I bought your mobilityand calisthenics program and I'm half way through phase 2 of the mobility program. This exercise and its variations is still to this day the hardest, but has produced the most benefits in ALL calisthenics exercises. I didn't realize how much energy overall is wasted from having weak compression. Thank you!
haha. I watched the vid. Sat on the floor and couldn't budge my legs a millimetre. I had to grab my leg to lift it an inch. I'm so weak and inflexible 🤣
Literally all of the elements of this video are prefect. The shots, the editing, creativity and movements. You guys really are an impressive bunch of people.
It is interesting how something so "simple" is so critical. My understanding is that the increased strength improves also stretches because of the antagonist has a more appropriate counter interaction. Great video!
Hey El Eggs and Sven!! Just a quick comment to let you know my high school age sons and I are deep into your Complete Calisthenics course. We started that after completing your Home Workout. In the pandemic their physical education became almost non-existent, so I took it over and told them they were going to exercise with me. You should see them do pull-ups now. Enough to make a father cry with pride. When we started they couldn't even do one. Your programs are great. Thank you.
This exercise took away 5 years of severe sciatic pain and forward head posture I've been struggling with. Literally the first time I tried it. This is life changing for me. Thank you is an understatement!
Congratulations man I remember what it's like to have that pain just be gone all of a sudden. I hope it stays off for you I'm trying to find a new way to get rid of it again. Hopefully this is it
I love the instruction! U teach in all levels! Thank you so much!! It gives us weight lifting people who never cal in extreme, to learn how to do this! What accomplishment when I can do some of this!! 😃🥰
I've been following your channel for four years now and my body thanks me for it. My love for calisthenics began with this channel and this Saitama guy doing demonstrations. 🔥
I love how this guy explains stuff clearly and slowly and what he says matches what he does unlike those videos that speak so fast and say something but show something else.
Watched the video. Me: "OK, lets try it. Doesnt look this hard." *Ready in postition* My legs: "Im not gonna leave the ground, bro." Crazy helpful and important exercise.
2:07 i always wondered about static vs dynamic versions of the same exercise (or should i say posture?). I was doing dynamic exercises like Cilimove programs and static ones like yoga postures and I couldn't tell the difference in terms of improved strength and well being. In terms of difficulty, maybe dynamic ones were a bit more difficult to perform, but not that much.
The guideline is that you train the movement. If you want static strength, you do static exercise. And for dynamic you do dynamic. For muscle building there is some evidence that they wouldn't be very different.
I thought I was hitting all of my core with my workouts but apparently not. I can even hold good L-sits for around 15 seconds but doing these has my lower abs extremely sore so I know it was needed 😂
I tried this last night and couldn't move my legs up at all! Hilarious! I'll definitely start trying to do this just for fun, I like that I can work it right in my living room watching tv
I struggled with pistol squats for a long time. About a year ago I started doing this very exercise, after finding an older video of you demonstrating it. After consistently performing it for a little over a month, I attempted pistol squats again and was able to do 5 in one go. That was after not even being able to do 1. Turns out my leg strength was always there, I just lacked in this type of mobility. This is a legit exercise and fixed so many issues I had. Also noticed lower back pain I would sometimes get completely went away. Great stuff as always!
When I was training for L sit and L raises I found out hip flexors are the most important part to get neglected on. Once I started doing straight leg raises L sit and raises got so much easier. Definitely add this in your routine!
Calisthenic Movement has completely changed my training! Now I really know what I'm doing, I am much more aware. And it's only after their Home Workout program!
Just a quick question. I have scoliosis and my spine is quite a bit more hollow than usual, which makes a L-sit on the ground already a big challenge, any idea on how I might improve this?
This exercise is the final part of my student’s warm up in every class! I highly recommend super setting with toe touches to help increase flexibility and learn to relax in a stretch
I have the most pathetic flexibility and spine mobility and I found this video by chance but I'm so thankful!!! Nobody understood me, I noticed I'm more rigid than most people by nature and when I asked for exercises to improve, nobody could help me. Thanks!!!
I am at the easiest level (alternating lifting one leg at a time while leaning forward). However I notice my lower back hurts afterwards. Any suggestions why??
