Hey Maxim, thank you for your Output. Your videos helped me a Lot to understand the movement patterns. Please keep going🙏🏼 This Channel is absolute Gold
Beautiful video!!! I love how you take the time to clearly explain the desired form and mechanics in all your videos. Also the encouragement to relax 😅💖🌈✨️🍀 I have a equipment wish list that I need to get sooner then later
Thank you for your kind words! 🙂 And of course for watching and supporting my efforts. When and if you get this ladder, I hope you’ll have fun playing around the some drills. 🙂❤️
Hello trainer maxim, I am consuming your knowledge freely without paying you ,I feel ashamed of that.For the moment I can only give good wishes to you and your channel.
I was really hoping you would show us some cool exercises on the bars and Voila! I saw drill 4 /6 on another gymnastics channel a while ago with no explanation of the body mechanics and the benefits other than "this will get you ripped" so thank you so much for the detailed explanation of why we should be doing this exercise. I was actually looking for an exercise that strengthens the open shoulder position that you prescribe and having tried drill 4 just now I realise this is the one! Very very difficult but so worth it. I felt a real solid engagement just along the base of the shoulder blades. Thank you!!
Thank you for your kind words and nice feedback. Happy to learn that you really feel that open shoulders state! And yes, 4-6 are very very challenging …they will “make you ripped” …especially the facial muscles …lot’s of engagement in them during those drills.🤝🙂
Amazingly generous videos, thank you! 61m, I'm moving towrds calisthenics more than gymnastics, but this is incredibly helpful. I am doing dead hangs to try to prep for pull-ups. At 30 years old I climbed and could do 23, now none.. but I am into very progressively getting the grip strength and proper posture/positioning. It's subtle.Also I learned from you that the hip flexors cannot raise legs much past 90 deg without affecting the pelvis! Thanks so much for that, I thought I was deficient because I could not get past that. Now I'll know why the crunch comes in.
Thank you very much for watching and sharing. I’m happy to see that you’ve still kept a desire to train. That is a lot. The body will catch up soon, no worries about that. But without the desire to improve and displace the body will never do so. If you are working on pull-up you might like my other video on pull-up “Gymnastics Pull-up bar workouts” Please check it out, it might be helpful for you. Good luck with the training! I’m sure you’ll accomplish your goals in no time! 🙂
Drills 4-7 were unknown to me... i guess they are similar to doing them on the rings (starting with top support) except more restricted... i shall try them! Thank you Maxim.
Yes, drills 4-7 are not seen often ..coz there are challenging for many. And they different than snake position on the rings. The mechanics is very different. Well, I’ll let your see for yourself when you try them. 🙂 Please let me know how I went -)
Thx for your sharing. I’m sad now since I just got my shoulder dislocation yesterday by training handstand. I will have to stop my training for at least 8 weeks. However, do u happened to know if I got shoulder dislocation once, I would more than likely get it again in the future?
Oh no!! So sorry to hear it. And interesting question. If you dislocated your shoulders due to a sheer force applied to it (you fell, bumped into something hard, twisted it severely, et cetera) then no, the dislocation was just a singular occurrence. If you dislocated it while doing something low impact and something you had done before many times then it means that the mechanics of your shoulders had been compromised for quite a while before the dislocation and that occurrence of dislocation was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. If this is the case then after you’ve convalesced you need to investigate how it happened, how you tend to use your shoulders during the training, and so on to see if your shoulder mechanics is in need of adjustments. Otherwise , if you get back on track, and that track is the old one (exact the same way of using the shoulders as before the dislocation) then you might dislocate them again. And there are no shoulders predisposed for dislocations just because, unless we talk about some medical conditions or degenerative connective tissue issues due to genetics. In the majority of the cases it’s rather an affect of a sheer force applied or a faulty body mechanics of the shoulder or spine (yes, if the spine got awkwardly misaligned or positioned during an exercise it will affect the position of the shoulders under the stress and might lead to an uneven distribution of the workload on the shoulders and that might lead to a dislocation) 🤷🏼
Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to explain to me. It was just a one tine accident when I did not warm up my shoulders and thinking I could just jump up and do handstand so my shoulders got weak and I fall on the ground. I was worried that I can’t do what I love anymore since people keep saying I might get it again due to this one time accident.
