8 Calisthenics Moves That Are Easier Than They Look!

[@richardberkovits3594]

i'm so happy when you upload a full length video and not a short

[@jdabelado716]

our thoughts are the same

[@timyong6152]

Im happy either way

[@DevinsCalisthenics]

Coming from a yoga background, the elbow lever was seen as an "advanced" move. Now in calisthenics its a beginner skill! It just goes to show how difficult and how much strength and skill you need to advance in this sport.

[@kevinsawma3268]

advanced?tf?it worked first try when i could do about 15 push ups

[@DevinsCalisthenics]

@@kevinsawma3268 lol, yeah i know right? In the yoga variation the hands are touching so it does add some side to side balance into the equation, along with front to back.

[@TheNewCrap]

I would like to say its more about patience. Most of these moves can take several years to master and advance in depending on body type and previous training history. But i think most people can learn them if they have the patience.

[@friedporkrice]

Thanks Alex and Sven! Grad school and sedentary jobs ruined my physique, but when covid hit I discovered this channel and after 4 years of struggle in my living room and garage, I'm able to try all these moves again. You guys are great.

[@GeorgeLarryMIBU]

Where's the third dude that used to be in the videos?

[@AlencarFaulkner]

Sitting Leg Raise: the bane of my existence.

[@emterroso]

I was doing that for a while, but I stopped because it was destroying my lower back.

[@thunderred5263]

Quad cramps are real

[@danielarnold8902]

@@thunderred5263 yeah they are!

[@andreeliasoliveira6131]

the amount of detail of these videos never fail to impress me, way to go guys

[@danielfaller5617]

My biggest achievement so far is a five seconds long perfect tucked planche. Edit: Thanks in no small part to calimove. Oh and their mobility program is like magic, the first few weeks you dont believe that it works at all, than suddenly you realize that it ducking worked.

[@rogshit]

Nice to see that old footage of you guys, you've progressed so much!

[@atdb209Ye]

The advanced moves in yoga are beginner skills in calisthenics.

[@muammar88]

You're right! It's funny that I can do the front lever but not the back one haha!

[@SN_Alen-Star-Sporty12.624]

elbow lever was the first calisthenics skill that I learned 😊

[@hunterthewerewolf]

For all of these moves I'm both dreading and looking forward to them in the later levels of the Complete Calisthenic Workout Program lol

[@mrnaizguy]

Man the phonk music in the background goes hard! Fits your style of videos perfectly!

[@themextor]

aye i was scared of planche but just held it for 20 seconds!!

[@drip369]

Speaking of making hard things look easy, I love the shirt

[@japanadventurelife]

Everything is difficult 😅😂

[@lennondsouza2099]

Weak

[@daiblaze1396]

Not quite there yet with these moves but totally ok with the listing. Front lever even in the tucking position feels challenging. Back lever is almost in the bag. That impossible dip, first time that I see this move, seems to be real hard. Thanks !

[@Beats-By-Anthony]

Back lever, Muscle up and One arm Pushups where the three exercises I learned pretty quickly back when i started Calisthenics. Handstand pushup, Handstand Press and Front Lever are still impossible for me, even after YEARS! I am 6'1 tall (184 centimeters) with long legs (long femurs) and a shorter torso in comparison) which makes it maybe even more impossible I guess.

[@CalisthenicVagabond]

I'm 1cm shorter and have been doing front lever for a few years. The thing that helped me the most was to stop thinking of it as a static hold but as an explosive movement done constantly over time. This means going into it explosively from the start, and holding it explosively the whole duration. You'll know you're doing it right when you're shaking. Also, doing band assisted explosive concentric front lever presses (so positive only, you don't need to do negatives) for 3-5 reps (you stop when your speed decreases) will skyrocket your progress. And lastly, abstaining from caffeine and taking it max 1 day per week (1 hour prior to your max strength training session) and doing Wim Hof's breathing just prior to performing the FL will give you about a 10% strength boost, which just might be enough for a 3s FL.

[@mr-sam-jax]

awesome channel ❤️ so helpful and professional ! the harder move between all of this movements for me is sitting leg raise !

[@djmaciiiii]

I would love if you added some skill based courses to your program. For instance focusing just on muscle up, or front lever.

[@187Overkillah]

I think just handstand on a wall for time is harder than the average person perceives. Pistol squads are harder than perceived. Nordic hamstring curls are elite, even sports people often dont know how hard a full ROM Nordic is, pull it’s push, both very challenging.

[@calimove]

Totally agree.

[@miroslavzicha99]

Some time ago I got roasted for considering back lever as harder exercise than front lever - noone cared that did so due to injury in the front part of my left shoulder. During recovery I focused on pulling strength and now I can hold more advanced progression to front lever than to back lever 😂 Back lever might be harder for me but I 100% agree with the comparisson of the two in this video. 👍

[@skitjaz]

I can complete agree with the Levers. It took me similar times to achieve. Also I took a break from the levers while I was training for one arm pullups. Now because of my new raw strenght has increased front lever is actually easier than back lever to me.

[@Aliapfelsaft]

I'am so happy when you upload in blue shorts.

[@TheNewCrap]

I would like to add the full 360 rotation from dead hang on rings. Its a movement i feel like most strength is needed when going back in comparison to the beginning of the movement.

[@gaminguceyt]

Nice One CalisthenicsMovement ❤🎉

[@korsover]

Could you guys maybe make a video about how to do the proper form for most of beginner exercises pls?

[@Smokey_513]

Can u guys like make a video on ranked squats, lunges and calf exercise? Like a ranked leg exercises

[@user-fd5qz6nv7g]

My best ever is half a knee pushup

[@seattlegrrlie]

Oh the sitting leg raise is so stinking hard.