Thanks for showing the simple versions. Too many videos assume you are both young and very fit to begin with. Mid 60s. I can do the version with the hands closer to the hips and one leg at a time. Not looking to do hand stands. Will be happy when I can lift both legs with hands beside the calfs.
Could you make a sequel to this video? ua-cam.com/video/39-bD3u8Jfg/v-deo.html - would like to know some more new warmup excercises and what's the next step
This works filks ! I did this exercise a lot (it is included in the mobility program) and it has helped me unlock the L-sit in the complete calisthenics program.
I suffer from chronic low back pain and this exercise is extra hard for me. But I’ll try my best. Doing calisthenics have helped me with shoulder pain tremendously but unfortunately haven’t helped my low back pain which affects my quality of life! Thank you so much for these videos you have no idea how they helped me and motivate me. You are the primary reason why I have abandoned the gym and switched to calisthenics.🙂
Lmao I’ve been working on my L sits and leg raises and getting better at them, but I can hardly do this one with one leg and hands by my hips... will definitely add this to my routine!!
I have been trying to do a handstand and with this video I am almost there still need more practice but I think I will be able to do it now. Thank you. 😊
I like this stuff but it looks like murder on your lower spine. I did hand stand pushups for years until I started getting nerve problems that led to pain, then muscle weakness, then some atrophy in left shoulder. Then same in left glute, sciatica. Had MRI on shoulder to confirm no muscle torn. I think it's all pinched nerves and herniated disks and such. Once muscle atrophies things move around too much. I try to work the muscles but the same nerve issues come back and muscle gets weak. Bummer.
I am in week 12 of level 1 calisthenics by these guys. I have my doctorate in PT and I have to say.. these guys are incredible, detailed, and simple to understand. I am so excited to move though each week and see what I become all said and done! Level 5 here I come!!!
44 yrs old, and have always tried to work out. I have to say, the only thing that has worked for me are these callisthenic exercises. Free weights did very little for me, but at the moment, with my move to parralette L-Sits, my body has become so tight, and my tummy never looked better. I really like channels like yours to keep us motivated and that helps with our progressions.
Thanks el eggs. Im on phase 3 of calimove and I was doing it wrong! I was leaning back and not having my hands flat. I have tight hamstrings and posterior pelvic tilt. Ill work on just flexing quads until I can do it correctly.
I've been ill for the last few years. My mobility has suffered. My dr suggested that I start a calisthenics routine to get my body slowly back in shape. I know many of these are too advanced, but I like this! Thank you
This was really nice. i've tried some of this before when doing crossfit and when i tried it again at a later point i struggled alot with my quads cramping up and thought it just wasn't for me. Good to know it's normal to cramp up and the different variations you showed makes it so you can work your way up to something that is good later :D thanks
I literally started doing this yesterday before even knowing about this video because I couldn't hold my legs up during the L sit without getting a cramp in my quads. I can't wait to see it helps my flexibility. It's also a good core excercice. Thank you for showing me how to do it safely and properly.
Your instruction movies are GREAT. Always. They are smart, fun, pragmatic and make it easy to understand what to do. Love your contents. Have started working out "for real" and will switch to your programme as soon as my old fitness contract runs out :-)
I recently switched to doing leg raises while propping myself up on parallel bars instead of lying down (trying to work my abs). But I can’t do it with straight legs. Will add this to my routine to hopefully start making progress towards that. Thanks.
El eggs please answer my question ' from last 2 years I was running only on roads and now am hearing that it could wear out my kness so should I carry on or stop it
I have been practice yoga asanas for years and I realized that I always have a hard time bringing my leg between my hands in low lunge. This is exactly the exercise I’ve been missing! Thank you for this informative video.
Thanks for this video. I struggle to get a strong contraction in the abs with many other movements but this one gives them no other choice than to squeeeeeze.
I Fell Off Bad...Worked Out A Year In Mostly Calisthenics Watching UA-cam And Building Muscle . I Got Up To 183lbs And Was Looking Great Pandemic Came I Got Lazy And Lost All My Gains And Drop Down To 163lbs...I'm Motivated Now To Get It All Back Thanks To Seeing This Video In The Recommended Area !!!
