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Kipping vs Strict Muscle Up: It’s All About the Transition

December 21, 2016 by Mike Fitch 1 Comment

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The Kipping Muscle Up versus the Strict Muscle Up: Which is better?  Well, they’re different.  Not better, not worse, just different.  I honestly don’t care which one you choose to perform, but I do have a strong opinion on which one you should focus on learning first.  But no matter which one you choose as […]

Filed Under: Articles, Bodyweight Athlete, Calisthenics, Exercise Tutorial, Rings, Vertical Pull Patterns

Mastering the Single-Arm Push-Up

June 15, 2016 by Mike Fitch

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The Single-Arm Push-Up is frequently cited as a prime example of bodyweight strength and prowess. But if you’ve begun the road to mastering this skill you know that it is a lot more than just strength: it requires an amazing amount of coordination and stability. And when done properly, it is the result of dedication […]

Filed Under: Articles, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Horizontal Push Patterns Tagged With: push up, single-arm

Floor Pike Push-Up: A Starting Point for the Handstand Push-Up

April 2, 2015 by Mike Fitch 3 Comments

The Floor Pike Push-Up is one of the first lead up exercises that is absolutely essential to master if you ever want to perform a free standing, flat back Handstand Push-Up. Watching a video of a super clean, free-standing Handstand Push-Up is what closed the deal on my transition to bodyweight training years ago. I […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tutorial, Vertical Push Patterns Tagged With: handstand push-up, pike push-up

Review: Using GMB Fitness’ Elements Program as Animal Flow Prep

March 24, 2015 by Mike Fitch Leave a Comment

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GMB Fitness has created a new introductory level bodyweight training program, Elements, that we like so much that we’re recommending it as the perfect lead-up to Animal Flow. Requiring no equipment, and letting you work at your own pace, Elements is designed to help people of all fitness levels establish an incredibly strong base that […]

Filed Under: Gymnastics, Quadraped - Animal Flow, Reviews

Climbing and Swinging: Amp Up Your Pull-Up Strength!

November 10, 2014 by Clifton Harski 1 Comment

I’m excited to bring you our first post from our Animal Flow Master Instructor Clifton Harski. Clifton has a long history as a student of human movement, including as a lifelong athlete and collegiate basketball player who also holds a degree in Kinesiology His current position as Director of Programming for Fitwall, plus his previous […]

Filed Under: Bar Calisthenics, Exercise Tutorial, Vertical Pull Patterns Tagged With: Arms, climbing, swinging, upper body

Reverse Lunge Shrimp Squat: Get a Leg Up on Your Squat Training!

September 2, 2014 by Mike Fitch 3 Comments

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The Reverse Lunge Shrimp Squat is a great progression for one of my favorite bodyweight training subjects, single leg squat training. This is a fairly advanced exercise that will help you in your training for the Shrimp Squat, which is in itself an impressive variation of the Pistol Squat. In the GBT System, both the […]

Filed Under: Calisthenics, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Squats Tagged With: legs, pistol squat, shrimp squat, Single leg squat

Floor Conditioning for Front and Back Levers: Training Without Bars

August 15, 2014 by Mike Fitch 4 Comments

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The “Pinnacle Exercises” are what we call the most advanced, staple exercises of the Bodyweight Athlete. But just as their name implies, the Pinnacles represent the higher level achievements in bodyweight training- nobody starts there. An entire continuum of regressions, progressions, and conditioning exercises need to be mastered along the way. In this tutorial, I’ll […]

Filed Under: Bar Calisthenics, Bars, Conditioning, Exercise Tutorial, Horizontal Pull Patterns Tagged With: Lever, shoulders, static

The Reverse Hyperextension Elbow Lever: Strength with Full Range of Motion

September 21, 2013 by Mike Fitch 7 Comments

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The Reverse Hyperextension Elbow Lever is another great bodyweight training exercise that can be performed anywhere without any equipment, which is why I chose it for this week’s tutorial to post while I’m traveling. The exercise itself is a great combination move that increases the intensity and complexity of each individual component when they are […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tutorial, Gymnastics, Hand Balancing, Trunk Tagged With: Arms, Lever, trunk

The Flexed Roll: Roll Your Way to a Stronger Core!

