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Doing front lever for longer
July 22, 2014, 07:57:57 pm
I can hold a front lever for about 15 seconds and obviously if I could hold it for longer that would be better. My question is, how do I train for this because at the moment I am failing because I can't breathe during the hold and therefore I run out of air...

Thank you

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#1 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 22, 2014, 09:05:25 pm
L hangs, tucked levers, one leg levers - all while breathing, until you can do 60 seconds of each

then try the full levers

invoice in the post

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#2 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 22, 2014, 09:08:18 pm
do levers of 7secs each on the minute for 8 mins (8 reps in total), do this for 2 months and then test your maximum time.

check out steady state training on the gymnastic bodies forum.

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#3 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 22, 2014, 09:36:50 pm
Have you ever been on a route or problem that needs you to do a front lever for more than 15 secs? (Or is this a training target etc..)

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#4 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 22, 2014, 10:35:16 pm
Have you ever been on a route or problem that needs you to do a front lever for more than 15 secs? (Or is this a training target etc..)

Have you ever been a route that requires you to do a front lever at all? 

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#5 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 12:04:35 am
Nope.

Muses to self: Am I becoming Dense...?

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#6 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 06:44:43 am
It looks cool down at the playground and yummy mummies dig it

scroll down to the bit about front lever progression

http://www.dragondoor.com/articles/building-an-olympic-body-through-bodyweight-conditioning/

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#7 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 09:30:44 am
What've I got to do with the price of fish tomtom?
I think front levers like side levers etc are one of them things you can do or you can't. Ie I could do all the progressions that slackers was referring to, but not once was I near a convincing lever or planche  :(
Meanwhile my little fat friend could do perfect levers off an edge for a stupid amount of time and one armers at the drop of a hat, even after 3 mths of doing nothing except drink and smoke!
Which just goes to show there's no justice in anything

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#8 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 09:41:01 am
I think front levers like side levers etc are one of them things you can do or you can't.

the only reason people cant do levers is because, like me, they are not strong enough to do them.


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#9 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 09:43:09 am
Apologies for taking your name in vain Dense... :)
I felt myself about to be drawn into a rant about whats the point of doing FL's etc..

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#10 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 09:45:40 am
What've I got to do with the price of fish tomtom?

Weren't you a Leuitenant in the codfinger wars?

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#11 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 09:49:10 am
What've I got to do with the price of fish tomtom?

Weren't you a Leuitenant in the codfinger wars?

I was a very able seaman...

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#12 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 09:53:48 am
Which just goes to show there's no justice in anything

what has justice got to do with rule of law?

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#13 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 10:47:30 am
About as much as front levers have to do with climbing

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#14 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 04:59:26 pm
And about as much as this thread has to do with improving your front lever time.
Sorry to sidetrack it....  :-[

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#15 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 05:02:30 pm
As if one should train for real climbing...
Pah.


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#16 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 06:13:32 pm
As an aside, the best way I've found to transition to full lever from one leg bent, is to strap extra weight to my ankle. Or do sets of 3 - 5 reps, lower legs, raise back into lever, lower etc The implication being, that it may be more relevant to increase load rather than time. Why not try free diving?

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#17 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 06:48:20 pm
Thank you. I like the idea of doing a front lever progression for a longer period of time, then transitioning that back to full front lever. I tried the half max time every minute for a minute but didn't make much off of it in the way of gains. Most of my front lever gains come from lifting in the gym.

One could say the same about any form of climbing training other than working your chosen problem to be a non-relavent exercise. I mean how many routes require one to hold an edge for 7 seconds then not for 3 seconds then again for 7 seconds etc...

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#18 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 07:21:56 pm
If that last bit was aimed at me Douglas I was just turning lagers quip on it's side. I'm with nibs, I lv training, climbing is just a holiday for me.
Ps without wanting to appear to go down on him Dave had the best front lever I've ever seen

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#19 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 08:41:54 pm
No, it wasn't aimed at you, a dense loner, it was a reply in general.

How tall is he? Front levers at 6 foot 4 aren't easy!

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#20 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 09:34:44 pm
I think quite a lot of routes involve holding a hold for about 7 seconds then releasing for a couple of seconds actually.
I can't imagine that whatever front levers train is a limiting factor I'd you can hold one for 15s, so unless you want to train them just for the sake of themselves (fair enough islf so) then I'd suggest putting the time into something else?

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#21 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 09:38:17 pm
I'd suggest putting the time into something else?

One arm front levers...


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#22 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 11:12:02 pm
Hmm Mr Gill. What a guy... Seemed to work for him tho naysayers??

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#23 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 23, 2014, 11:21:09 pm
Gill was quite weak by today's standards though? V9? I accept shoes and technique may have held him back too

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#24 Re: Doing front lever for longer
July 24, 2014, 01:02:47 am
Just deleted a massive rant. Suffice to say, that is a ridiculous and silly post.

 

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