As a ballet dancer, I feel extreamly related to this kind of callisthenic small range of movements -Oh, yeaah, so easy! 💅🏻Tries and cannot move half an inch) -Easy? Then why you can not raise your (whatever) or stay in this position for just a milisecond? 😏 Calisthenics is the ✨heaven✨ where ballerinas go after "balletdeath" (if they were good girls😜) So related yet different. So respectful with our destroyed hyper forced oppened pelvis, so challenging also for our 🧠! Love how you do it in the wrong way and say NONONO 😍🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 THAT IS A TEACHER 🧛🏻♀️🩰💜
I feel a lot of pressure/stress on my lombar doing this exercise... I think that it's because my lack of mobilty... I can't L-Sit with straight back. With straight back I stay like this \_
I bought your mobilityand calisthenics program and I'm half way through phase 2 of the mobility program. This exercise and its variations is still to this day the hardest, but has produced the most benefits in ALL calisthenics exercises.
I didn't realize how much energy overall is wasted from having weak compression. Thank you!
Pls explain what is weak compression
@@mabd7340 check 1:19
How many days a week do you do these exercises and do you do weight training too?
I'm 40 and did the same thing. I'm in Level 1 week1 in both programs. Can't wait to progress inchallah.
This Guy realy is impressive
"Well, that looks easy!" => *can't fucking do it.*
I thought so too that it was easy but it’s very hard!
haha. I watched the vid. Sat on the floor and couldn't budge my legs a millimetre. I had to grab my leg to lift it an inch. I'm so weak and inflexible 🤣
Lmao that got e because that's exactly what I told myself
@@etiennemonfort4385 It's fucked up, and I'm not even out of shape. :D
Right. Who does this jagoff think he is anyway?
Literally all of the elements of this video are prefect. The shots, the editing, creativity and movements. You guys really are an impressive bunch of people.
The acting too
Aka Germans.
Clear and concise.
That comment is literally something that Chris from Parks and Recreation would say xDDD
Thanks to Satiyama
Always funny when this guy acts like he couldn‘t do an exercise correct
😂😂😂
The level of precision coupled with simplicity makes even a novice like me fully get committed to Calisthenics. Massive thumbs up for the great videos
Caliathenics is really great ,improves your body and is interesting
😅
It is interesting how something so "simple" is so critical. My understanding is that the increased strength improves also stretches because of the antagonist has a more appropriate counter interaction. Great video!
So another tool for helping maintain hamstring flexibility? Very interesting
The ab cramps though... o_O
Hey El Eggs and Sven!! Just a quick comment to let you know my high school age sons and I are deep into your Complete Calisthenics course. We started that after completing your Home Workout.
In the pandemic their physical education became almost non-existent, so I took it over and told them they were going to exercise with me.
You should see them do pull-ups now. Enough to make a father cry with pride. When we started they couldn't even do one.
Your programs are great. Thank you.
This looks easy, but its actually hella tough when you havent done exercises like this before. Putting this into my workout sessions, for sure!
This exercise took away 5 years of severe sciatic pain and forward head posture I've been struggling with. Literally the first time I tried it. This is life changing for me. Thank you is an understatement!
I am stunned, it helped with my stretching immediately.
Congratulations man I remember what it's like to have that pain just be gone all of a sudden. I hope it stays off for you I'm trying to find a new way to get rid of it again. Hopefully this is it
Don’t worry and just show some appreciation. Donate to the Chanel or buy some merchandise.
Props 👌
0:07 This deserves an oscar.
I did it in my kitchen floor just to see how it felt to do the sitting leg raise and immediately felt it in my abs
Same
I love how intense these tiny movements can be.
It’s really a mobility challenge
I love the instruction! U teach in all levels! Thank you so much!! It gives us weight lifting people who never cal in extreme, to learn how to do this! What accomplishment when I can do some of this!! 😃🥰
Right! You look great if that's your picture, by the way! Haha 😊
@@drewj128 U bet it is! I’m even leaner now with more muscle 😁
@@ameliacarter7656 Awesome! Keep up the good work! 😁😘
I've been following your channel for four years now and my body thanks me for it. My love for calisthenics began with this channel and this Saitama guy doing demonstrations. 🔥
....if Saitama switched to blue shorts and kept beards
@@qudavid1128 Maybe because of the existence of multiverse, he wears blue shorts.
