pike press

[l0la58]

God that's hot.

[l0la58]

God that's hot.

[breezebro]

How do you do it sideways like that?

[planchentrick]

whats the more important for a pike press flexibility or strength cuz i can get a straddle press handstand without many problems but a pike press is rather difficult in comparison

[gimor]

@planchentrick Hi there

Yes, although flexibility (of putting your straight legs on your chest) will help you do it, the most important thing here is the strength in your shoulders. I saw the video you posted in your channel and congrats!, that press was awesome, so you are strong. Now try holding the squat support for 10 to 20 sec with straight arms, so that only your hands touch the ground.

[Quejarse]

so many birds.

[Rass5789]

i only last 4 seconds like that xDDD (though i only started to practiced 5 fays ago)

[HighlanderX3]

wow it looks like you have to be really strong to do this, the muscles in your back, arms and shoulders have to be very trained, how much time did you practise to accomplish this?

[windchimex]

can all professional gymnasts touch their toes?

[gimor]

yes..., not only to touch the toes, but they have also be able to put the chest on their legs =))

[ahmednabil]

@windchimex

lol very relevan question .

ps the thumb up is mine.

[ErikJUTbe]

@windchimex yes

[GodsofDreams]

Do you need to able to hold a planche to be able to press from a pike position? or is flexibility the only requirement? hmm

[gimor]

Planche?!!...no need to to be that strong. Being flexible and strong on your shoulder openers will certainly help you on the pike press...just like having long arms will help too, if you start from a sitting L position

[GodsofDreams]

ahh okay, thank you for your answer mate! Keep the vids coming! inspirational!

[1998lissylou]

I can dothat easily well I can now I used to struggle

[selfinflikted01]

Good control, now fix your hand placement. Your hands should be making a "hershey's kiss" pattern. ;)

[gimor]

what d'u mean "hershey's kiss" pattern?

[selfinflikted01]

It's hard to explain through text, but if you hold both hands out in front of you with the tip of your index finger and tip of your thumb touching the tips of the same fingers on the other hand and slide your hands apart so that they're flush with the width of your shoulders, you'll have roughly what I'm talking about. Phew. That was hard. ;)

[gimor]

oh, i c wat u mean. i like turning my hands out a bit in order to protect my wrists

[Balmung812]

i can do that but sometimes i get out balanced

[jjbulls4523]

I can do that. If you don't believe me like you didn't believe Sameronei then I will post a video of it.

[Sameronei]

why does so many peole watch this vid?? i can also do that!!!!!!!!

[banarelo]

No, you can't.

[Sameronei]

of course i can

[Duifje]

No, you can't.

[stoneroses13]

if i'm going to do that it will be funny!

[Califraska]

AMAZING control!!!

[sltleovyed820]

nice job!

[smechereu]

greetings from a sicilian gymnast :)

[FrontFlipNewb]

is their a trick to doing it with locked arms i mean ive done it like 3 times before with awesome form but i can only do it on certain days i can do it with bent arms like so easy tho i could do it with bent arms for like a mth hahaha, but yea any tips?

[G33314Lucas]

i can do it with bent arms any time only sometime with locked arms,do saome the wall for traiening

[G33314Lucas]

that wa 2 months ago,easy now

[oseaa93]

i would like lick that bodyy!! mmmm. tastyY!! i'm man! so??

[manoladonna07]

great awsome :)

[demandred753]

God that's a sexy midsection. Very impressive.

[johnseeley]

I used to do stiff-stiffs with hiking boots on.

[gimor]

not bad dude, not bad...

[savetheanimalz]

u suck balls man i can do dat easily

[TheCollegeboi18]

Thanks for giving him such a hard time. Gymnastics is one of those sports that takes YEARS to learn. Not that i'm saying he's a novice, I actually thought it was pretty good, hell I can't do it. But the point is, leave him B and don't criticize.

[flipkid2233]

i can do that but trust me its hard

[Ryoutarous]

ur gay

[shodhead]

What training can I do to get strong enough to press a handstand? What exercises will help?

[onelovekorea]

what do u have 2 work on? to do this?

[gimor]

As I wrote before, "... a pike press is 90% shoulder". The hardest the press into the handstand is, (normal press, pike press, japanese style sitting position or the japanese style into the japanese handstand -the hardest-), the more stress your shoulders are going to have, ...so my shoulders have to become stronger first if i want 2 B able 2 do them.

[onelovekorea]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thanks then whats other 10%? u r lag and abs?

[gimor]

got it!

[idefyustars]

@onelovekorea and back

[madnezz987]

For people who think this is easy...well ur mad cos this takes lots of strength...me only can do a sitting straddle press hand stand

[bronzino411]

who the fuck cares this much about i pike press its only an a from standing

[beboppno1]

Being able to do a strong and easy pike press makes it easier to do it in different positions and even on top of things. thats why circus performers pay attention to the little feats of strenght so much. building from the bottom make the top alot higher

[beboppno1]

your pike press is ok, but u should try it from different positions. like in the japanese style sitting position, from a split etc, also pressup and lower it back down without touching the floor, hold, then press back up. these build shoulder power and can be done both piked and straddled which is a bit easier.

[gimor]

working on then :-))

thnx for your tips...

[emjays101]

how the fuck do u do that? im trying to rain for that but its so haarrd ... help?

[gimor]

why don't you try using your shoulders. I would say, a pike press is 90% shoulder and 5% six-pack ;-)

So your shoulders need to become strong

[Doublelegtakedown]

Nice.