- ttb:
- stretch out your hamstrings very well. One of the reasons I can do them so easily is that i’m so flexible. If you are inflexible, you will need to use a lot more strength to try to get your legs up, because you will be fighting against your own muscles.
- use the kip. Practice hanging from the bar and swinging your hips back and forth like in a kip, then give it a big swing and bring your toes up. Try to do it without the box.
- When i string ttb, i try to think of it as pulling the bar in front of me and down to my feet, rather than my feet up to the bar, they meet in the middle. Kinda like a hurdler stretch where you touch your toes.
- this person is doing a lot more work than he needs to, he is bringing his feet all the way to the bar, and not using the rest of his body. As you can see, he is a bit inflexible. If he were more flexible, his feet would already be touching the bar. The more inflexible you are, the farther you have to rotate your body to get your feet to the bar.
- This person is pulling the bar down towards their feet, notice how their shoulders are behind the bar and their arms are at an angle. This is a bit easier.
- ring dips:
- keep your forearms vertical.
- don’t lower yourself down too slowly, it will eat up your strength.
- bring your chest forward and down, rather than lowering yourself down with your arms.
- it should be a quick motion, about 1 second from top to bottom to top.
- pullups:
- big kip
- a kip is kinda like a jerk, all you have to do is get your hips about 1 foot higher, then you quickly pull your chin towards the bar. The guy below gives a big kip, and lifts his hips about 1 foot, then he just brings his chin over to the bar quickly.
- at the top, push yourself back and away from the bar, to help you with your next kip
- you need to control yourself downward, if you just let gravity take you down you will get sore elbows, and will not be able to string the kips
All you can do is try. If you fail, at least you tried. And be proud of yourself for trying.