Hello! great content!
But how long do you need to be holding this position for? Or what sets and reps?
thank you
He is like muscular robot. I'm following this channel from 6 years.
I love how this guy explains stuff clearly and slowly and what he says matches what he does unlike those videos that speak so fast and say something but show something else.
Watched the video.
Me: "OK, lets try it. Doesnt look this hard."
*Ready in postition*
My legs: "Im not gonna leave the ground, bro."
Crazy helpful and important exercise.
2:07 i always wondered about static vs dynamic versions of the same exercise (or should i say posture?). I was doing dynamic exercises like Cilimove programs and static ones like yoga postures and I couldn't tell the difference in terms of improved strength and well being. In terms of difficulty, maybe dynamic ones were a bit more difficult to perform, but not that much.
The guideline is that you train the movement. If you want static strength, you do static exercise. And for dynamic you do dynamic. For muscle building there is some evidence that they wouldn't be very different.
I thought I was hitting all of my core with my workouts but apparently not. I can even hold good L-sits for around 15 seconds but doing these has my lower abs extremely sore so I know it was needed 😂
I love exercises that require me to already be in shape to execute.
I tried this last night and couldn't move my legs up at all! Hilarious! I'll definitely start trying to do this just for fun, I like that I can work it right in my living room watching tv
Why don’t you get involved in a program that actually does some good for something instead of being a self serving self involved narcissist
I struggled with pistol squats for a long time. About a year ago I started doing this very exercise, after finding an older video of you demonstrating it. After consistently performing it for a little over a month, I attempted pistol squats again and was able to do 5 in one go. That was after not even being able to do 1. Turns out my leg strength was always there, I just lacked in this type of mobility. This is a legit exercise and fixed so many issues I had. Also noticed lower back pain I would sometimes get completely went away. Great stuff as always!
When I was training for L sit and L raises I found out hip flexors are the most important part to get neglected on.
Once I started doing straight leg raises L sit and raises got so much easier.
Definitely add this in your routine!
You define this industry. Thank you Alex for your generosity and knowledge. 🙏Aloha 🤙Bill
Hii el eggs please make a video on cardio as well please buddy your doin a great job and thanks for what you've done till now
Why cardio? They are doing calisthenics, not general fitness. They also don't do videos on Yoga for example. If you train hard you also have cardio 😀
@@lunaticmotorstormer Don’t most channels focused on muscle growth not have cardio on their channel
But a sportsman needs to do both
@@kidskingdom571 yeah That’s why I made my own routine for boxing
Thank you for conveying us, your knowledge, practical experience, in such a pedagogical, efficient way. That's a gift. Impressive!
Calisthenic Movement has completely changed my training! Now I really know what I'm doing, I am much more aware. And it's only after their Home Workout program!
Just a quick question.
I have scoliosis and my spine is quite a bit more hollow than usual, which makes a L-sit on the ground already a big challenge, any idea on how I might improve this?
The first time I did sitted leg raises with wide legs stance, I got such a huge cramp like I've never felt before.
Super important exercise!
This exercise is the final part of my student’s warm up in every class! I highly recommend super setting with toe touches to help increase flexibility and learn to relax in a stretch
I have the most pathetic flexibility and spine mobility and I found this video by chance but I'm so thankful!!! Nobody understood me, I noticed I'm more rigid than most people by nature and when I asked for exercises to improve, nobody could help me. Thanks!!!
yes finally a new video! Guys I would really love some videos focused around gymnastic rings please 🙏
they have one
I am at the easiest level (alternating lifting one leg at a time while leaning forward). However I notice my lower back hurts afterwards. Any suggestions why??
I'm no expert, but try protracting your shoulders when lifting the leg(s), this should take the tension off your lower back
Weak abs. Had the same problem. Started flexing my abs and my back hasnt hurt since
The explanation and visual aids are top notch 👍🏻👌🏻 thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for showing the simple versions. Too many videos assume you are both young and very fit to begin with. Mid 60s. I can do the version with the hands closer to the hips and one leg at a time. Not looking to do hand stands. Will be happy when I can lift both legs with hands beside the calfs.
