Hugely underrated channel GMB. The crow stand tutorial is especially good. Almost all other handstand tutorials go straight into a wall stand or pike stand but these can only be done if you have the appropriate shoulder strength and hamstring flexibility
It is nice seeing knowledgeable people with high standards for their work produce things. The article, other people go read, with the forward back bend and the written explanation is a much higher standard than most of RU-vid fitness video creators hold themselves to. Thanks for the excellent work yet again.
I DID MY FIRST LOW BRIDGE TODAY!!🎉🎉🎉 I never thought that I could tbh, but I followed each step from this video, and amazingly I succeeded. I’ve always thought it was impossible for me to do a bridge until today!
Same here mate ..fist I've watched whole video and thought I could give it a try ,never in my life even tried to do this bridge and I've successfully done it but following every step only with head down and that feels hard but kinda rewarding ❤.Can't thank you enough ..I'm going to check other vids on your channel 👍👌
I'm 47 years old and I can do excorcist spider walk :) It took me like a year to conquer the bridge and I mostly needed to strengthen my glutes and back muscles of my legs. Before that my hips were shaking like mobile phone in bridge position.
Desk? Probably. We got you covered! We know most people don't make it into adulthood without at least a couple of strikes against them for this kind of thing.
These drills are great thank you GMB. And they work for the bridge. I do many of these regularly in my yoga practice. I prepped and learned how do the bridge and used to post it on Instagram. As soon as I stopped using Instagram I realised I don’t need to do the full bridge to have good spinal and shoulder flexibility. I used to use Instagram for the glory poses. I can still lift up when I want to but I don’t feel the need to do it to have a healthy spine and shoulders. 😅 great work guys.
Thank you very much! Another video that hits the mark with me! You have always made very good videos and tutorials, but especially lately there have been some particularly useful and great ones.
thank you for this video, so helpful to see step by step to get into bridge one day-- definately what i needed. awesome and informational, cant wish to have a bridge one day :) !
I still can’t do quad stretch. My bridge stops at shoulder bridge because for whatever reason, I can’t push up into head bridge or to clear my head off the floor (even with yoga blocks under hands) when my hands are near my ears. My wrists and arms feel weak and I feel afraid. I will try this progression to see if I can push thru my hesitation or fear.
Hi Ryan! Should we do 1 or 2 of the progressions for a few weeks, then move on to the next ones, or do them in a single workout, as a sequence? Thanks!
When you're ready. If you can already do the later progressions (e.g., if it were feasible for you to do them in the same session starting out), you wouldn't need this.
Hey Ryan I hope you can see and respond to this message, I just wanted to ask does doing steady state cardio (running,cycling,hiking) impact strength adaptations for planche gains?
Hey congrats! You might be past this stage, but we did an article on perinatal training that could give you some ideas for how to get back into it: gmb.io/pregnancy/ Also feel free to email hi@GMB.io because our coaches have helped a lot of women post childbirth :)
another great video. do you ever use blocks for leverage/support/ mechanical advantage for those with decreased shoulder/thoracic/wrist range of motion/strength? great progressions and movements in their own
You can, but if you're lacking range of motion, the bridge is one of least efficient ways to address that. Check our specific videos on those areas and use better exercises for that purpose.
I have boxers shoulders & do bridges w a pillow under my head bc my shoulder mobility so bad. Plz help. My rotator cuffs are fine. It’s dif so most stretches do nothing
Hi! I’ve just tried doing a full bridge, but I can only do like 1 sec before I break down and collapse. My legs are shaking (some cramps in the hamstring) and it feels like my spine and shoulders are just too stiff and weak. I feel like I should first do some strength excersises before going back to the bridge? Or, can you do the bridge by just following the steps in the video? Or, put in another way, is there any point in building strength in any specific muscles to help the bridge?
in your opinion, for a 33yr old yogi who has a mild osteoarthritis (very recently diagnosed ) in L4 5 facet joints ...would it be safe to do this flow without damaging the cartilage any further in the specific area?? (having considered all options like; warm ups, a gentle mobility & strengthening of the full spine & poses that requires to be done prior to a full back bend , even the anti- inflammatory diets etc.. also even after chiropathy and acupuncture treatments...)
I´m suffering from a shoulder injury (extreme bursitis, supraspinatus tendon) at the moment and I have really bad mobility in my right shoulder. I´m doing Physio now and have to pause training quite some time but I want to regain my mobility in the future. Are the thoracic rotation and extension exercises recommendable for my rehab work? And last: would you recommend me to trying to achieve the full bridge? Or am I one of the persons you mentioned where you wouldn´t recommend it. Would really appreciate a short answer.
If you're doing rehab, ask your PT for thoracic exercises too. I don't know what's appropriate for you. I can't say whether I'd recommend you try to do a full bridge. You have an injury and are getting medical advice from a rehab specialist, no? That person's opinions is 1000x more useful than mine.
@@gmbfit Thank you very much for your quick and honest reply. I'm sorry, I was not asking for medical advice. I am very aware of the problems content creators can get, when they're giving away medical advice and some viewers hurt themselves. I guess my questions were rather misleading (shame on me for not being a native english speaker;)) Anyway, I think I will give them a try and do them together with the ones from my Physio. Apart from that, I wanted to thank you for the awesome content on this channel. Much appreciated!
Right on - one of our cofounders is a physical therapist, so one things we're bullish on is working with the people who know your situation and trusting them.
When she’s sitting out of it, but when you go into the position it’ll change. Key point is to drive the hips forward with chest upward and do what you can.
It kicks in when you've done a few lifetimes of physical labor. If you're sitting around waiting for it, you're gonna get "old man who can't walk without help" instead.
@@gmbfit Just to emphasize your point- in my 20s I was fairly fit I would say, as I played footie 4 times a week, squash, once or twice a week, and I also dabbled in martial arts. These days, I may not have the speed of those days, but I can do many things that I wouldn't have dreamed of doing those days. Our body is a truly magnificent piece of engineering- we just need to tell it what we want from it and look for progress not in terms of days and weeks, but more like months- a couple of months is perhaps a good expectation. Cheers and many thanks for your content.
You have to spend time working up to it. You're not gonna just do it on your first try. And no, you're not permanently damaged from doing pushing exercises. If you need to do more pulling, just start doing that now.
@@gmbfit bro ive been on it. i suppose i shouldve mentioned it, im not in dire need on encouragement really, i enjoy the process and im not afraid im permanently damaged or whatever lmao. its just strength imbalances. i have a weak back and that will change 🤷
@@gmbfit I did it over time years ago and acquired shin splints so I stopped doing the stretch and the affliction went awat. Recently I revisted the stretch and the shin splints came back.so I'm not doing them again. I have several quad stretches that I do but obvioslsly I have some tightness in my shins?
I appreciate this, as I have one big toe (ball of foot) that was injured and will not flex back. It is dispiriting. I keep working around it and doing what I can, while striving to keep the bit of flex I have. Some things will always be out of my reach, but just because I try, I do great things that most able-bodied people will never even attempt!
@@BrookeLester Kudos for your positivity. We can't do: Pushups on toes Camel pose Lunges Calf raises with full ROM Horisontal frog jumps Split squats ... most likely a whole lot more. Ridiculous. I'm not sure how else to put it. Ridiculous! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
