Front levers really help
front lever campussing now that would be awesome if it was at all physically possible
This might be useful.
Quote from: timb on August 12, 2008, 04:37:58 pmfront lever campussing now that would be awesome if it was at all physically possible It certainly been tried.
timb, the last two routines involve pliometric efforts (the higher hand arm extends and then contracts very fast) that are seriously strenuous. you may prefer to master 13579 or the basics anyway like 147 before going into pliometrics. touches are also very useful and very dangerous. the basic going up is safer. judging from your post you seem to lack a bit of power endurance: you start strong coming up from two hands to rung 4 which is a long move, but then you go to 5, so you are almost matched again, and then you do 789 so from rung to rung. if i was you i'd do loads of normal laddering, 123456789 to build up a bit of power endurance and then go for 13579.also train the pulling-pushing mechanism: with one hand on one high rung, and one on the lowest, try going up with your chin as high as you can, pulling slowly with one arm and pushing with the other.
I found your explanation of touches quite confusing. When ever i've done touches i've always gone for1-4-1 so LH for example stays on 1 and the RH goes to 4 then back down to 1, rinse and repeatthe other example is1-4-3 so LH stays on 1, RH goes up to 4, down to 3, up to 4 down to 3, make sure you stay nice and open on this, if you do it right chances are your deltoid will be on fire.
Ok. I see now, if that's the problem then i'd just concentrate on pulling through so the standard exercises apply:1-3-51-4-61-3-61-4-7 etc.
CampussingL 1-4-5-7-8-9R 1-4-5-7-8-9
Quote from: timb on August 13, 2008, 09:25:01 amCampussingL 1-4-5-7-8-9R 1-4-5-7-8-9Just try 1-4-6 instead, you won't get it at first but believe me just trying will make it happen.
Personally, I would drop the 7-8-9 at the end of everything (barring 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 that is) in favour of doing 1-3-5-7-9Then as Paul B said - stick with the basic progressions to get you to 1-4-7
i would get rid of the last exercise completely, and do more of the second.in fact you can do 1-4-5 ok so pulling through you're weak. after doing 1-4-6 i would do 1-3-6. this hits the top motion better
ok actually another question if im aiming for 1-4-6 and cannot get to 6 i do you just slap as high as you can and drop or attempt to catch the highest rung as you sag downwards? im thinking slap and drop? and that sagging is bad for elbows? sound right?