Street workout > ss

[musclemilk]

yall goin bout yo workout in da wrong way ya hurd




/sarcsm

[skipbeat]

impressive as fuck upper body strength no lie

[Draft]

Jorts > board shorts.

[DPMuller]

What's the problem? He seems to have used the ideal workout routine to achieve his training goals (performing bar acrobatics) and built the ideal body for that purpose.

Personally I am working towards a balanced body, but the guy is probably making a good living out of his acrobatic show and getting plenty of street cred for his (unbalanced) strength.

To each his own...

[veryhrm]

It's big of him to give a shout out to Ronnie Coleman.

The swagger isn't to my taste but those are some fine muscle-ups and some decent flagging. And those push-ups are pretty sweet too.

[stonerider]

why do you consider his strength unbalanced?

would you consider a gymnast unbalanced, simply because he can't squat 500lbs?

gymnasts still have very explosive and powerful legs for bodyweight movements

[DPMuller]

why do you consider his strength unbalanced?

would you consider a gymnast unbalanced, simply because he can't squat 500lbs?

gymnasts still have very explosive and powerful legs for bodyweight movements

Did you watch the video? Those toothpick legs should not be swung around near kids - could slice their face open if they make contact.

Seriously speaking - gymnasts develop strength in a balanced way, no matter what their squat is, because they work accross diferent sets of exercises that use their entire body. This is why gymnasts are nowhere near that degree of specialization you see in the video. Do you think that just swinging on fixed bars will prepare you for the floor or the vault? Even still rings might be out of his reach - all I've seen is (very impressive) fixed bars work, but at least pommel horse, high bar and parallel bars should be covered strength wise. Sadly, based on the video and the general profile of an olympic gymnast (who do have the very explosive and powerful legs for bodyweight movements that you refer to), the gentleman does not qualify.

You want to make comparisons, you're looking at circus acts, not gymnasts. He never used his legs throughout the whole workout (unless you call standing or walking working the lower body), so non-isometric lower body strength seems be superfluous to him. Plus, having minimal leg mass appears to be necessary in order to reduce the huge torque he puts on his shoulders/upper back (due to the big moment arm all from legs all the way to the shoulders).

One must respect his strength and acrobatic ability, but to claim that he's balanced is a bit much, at least based on the evidence on hand.

[stonerider]

with the evidence at hand, he is no more likely unbalanced than he is balanced


there's no way of knowing what he's capable of


to make a presumption either way is rather ridiculous... which was my point

[gummi_hulk]

Yeah, what Hannibal really needs to do is go on SS, do GOMAD get his squat up to 300 and his bench up to 205
/Sarcasm

He does have little caves though. Could be genetic or he might be neglecting pistols or whatever bodyweight dudes do.

[Brian Zahn]

they do some pretty impressive shit, even if it doesnt fit into my training goals