✅️x2 or 3 views. Complex and challenging. You asked for comments on your facial expressions. IMO, You are undoubtedly Czar of the Poker Face . Masha, hard as she tries,cannot even break the ice. Bulletproof😂
Hi Maxim, excellent video! One question about the shoulders and scapula when hanging. Is this open shoulder position the same as having an active hang? It seems to me that to keep the scapula in the position you suggest you need to do an active hang. I am very interested in this because I sometimes do feel pressure in my shoulders and elbow when doing pull ups. Even more so when hanging and doing toes to bar. When doing toes to bar should I keep an active hang with scapula depressed and some external rotation of the shoulders?
Good question. Yes, at all time you try to keep the shoulders in that open active position. And keep in mind, open shoulders are not depressed shoulders. Open shoulders can be depressed or elevated …well, technically, if the shoulders are open then depression is actually downward scapula rotation and elevation is upward scapula rotation.
@ thank! Just to be clear. When hanging, is depression of scapula and external shoulder rotation same as open shoulders or not? If you are saying you can keep open shoulders both on passive and active hang do you recommend active or passive when doing toes to bar or either one works? I assume active hang can bring more stability to the spine by engaging the lats and can also help open the shoulders and keeping them fixed
I think we need to define terms: Passive - no engagement, shoulders (or any other body part) relaxed, wherever the gravity brings your joints then so be it. Active - some engagement of some muscle to ensure that the gravity and other forces acting upon your body do so in the way you want them to to ensure certain joint placements. With this terms defined, we never want anything passive during any kind of exercising from walking, hanging, to iron crosses. We always must ensure certain joints placements that would be to the benefits of the body mechanics in terms of strength, efficient, safety, etc. So no passive hangs what so ever at any times. Always ensure the efficient form. As for the shoulders. When I say shoulders, I mean only the shoulder blades. Because Shoulder flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, and external/internal rotations are all referencing the movements of the arms, of which the blades are a part of those types of movements. When we talk about then blades, there is no external rotation of the shoulder blade - since it is a reference to the external rotation of the arm attached to the blades with the blades facilitating this action by performing their own moment as a part of the shoulder internal/external rotation. The scapulas, are capable of only: elevation/depression, protraction/retraction, upward scapula rotation/downward scapular rotation. So an open shoulders reference is the reference to the position of the blades only, not the arms. The open shoulder position is a combination, in a way, of the scapula upward or downward rotation and scapula elevation/depression depending on your arms position - overhead (upward rotation + elevation) or under the head (downward rotation and depression). So when you hang keep your shoulders (blades) open and let the arms do whatever they do.
Tubal you and I think you can find that ladder in most gyms or get one from Eatsy.com. Or just never mind, there are many other ways to train without that ladder. I posted it to just show some options. But in no way it’s a must do or have thing. 🙂
Not at all. $359 sounds reasonable. When I was looking for mine I could not find anything cheaper than $900-1200 CAD in Canada or US. Got mine for $400 cad (ladder and the add-on bar) from that shop two years ago.
World class detail of posture and body positioning. Thank you so much. I always learn so much from every video.
You are very welcome! Thank you for taking your time to watch! 🙂🤝
Perfect! Now I understand what to do with a Swedish Ladder. Thanks a lot.
Glad I could help! Thank you for taking your time to watch! 🤝🙂 Do let me know how it went. Curious. 🙂
Это прям адская лестница, а не шведская )) Спасибо за качественный и бесплатный! контент
😂😂 Ну что же вы прям так..адская …конечно мышцы будут гореть, ну а как без этого, но не так как там где вы сказали, там все горит по другому . 😂😂
Hey Maxim, thank you for your Output. Your videos helped me a Lot to understand the movement patterns. Please keep going🙏🏼 This Channel is absolute Gold
Thank you for your kind words and watching. Happy I was able to help a bit. I’ll do my best to help more. 🙂
Beautiful video!!! I love how you take the time to clearly explain the desired form and mechanics in all your videos. Also the encouragement to relax 😅💖🌈✨️🍀 I have a equipment wish list that I need to get sooner then later
Thank you for your kind words! 🙂 And of course for watching and supporting my efforts. When and if you get this ladder, I hope you’ll have fun playing around the some drills. 🙂❤️
Hello trainer maxim, I am consuming your knowledge freely without paying you ,I feel ashamed of that.For the moment I can only give good wishes to you and your channel.
