Wall Walks: 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid!

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In the last video I showed you a progression for wall walks. In this one, I'm showing you what NOT to do! These common mistakes are going to kill your wall walk progress and burn you out super fast in workouts so watch til the end to see how to avoid them.
Here's a quick overview of the 5 mistakes...
0:00 Intro
1:10 Mistake #1 - Moving the feet too early
2:30 Mistake #2 - Moving the hands too early
3:45 Mistake #3 - Taking baby steps
5:17 Mistake #4 - Pausing at the wall
6:22 Mistake #5 - Descending too slow or too fast
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[@matthewimi]

I never got coached on any of this. I literally was doing all of the mistakes at some point in time. Crazy.

[@purplespottedcow]

I love the SPLAT method to get down and the pike + large leg movements were a HUGE game changer when my coach taught me.

[@Tribalsanne1984]

I did babysteps when i did them the first few times. It also comes down to shoulder strenght. Big steps comes with more shoulder strenght

[@lovelifting]

Great tips

[@sorooshetemadi3846]

this video helped me win an important match thank u so much coach

[@tileahleong8484]

Very nice

[@valeriamarrerodiaz1731]

hi Ben thank you for your videoz You’re going so fast what a pace haha

[@charlenevanniekerk6090]

Om the tiny movement person... beginner. Thank you for this video... everything makes so much sence now

[@chanman83]

I definitely do the hold at top often. It’s like a “present” myself like a diver at the top. Also, some odd reason, I tend to be able to only get my right hand to the wall and my left is so close but won’t go back more. I feel it’s more a mental thing.

[@Hangfire100]

I'm defo a baby-stepper, although I am very aware of it. I like to leave little nose touches on the wall because we rarely have the tape on the floor.

[@SkillfulKiwi]

I'm trying to learn handstand hold and pushup, so i think that #4 isn't good advice for people in my situation, as you have to get used to holding the handstand and balancing

[@valeriamarrerodiaz1731]

oh you understand me, I did so many mistakes today but thats what we all want without failing. we have to do our runs to because different parts of the back hurt by only doing one type of excersice

[@markcrandall5800]

What's the distance from wall to hands at the end of the rep?

[@larrysupersport]

OMG, I didn't know that you feet touching before your fingers touch the line is a NO REP! I think I just got an ulcer.

[@venkateshsharma8552]

Dropping the legs before touching the front line, mostly getting dis balanced before getting back to the ground

[@mauriceharford7322]

Another mistake...huge arch in the back, hyper extension because they don't move there hands equally and feet make it up the wall to fast

[@Wexster94]

Agree with everything but no. 4, holding the upright position helps strengthen the shoulders in a lock out position and helps train the traps as well, and the reasoning that its not good is because it causes fatigue doesnt really jive with me, fatigue is a result of the training stimulus, the whole goal of training is to fatigue the muscle and not mainly to hit a rep count. To be fair here, that the lockout position is the most demanding part of the movement and likely the most common area where injury / form breakdown my occur, but it should not be avoided if youre able to complete the movement with good form.

[@valeriamarrerodiaz1731]

okay I feell like you did it all already

[@elizabethgreen7392]

Crossfit newbie, mistake 3, baby moves with hands. Guess not enough shoulder strength yet?

[@neversaw]

Yeah and weight to strength ratio. I'm strong but heavy so while I can overhead press a fair amount my body weight is still a lot higher than any max.

[@elizabethgreen7392]

@@neversaw thanks for that. Yes I am weight heavy and it is a question of patience for me to get strength up and weight down. Still having fun with Crossfit and the small wins 🏆

[@Tee55118]

I don't know. Everyone does it differently, and most athletes can't even get halfway up. So, I'll try some of these ideas, next time, and find out what happens. Most of us just want to lose a few pounds of flab and have our clothes fit better.

[@marianwesolowski7088]

What's wrong with burning a lot of energy while doing baby steps

[@shelbycfit]

It just wears you out and can end up compromising form during a workout if you're going for speed and not paying attention.

[@sarahgross8677]

baby steps is my number one mistake!

[@tileahleong8484]

Hanging too long and not jumping (feet) up the wall

[@makw2008]

Definitely baby steps. I need more upper body strength to do more.

[@valeriamarrerodiaz1731]

even that is hard but we do it anyways

[@apiscorus]

Another common mistake: not touching the second line with both hands before starting to move down

[@ghaithshalash5345]

Mistake 4 is non sense 😂