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When is do push ups my elbow hurts even if i am doing in proper form
Whta should i do?
Plzz reply
Could you make a sequel to this video?
ua-cam.com/video/39-bD3u8Jfg/v-deo.html - would like to know some more new warmup excercises and what's the next step
This works filks ! I did this exercise a lot (it is included in the mobility program) and it has helped me unlock the L-sit in the complete calisthenics program.
Delivered in the universal language of 'calisthenics'. Perfect.
Plz guys make video on triceps (best to worst) exercises topic
Three years ago there were 2 most underrated exercises...
I suffer from chronic low back pain and this exercise is extra hard for me. But I’ll try my best. Doing calisthenics have helped me with shoulder pain tremendously but unfortunately haven’t helped my low back pain which affects my quality of life! Thank you so much for these videos you have no idea how they helped me and motivate me. You are the primary reason why I have abandoned the gym and switched to calisthenics.🙂
Lmao I’ve been working on my L sits and leg raises and getting better at them, but I can hardly do this one with one leg and hands by my hips... will definitely add this to my routine!!
Thank you..dude has a perfectly proportional body to strive for. Fitness is wealth.
I have been trying to do a handstand and with this video I am almost there still need more practice but I think I will be able to do it now. Thank you. 😊
Alex can you upload front lever tutorial
I think the big problem is I eat way more Wendy’s than him
Next video does fitness apps or calisthenics apps really helps
I like this stuff but it looks like murder on your lower spine. I did hand stand pushups for years until I started getting nerve problems that led to pain, then muscle weakness, then some atrophy in left shoulder. Then same in left glute, sciatica. Had MRI on shoulder to confirm no muscle torn. I think it's all pinched nerves and herniated disks and such. Once muscle atrophies things move around too much. I try to work the muscles but the same nerve issues come back and muscle gets weak. Bummer.
I tried doing this but my big fat stomach got in the way send an ambulance
I am in week 12 of level 1 calisthenics by these guys. I have my doctorate in PT and I have to say.. these guys are incredible, detailed, and simple to understand. I am so excited to move though each week and see what I become all said and done! Level 5 here I come!!!
I'm not doing any exercises,
So you got me there!
1:43 Anyone with their legs stuck to the ground?
In fact blue shorts, I am doing this exercise
Tried it.
Got a cramp in my left thigh and my right shoulder. 👍🏻 nice
Ohhhhh my God I wish I could do that. If I tried that I'd die.
Can't even get into the starting position for this exercise
44 yrs old, and have always tried to work out.
I have to say, the only thing that has worked for me are these callisthenic exercises. Free weights did very little for me, but at the moment, with my move to parralette L-Sits, my body has become so tight, and my tummy never looked better. I really like channels like yours to keep us motivated and that helps with our progressions.
You did a video on this a while ago and I do this ever since. Very good execise. A lot tougher than it looks
What is the name of this exercise? Plz 🙏
My dog does these too. He even manages to scoot around while doing it! What an amazing creature.
i need 1:47 to play as an animation every time i open the snack drawer
Thanks el eggs. Im on phase 3 of calimove and I was doing it wrong! I was leaning back and not having my hands flat. I have tight hamstrings and posterior pelvic tilt. Ill work on just flexing quads until I can do it correctly.
I've been ill for the last few years. My mobility has suffered. My dr suggested that I start a calisthenics routine to get my body slowly back in shape. I know many of these are too advanced, but I like this! Thank you
Pls upload front lever tutorial pls
This was really nice. i've tried some of this before when doing crossfit and when i tried it again at a later point i struggled alot with my quads cramping up and thought it just wasn't for me. Good to know it's normal to cramp up and the different variations you showed makes it so you can work your way up to something that is good later :D thanks
Yeah, I was going along with tje video. 1-2 seconds in, my quads started cramping. He then explained that it was normal lol
This is my favorite exercise guy, I save these workouts every time he posts them.