Hey Jackie, please don’t feel bad, that is my intent - to share. And I’ll take your best wishes as a payment. 🙂🤝❤️
Lets go!
Please let me know how it went! Curious! 🙂
@@getgymnastfit I was plannin planning on doing my frist attempt of a back lever next week. So this is perfect for me.
I’m sure you’ll excel at it. Good luck and have fun ! -)
I was really hoping you would show us some cool exercises on the bars and Voila! I saw drill 4 /6 on another gymnastics channel a while ago with no explanation of the body mechanics and the benefits other than "this will get you ripped" so thank you so much for the detailed explanation of why we should be doing this exercise. I was actually looking for an exercise that strengthens the open shoulder position that you prescribe and having tried drill 4 just now I realise this is the one! Very very difficult but so worth it. I felt a real solid engagement just along the base of the shoulder blades. Thank you!!
Thank you for your kind words and nice feedback. Happy to learn that you really feel that open shoulders state! And yes, 4-6 are very very challenging …they will “make you ripped” …especially the facial muscles …lot’s of engagement in them during those drills.🤝🙂
Amazingly generous videos, thank you! 61m, I'm moving towrds calisthenics more than gymnastics, but this is incredibly helpful. I am doing dead hangs to try to prep for pull-ups. At 30 years old I climbed and could do 23, now none.. but I am into very progressively getting the grip strength and proper posture/positioning. It's subtle.Also I learned from you that the hip flexors cannot raise legs much past 90 deg without affecting the pelvis! Thanks so much for that, I thought I was deficient because I could not get past that. Now I'll know why the crunch comes in.
Thank you very much for watching and sharing. I’m happy to see that you’ve still kept a desire to train. That is a lot. The body will catch up soon, no worries about that. But without the desire to improve and displace the body will never do so.
If you are working on pull-up you might like my other video on pull-up “Gymnastics Pull-up bar workouts” Please check it out, it might be helpful for you.
Good luck with the training! I’m sure you’ll accomplish your goals in no time! 🙂
Drills 4-7 were unknown to me... i guess they are similar to doing them on the rings (starting with top support) except more restricted... i shall try them! Thank you Maxim.
Yes, drills 4-7 are not seen often ..coz there are challenging for many. And they different than snake position on the rings. The mechanics is very different. Well, I’ll let your see for yourself when you try them. 🙂 Please let me know how I went -)
Thx for your sharing. I’m sad now since I just got my shoulder dislocation yesterday by training handstand. I will have to stop my training for at least 8 weeks. However, do u happened to know if I got shoulder dislocation once, I would more than likely get it again in the future?
Oh no!! So sorry to hear it. And interesting question. If you dislocated your shoulders due to a sheer force applied to it (you fell, bumped into something hard, twisted it severely, et cetera) then no, the dislocation was just a singular occurrence.
If you dislocated it while doing something low impact and something you had done before many times then it means that the mechanics of your shoulders had been compromised for quite a while before the dislocation and that occurrence of dislocation was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. If this is the case then after you’ve convalesced you need to investigate how it happened, how you tend to use your shoulders during the training, and so on to see if your shoulder mechanics is in need of adjustments. Otherwise , if you get back on track, and that track is the old one (exact the same way of using the shoulders as before the dislocation) then you might dislocate them again.
And there are no shoulders predisposed for dislocations just because, unless we talk about some medical conditions or degenerative connective tissue issues due to genetics.