[@Zinericks]

I've been training elbow lever for 2 months and can't do it, I've never trained lean Planche and can do it easily

[@danielarnold8902]

I am in the camp of being able to do a front lever but not a back lever. It is simply because with a door frame pull up bar I refuse to face the floor so I have not even tried a back lever lol.

[@alexthepoleelf]

Calisthenics are the best!

[@OffTopicChannel]

Todos esos ejercicios son durísimos! Pero si hay algunos buenos consejos para hacer esa planchas tan bravas.

[@FahradPraktikant6969]

planche leans are super easy for me but still cant do a proper tuck planche

[@StratosFair]

If they are "super easy" but you can't tuck planche it means you're doing planche leans with wrong technique

[@omsofi1111]

I really thought this vid is 1 year old

[@lucashoogeveen]

Nice vid man

[@LockenJohny101]

I feel like the human flag should be included in easier then it looks. Yes its hard (My best ever was about 5 seconds and it wasnt perfect) but it looks impossible to non training people. Also dragon flag is way harder then it looks.

[@turnikman0074]

Go dragon press tutorial!!!

[@DoughnutDragon]

5:59 the issue is i don't have the balance for the tuck planche yet i can easily hold the harder one here. My arms don't seem to be long enough proportionally to my body for a tuck planche or the L sit. the L sit also has the issue of my arms even when full extended my ass is still on the floor. I guess i need paralettes for those ones.

[@user-kx9tv7mn9z]

Thank you alex❤❤❤❤❤

[@nobody-dw2dj]

When ever I try learning the ellbow lever I feel pain in the are my ellbow is touching

[@omermarkovich185]

Typewriter pull ups are really hard i can do 14 pullups and cant even extened one arm in this move 😂

[@axel.wirawibawa]

Sitting leg raise hardest

[@jhonalexander2909]

Can you make a challenging workout for MMA Fighters??

[@ISOLUTUON]

I like your videos ❤❤

[@babjichandrasekhargullapal2219]

@Alex forgot about the 9th movement. He forgot to say to wear the blue short. Hahaha😂😂.

[@SnakeSw1212]

Amazing video

[@ChrixMadHeck]

DragonPress is missing. 😅✌🏻

[@johnfrench59]

can the one handed pullup be considered as a regression to the proper one arm pullup?

[@IgorBelyakovworkout]

Money💪💰💰💰

[@ApeironTO]

dragon press is also way harder than it looks

[@silvokami]

1:36 For the elbow lever one, I seem to be unable to bend my arms to the point where elbows should support the torso. Is it just a skill issue in terms of flexibility or what ? Gain chads, help !

[@DevinsCalisthenics]

It sounds like a flexibility issue. Can you touch your elbows to the inside of your hip bones while standing?

[@StratosFair]

I think the sweet spot will be different for everyone, as long as your elbows are resting somewhere around the stomach, you should eventually be able to find the balance (but more flexibility helps for sure)

[@virgilioximenes2574]

The human flag looks impossible and amazing at the same time!

[@jadencarwyn3508]

i can do tuck planche and planche lean but why i cannot do the elbow lever?

[@aryanparihar4425]

I was trying to do impossible dips naturally, it just comes to me that I can achieve it, but it is very hard indeed. Btw guys thanks to you I know how to workout❤, following you since I was 15 in 2016, although I am getting a little bit of loose skin. How do I lose it?

[@mrnaizguy]

The fact that people that are not familiar with cali see a handstand more impressive than a planche or maltese is pretty funny. Also that floor victorian doesn't look impressive at all but is basically a front lever x100 difficulty.

[@aaabobabibo]

I cannot 😭

[@jameshrouda9797]

I think it is hard when you have a belly. Any comments?

[@paulchristie3306]

@james. Eat smaller dinners. If there's a McDonalds in your town, walk past it. Losing bodyweight is easy.

[@robipindric7654]

I am 185 cm so even bent arm planche isn't easy

[@freehatespeech6804]

Daniel Vadnal from FitnessFAQs is 186. You can do it my man

[@robipindric7654]

@@freehatespeech6804 he didn't start with 35 😁. I most likely won't achieve my goals but i know i will try.

[@984elite]

@@robipindric7654I started when I was 34, height 186 cm. Now 5 years later I can do front lever, full planche, one arm pull up and assisted maltese. Planche was freaking hard for me but keep going and some day it will happen.

[@lmack6596]

Tom Merrick is tall too. In fact I think he did a video a couple of years ago discussing the advantages and disadvantages of being tall. Some skills are definitely harder if you're taller 😅 But not impossible! 💪

[@HarryAndrewGeorgiou]

Is every move here part of the complete calisthenics? Also i can't football l vouch for the sitting on he floor trying to lift the legs up, I try to follow that in the mobility 2.0 flow and i have my hands close to my waist and i have to lean back by the end of it because I'm too fatigued, by the mud point my legs are not lifting up and it's just me using the muscle but not producing any lift

[@VTFFTW]

Lol I'm one of the weirdos that can do the front lever but not the back lever

[@kaybanhbao1066]

😮

[@believer.com0987]

Please make a video of clutch flag/lever tutorial for beginners

[@mangeshghadge5539]

How do u make your bones strong ?

[@shekeimlynch5083]

There's only one way to find out also can I go on this adventure with you????reply and lmk 25:17

[@user-xj8wy4uu1q]

Yes and bottom is harder

[@UkiDyj]

Gitówa

[@brawlwith_me]

Easy..... 🤥

[@prabhjeetsingh9417]

Halo

[@NavnathGhode]

Power of blue shorts 🩳

[@YaNKeeR_]

First!

[@FitnessMinimalista]

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