GymnasticBodies.com - Front Lever Pulls

Front lever pulls are essential for building functional gymnastics strength.

An article detailing their performance is available here; http://gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=317

The Xtreme Rings which have been used to build much of this athlete's strength are available here:
http://gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7

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• Lever

[marmin88]

Coach Sommer,

All your videos are great, but almost everyone of these exercises require lots of strength to begin with, so I can only do a few of them.

Are you going to post some kind of "beginner" videos? With exercises that could help me, and others, build the strength we need to do more of the exercises in your already posted videos.

[GymnasticBodies]

Excellent question! My website, book and DVDs are the resources where you may access the progressive exercises which you requested.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

[lion8dragon]

Coach Sommer, do you believe that if one is capable of pulling bodyweight in completely straight front level pull up, he could also pull his bodyweight in bent over row? My lower back hurts from bent over rows and I want to replace it with front level pull ups which surprisingly feel very comfortable and pain free (on the lower back only ;-) ). But I wonder, will I became as strong in pulling as someone that pulls his weight on bent over row, all other things being equal? Thank you in advance.

[GymnasticBodies]

Great question, but I am not a weightlifting coach and honestly couldn't tell you how the two would compare in final terms. I think that we can all agree however that the results with my athletes to date have been exceptional. It is interesting to note though that people skilled in high level gymnastics exercises have little difficulty quickly becoming very strong in traditional weight lifting movements, but the reverse is almost never true.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

[long1468]

aren't these icecream makers

[1998232v6]

i have those same shorts

[kanshiketsu89]

My gymnastics coach taught me that one too. It's an awesome exercise. But although I can pop about 12 of those, I still can't do a front lever... :( I can hold it for 5-10 sec, but I have to bend one leg, like a pussy...

[Sjones675]

Wow.

[86mhassani]

@marmin88 Get the book! The progressions on each exercise are incredibly accessible to beginners (like myself).

Seriously, buy the book!

[VnApro]

@lion8dragon it is much much much easier to row your bodyweight than to do a front lever pullup

[TerminusAt]

@MrArbitrager Ben from Eastenders

[ericds33]

@asdf2000

Oh ok, sorry, my sarcasm detector wasn't working. =)

[asdf2000]

@ericds33

lol of course im just bein funny

[ericds33]

@asdf2000

He meant the excersice, lmao.

[asdf2000]

@long1468

no man, they're gymnasts!

[mytemoful]

just practise on the front lever. you could to tuckholds and that stuff, but my experience is that isnt gonna save you some time. just grap the bar, kick your feet out and try to hold your body straight on the way down again.