Make of this what you will
An interesting aspect of front levers is that the bodyweight training pundits like Beast Skills all seem to say that existing pull-up strength is the best guide of ability to perform a front lever, not core strength. Certainly feels like it is more about shoulders/ lats than anything else.
Logically you could be averagely strong in all aspects of the chain and do a front lever but if you were super strong in all aspects and had say, a weak lower back, that might prevent you from doing one. There may also be an issue on personal bias in the muscles that you tend to engage and those you don't and learning to switch them on may be required - I'm guessing wildly here. Anyway pullup type strength is unlikely to be the limiting factor for climbers though it may be for the bodybuilder types which might be down to strength to weight.
I don't have any trouble doing a lever with my toes touching a wall. Very strange.
it could against be a suitably positioned chair if you reset the pullup bar at a lower level.
Quote from: i_a_coops on October 22, 2010, 11:51:32 amCheers for the replies! that website looks really helpful thesiger, thanks.Similar but better illustrated
Cheers for the replies! that website looks really helpful thesiger, thanks.
Quote from: shark on October 22, 2010, 10:18:39 amit could against be a suitably positioned chair if you reset the pullup bar at a lower level. Do or do not, there is no try.
if you can't do a lever with your leg bent,you need to be on ukc not here.
+50-60% bodyweight pull-ups seems an unusual level of strength.
+50-60% bodyweight pull-ups seems an unusual level of strength. I agree that 15 unweighted pull-ups is nothing special for active climbers.
I can't see any reason why taking some of the weight on your shoulders would be a bad thing
- they will increase the pelvic anteversion and they will hurt your lower back (proven)