I can do 6 or 7 full reps of a front lever from a static position. I had no idea this would be possible. Gonna start training for it tomorrow. Thanks for the motivation!
The ab strength required for the human flag is much lesser than you would expect. Basically if you can hold the side planck for a minute or so, or even better, if you can perform the dragon fly (although the obliques don't work as much), you're good to go. Based upon the physics (that Geek Climber cleverly demonstrated) and my own experience, I would be of the opinion that the struggle mainly comes from the lack of pushing and/or pulling effort/strength (especially since both of these forces need to be applied through straight arms which is unusual and more difficult for most people).
As the title of the video says, this is about how much time it takes for the average guy to achieve it, although in calisthenics it is very recommended to start with a base overall strength (done with pushups, pike pushups, pullups, dips etc.). A good base will let you achieve skills in much less time, for example, you might learn the handstand in a few months, and the transition to the parallettes would take perhaps a few weeks. Congrats on the achievement!
@@user-ej4eq5im4r Well yeah of course but he was missing the basic pushing strength preparation, he had some good starting pulling strength because he does climbing, but if you watch his tuck planche video, he said he didn't want to start with pushups and the usual basics
Ive attempted it before and failed. I normally do 6 sets of 10 pullup variations every other day. Legs the other days. I was talking to my sister on the phone one day while having fun hanging on my bar and i randomly was able to do a one arm pull up and it shocked the hell out of me. Believe it or not, i almost couldn't. I think what made all the difference between my regular pullup work out was that i began incorporating single arm bent over rows. I do hanging leg lifts every morning too which i think helped a lot with the grip strength aspect. While i was on the phone, i was distracted and i think that led me to just go with my instincts and that seemed to work over intensionally trying to do it like before. Now my goal is to master it.
here's some advice, don't do any planche on the ground, buy a good set of parallettes, no need to put needless excess strain on your wrists for the same outcome
yup bent arm strength does NOT translate to straight arm strength for the tuck planche, i can do over 85 pushups in a row with good form but i still cannot do a tuck planche, though i am a heavier and taller person and i also cant even do an l sit which i find a lot harder than most people say