I literally started doing this yesterday before even knowing about this video because I couldn't hold my legs up during the L sit without getting a cramp in my quads. I can't wait to see it helps my flexibility. It's also a good core excercice. Thank you for showing me how to do it safely and properly.
Hi I can't do pull ups
When I try to do dead hang it stretches and hurts to my chest
What should I do??
Do some forearm exercises
@@emrebabagil519 I do but why it hurts to my chest like my chest muscles are about to tear down when I dead hang
@@shyamdubal6719 maybe it's just because your chest muscles are sore? Or does it happen always
@@shyamdubal6719Try slow negatives into active hang.
Great video! *TIP:* _make it even more harder put your back against the wall!_
THAT'S HARD!! I'll keep this up and see how I progress. Thank you!
Exceptionally well produced! Maximum learning, no waste of viewers’ attention.
It exercise good for mobility 🥰🥰 thank you
Your instruction movies are GREAT. Always. They are smart, fun, pragmatic and make it easy to understand what to do. Love your contents. Have started working out "for real" and will switch to your programme as soon as my old fitness contract runs out :-)
Hiii, will you plz make a daily handstand routein to achieve a handstand fast. Plz
I recently switched to doing leg raises while propping myself up on parallel bars instead of lying down (trying to work my abs). But I can’t do it with straight legs. Will add this to my routine to hopefully start making progress towards that. Thanks.
El eggs please answer my question ' from last 2 years I was running only on roads and now am hearing that it could wear out my kness so should I carry on or stop it
I have been practice yoga asanas for years and I realized that I always have a hard time bringing my leg between my hands in low lunge. This is exactly the exercise I’ve been missing! Thank you for this informative video.
I now do this after seeing it for the first time in one of your previous videos. It's much harder than it looks! But such a great exercise.
Thanks for this video.
I struggle to get a strong contraction in the abs with many other movements but this one gives them no other choice than to squeeeeeze.
When i do leg raises, my hips snap? Any thoughts?
So grateful for this channel. After all these years you guys are still among the best. Great video. Thank you.
the most important thing I like about your channel is how you describe it. Alsolute cracking and easy to remember . Thanks
Also train your ABS and Core 👍🔥💪
Wow, this is a hard move! This means I need to do it more. Love your content thanks guys x
I Fell Off Bad...Worked Out A Year In Mostly Calisthenics Watching UA-cam And Building Muscle . I Got Up To 183lbs And Was Looking Great Pandemic Came I Got Lazy And Lost All My Gains And Drop Down To 163lbs...I'm Motivated Now To Get It All Back Thanks To Seeing This Video In The Recommended Area !!!
Me getting distracted by flexing muscles: 👁👄👁 WHAT YOU SAY SIR
So simple yet so difficult definitely adding this to my leg days thx for the great video
As a ballet dancer, I feel extreamly related to this kind of callisthenic small range of movements
-Oh, yeaah, so easy! 💅🏻Tries and cannot move half an inch)
-Easy? Then why you can not raise your (whatever) or stay in this position for just a milisecond? 😏
Calisthenics is the ✨heaven✨ where ballerinas go after "balletdeath" (if they were good girls😜) So related yet different. So respectful with our destroyed hyper forced oppened pelvis, so challenging also for our 🧠!
Love how you do it in the wrong way and say NONONO 😍🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 THAT IS A TEACHER 🧛🏻♀️🩰💜
"Don't worry if you get quad cramps or ab cramps"
Hahahaha jokes on you - I don't have abs, suckerrrrr!!!!
Squats or Running
Thank you Alex. Your level of fitness is inspiring.
I'm going back to this move again thanks to this video... Tedious as always.
A video made for absolute dummies! I LOVE IT!
This? BAD. That? GOOD.
That simple! I love it love it love it! Please treat me like a dummy
Interesting that nobody NOBODY ever talks about hamstring flexibility. It's a limiting factor in so many cali movements such as pike stand.
I feel a lot of pressure/stress on my lombar doing this exercise... I think that it's because my lack of mobilty... I can't L-Sit with straight back. With straight back I stay like this \_
1:50 I literally paused the video to try this, got a cramp, and came back for him to IMMEDIATLY talk about the cramp lmao