, length of the torso, the legs etc...It so happens that my proportions suit this particular movement...I only wish I can say the same for barbell squats and deadlifts! You always want what you don't got!!

[iamscythe]

nice one dude !

[dncviorel]

Just tried the exercise but I couldn't move at all.hahaha.

[jlvi13]

I do this with slightly different form. I make it more of a push up. Check out my video: three extreme push ups to see how I do it!

[nUaSvAy]

Push-ups, running, and some simple ab exercises are all you need.

[15boyltz]

hat's off to you, can't do it at all.

[mixwell1983]

props to you dude but just to think Jack did it 1 handed way back in the 50s is unreal.

[Rustybarbell]

As far as I know, the 50s (and before) was when the REAL strongmen lived! After that, the physical culture got taken over by the pumpers and gym bunnies, I reckon. In those days, men in gyms used to overhead press 200lbs. These days, people do boobybuilding with bench presses and pec decks. After that, they probably finish the workout with a spraytan.

[Dobraldo3333]

I couldn't agree more. Now days people use to much machines and they forget where real power is. Exercises like chinups, push ups, ATG squats, DL, all kind of presses and pull exercises with body or free wights...

[fitnessland]

Yes, they were really tough. Jack L L at 175lbs did 1000 (continuous) dips in 34 min 41 seconds, in 1945. No one to date has even dared attempt this. We are all soft compared to those guys back then. BTW what is a ATG squat?

[Dobraldo3333]

jp. ATG squat means Ass To Grass :). Below parralel

[fitnessland]

AH! Of course - The good ol' ATG Squat! Just love hating them!

[Mannypacquia0]

man isnt that guy look significantly younger at his age? hes like 95 but looks like a 60-70 year old man.

[itsanthonyhere]

@fitnessland Dips? Is that chin-ups? (or pull ups..)

[rmsolympic1]

@Dobraldo3333 Superb point. It amazes me how some folks buy all these fitness gadgets, but exactly like you said real world, iron pulling, squatting, pushing and so forth develops tremendous power - and often a lot less expensively than the fitness gadgets.

[igalflint]

that's right ! everyone should read about Don Athaldo,siegmund breitbart and the mighty atom

[LesnarNextBigThingF5]

@Rustybarbell What about Swartzchenegger

[eri3576w]

@Rustybarbell lol i agree...people back then used to work in the woods..and be woods men all their life..now a days you can't find many people that bodybuild and don't take steriods that can lift 300-400 pounds..i know a guy who can benchpress 460 pounds more then 10 reps with no steroids.

[Rustybarbell]

@eri3576w The steroid debate is an ongoing one...Unfortunately, in this world of profit over ethical choices, steroids are allowed to proliferate. In the 2 gyms that i own, no one takes drugs...I know that for a fact because I have chosen to put ethical reality over profit. Right in front of my gyms, rule no. 1 is "Use of all equiopment...prescribed by ...Trainers only". THAT, is how I have managed to run a drug free gym.

[WaaahWah]

@Rustybarbell

That is actually a long term goal of mine. Putting 100kg overhead, preferably by strict pressing it, but a 100kg snatch or clean&jerk would be pretty cool too.

[m4ti4sh]

@Rustybarbell Hey man, real strength is not over check this out --- 2010 Recap pt 6 The Movie (featuring the Bar Commission)

[felixx2012]

@Rustybarbell but we still hav proper strongmen today, im not 1 of them haha, but youtube search bar barianz

[EddyfuckinD]

@Rustybarbell ha spraytan, quality

[sportsman214]

idk how you do it without your hands/feet sliding!

[drewdiiulio]

That was really good....Jack Lalanne did it with one arm... :-)

[StraightBallin76]

that was really good

u might wanna try to keep your legs together and b on your fingertips instead of having your fingers as flat, thats what my football coach does, its pretty wild haha

[biokemical]

Looks like a spider having an epileptic fit!

[Mattx0x]

i can do those but try it with your fingers going inward, damn.

[TimeGoesBySoSlowly99]

That was really good, but you're pretty lean, so it can't be that hard...

[itsanthonyhere]

Main thing is that you're not too tall. I'm 6'2'' and would never, ever be able to do this.

[fitnessland]

You're probably right. Body structures always play a huge role in any human movement/performance.

[StraightBallin76]

thats a good point but not trying to b a dick or anything, if u worked at it, and got your core right, ud b able too def.... my coach is like 6'5'' and he does it

[fitnessland]

Height may not be the only factor. Thickness of bone structure, proportion of the torso to limb length ratio, muscle distribution, and other genetic factors may also affect how easy and how difficult it is to perform physical feats. I did this without any training at all - that doesn't make me a stronger guy to the next guy who cannot do it, even after trying to train for it.

[StraightBallin76]

o yea absolutely, there are always gonna b people who just cant do that ever, and people who can just do it right away, im just saying, most cases, training for this will significantly help u bc its such an awkward and undone motion that most people would have to work quite hard to b able to do this

[fitnessland]

I agree with you! "Nothing is impossible, it just takes longer".

[itsanthonyhere]

That wasn't sloppy. That's gotta be hard as hell. What muscles do I focus on training to be able to do that??? I can do around 60 pushups without stopping with my hands spread out a shoulder length but I can't do one Lallane pushup!

[fitnessland]

It's actually not hard.  It's a bit like chinups - if you lack strength to do even one, you'd think it's 'hard as hell'. But once you have the strength to do 10, the first 5 would feel like a walk in the park.

[fitnessland]

Muscles to focus on: Fingers, lats, abs, lower back.

[newjersey02]

its your fingers and forearms, it helps you get brute strength if you want.