In the majority of the cases it’s rather an affect of a sheer force applied or a faulty body mechanics of the shoulder or spine (yes, if the spine got awkwardly misaligned or positioned during an exercise it will affect the position of the shoulders under the stress and might lead to an uneven distribution of the workload on the shoulders and that might lead to a dislocation) 🤷🏼
Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to explain to me. It was just a one tine accident when I did not warm up my shoulders and thinking I could just jump up and do handstand so my shoulders got weak and I fall on the ground. I was worried that I can’t do what I love anymore since people keep saying I might get it again due to this one time accident.
Of course you might….if not careful, but it’s like with any other injuries. But it should not stop you. Just be careful.
✅️x2 or 3 views. Complex and challenging.
You asked for comments on your facial expressions. IMO,
You are undoubtedly Czar of the Poker Face . Masha, hard as she tries,cannot even break the ice. Bulletproof😂
😂😂They trained us well. “Must bRReak You” face. -)))
@@getgymnastfit🫡
😑🕶️😂
Hi Maxim, excellent video! One question about the shoulders and scapula when hanging. Is this open shoulder position the same as having an active hang?
It seems to me that to keep the scapula in the position you suggest you need to do an active hang. I am very interested in this because I sometimes do feel pressure in my shoulders and elbow when doing pull ups.
Even more so when hanging and doing toes to bar. When doing toes to bar should I keep an active hang with scapula depressed and some external rotation of the shoulders?
Good question. Yes, at all time you try to keep the shoulders in that open active position. And keep in mind, open shoulders are not depressed shoulders. Open shoulders can be depressed or elevated …well, technically, if the shoulders are open then depression is actually downward scapula rotation and elevation is upward scapula rotation.
@ thank! Just to be clear. When hanging, is depression of scapula and external shoulder rotation same as open shoulders or not?
If you are saying you can keep open shoulders both on passive and active hang do you recommend active or passive when doing toes to bar or either one works? I assume active hang can bring more stability to the spine by engaging the lats and can also help open the shoulders and keeping them fixed
I think we need to define terms:
Passive - no engagement, shoulders (or any other body part) relaxed, wherever the gravity brings your joints then so be it.
Active - some engagement of some muscle to ensure that the gravity and other forces acting upon your body do so in the way you want them to to ensure certain joint placements.
With this terms defined, we never want anything passive during any kind of exercising from walking, hanging, to iron crosses. We always must ensure certain joints placements that would be to the benefits of the body mechanics in terms of strength, efficient, safety, etc.
So no passive hangs what so ever at any times. Always ensure the efficient form.
As for the shoulders. When I say shoulders, I mean only the shoulder blades. Because Shoulder flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, and external/internal rotations are all referencing the movements of the arms, of which the blades are a part of those types of movements.
When we talk about then blades, there is no external rotation of the shoulder blade - since it is a reference to the external rotation of the arm attached to the blades with the blades facilitating this action by performing their own moment as a part of the shoulder internal/external rotation.
The scapulas, are capable of only: elevation/depression, protraction/retraction, upward scapula rotation/downward scapular rotation.
So an open shoulders reference is the reference to the position of the blades only, not the arms.
The open shoulder position is a combination, in a way, of the scapula upward or downward rotation and scapula elevation/depression depending on your arms position - overhead (upward rotation + elevation) or under the head (downward rotation and depression).
So when you hang keep your shoulders (blades) open and let the arms do whatever they do.
@ thank you for the detailed reply!
No worries! I hope it’s a bit clearer now-) 🤝
Great workout. What do we do if we don’t have stall bars? Is there anyway you could send me a link to my email for the ones you bought?
Tubal you and I think you can find that ladder in most gyms or get one from Eatsy.com. Or just never mind, there are many other ways to train without that ladder. I posted it to just show some options. But in no way it’s a must do or have thing. 🙂
@ Thank you so much. The Etsy ones look like they are about $359 US. I might grab one next month. Thank you for the info.
Not at all. $359 sounds reasonable. When I was looking for mine I could not find anything cheaper than $900-1200 CAD in Canada or US. Got mine for $400 cad (ladder and the add-on bar) from that shop two years ago.