August 5, 2013 by Mike Fitch 8 Comments

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The Flexed Roll is a great way to build a foundation for performing a solid roll, an incredibly useful maneuver that crosses many bodyweight disciplines. While creating the GBT and Animal Flow systems, I was inspired by many different disciplines like Parkour, Gymnastics and Break Dancing. As a student of these different avenues of self […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tutorial, Gymnastics, Instructional, Parkour, Quadraped - Animal Flow, Trunk Tagged With: Abs, core, Flex Roll, Roll, trunk

The 6-Point Pull-Up: Making Use of the Cable-System Pull-Up Bar

June 18, 2013 by Mike Fitch 11 Comments

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The 6-Point Pull-Up Variation is a great sequence of pull and chin ups that I put together to make use of the typical Pull-Up bar set up you find on most cross-over cable columns. I began doing this while trying to make the most of spotty access to good pull-up bars when traveling so much […]

Filed Under: Articles, Bars, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Instructional, Vertical Pull Patterns Tagged With: Arms, bars, biceps, pull up

The Walking Pistol Squat: For Even More Complexity and Balance!

April 18, 2013 by Mike Fitch 14 Comments

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The pistol squat is the essential leg exercise for the Bodyweight Athlete. For strength and stability there’s no other movement that compares. The Walking Pistol Squat takes your pistol training to a whole other level. The mechanics of this movement create a serious balance challenge as well as some hip and ankle mobility. Check out […]

Filed Under: Articles, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Instructional, Squats Tagged With: pistol squat, Squat

Advanced Pull-Up Variations From Simon Boulter

March 25, 2013 by Simon Boulter 8 Comments

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I’m psyched to bring you this guest article and video from Simon Boulter. Pull-Ups are the basis of our Horizontal Pulling Patterns in bodyweight training, and I bet you already incorporate some version into your own fitness routine. But did you know how many creative, challenging and incredibly effective variations there are? So I’m excited […]

Filed Under: Articles, Bars, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Horizontal Pull Patterns, Instructional Tagged With: pull up

The Hip Hinge Forearm Push Up: Bodyweight Leveraging at its Best!

March 4, 2013 by Mike Fitch 14 Comments

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The Hip Hinge Forearm Push-Up is another great bodyweight conditioning movement that serves as an awesome exercise by itself, while also preparing your body for more advanced progressions. The human body is an incredible network of levers that act together to create movement in all directions. We can change the leverage at a joint to […]

Filed Under: Articles, Bodyweight Disciplines, Bodyweight Exercises, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Hand Balancing, Horizontal Push Patterns, Instructional Tagged With: forearm, hand balance, push up

Shoulder Weaving: More Practice for Handstand Control

December 28, 2012 by Kálmán "Kiwee" Attila 2 Comments

Perfecting a handstand is a fantastic goal for so many reasons – it’s a great skill, is central to overall hand balancing and gymnastics practice, and makes for an excellent exercise unto itself. “Shoulder Weaving” is an incredibly effective way to improve your balance, control and strength for your handstand practice. So, I’m psyched to […]

Filed Under: Articles, Conditioning, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Gymnastics, Hand Balancing, Instructional, Vertical Push Patterns Tagged With: hand balance, handstand training, shoulder weave

Parallel Bars: From L-Sits to Tucks and Presses and More!

October 23, 2012 by Mike Fitch 6 Comments

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Parallel bars are an awesome bodyweight training tool for practicing your hand balancing, and this week we’ve got two incredible exercises for you to try out: the L-Sit to High Hip Tuck; and the L-Sit to Straddle Press-Up Handstand. Whether you are a gymnast, bar athlete or general bodyweight enthusiast, Parallels are an excellent place […]

Filed Under: Bars, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Gymnastics, Hand Balancing, Instructional, Trunk, Vertical Push Patterns Tagged With: handstand press, high tuck, l-sit, parallel bars, straddle handstand, valdes

The Archer Push-Up: You’ll Love This Variation!

August 1, 2012 by Mike Fitch 11 Comments

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This week’s exercise brings us back to a Horizontal “Pushing” Pattern (ie Push-Up category): The Archer Push-Up, which is a great total body exercise that is also helpful for training for a Single-Arm Push-Up. In most cases if I asked someone to get down and perform a Single-Arm Push-Up (SAPU), what I usually see is […]

Filed Under: Articles, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Horizontal Push Patterns, Instructional, Trunk Tagged With: archer, push up, single-arm, trunk

Intro to Rope Climbing: The S-Hook

July 3, 2012 by Mike Fitch 7 Comments

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Rope climbing is one of my favorite alternatives for your vertical pulling patterns (after all, you can’t do pull-ups all the time!). It can be extremely challenging to work your way up to climbing using only your arms, so today we’re going to start at the beginning, with the S-Hook. I love rope climbing because […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tutorial, Features, Instructional, Ropes, Vertical Pull Patterns Tagged With: ropes training

The Tornado Pull-Up: Strength With a Twist

May 21, 2012 by Mike Fitch 9 Comments

The Tornado Pull-Up is a great variation on the timeless pull-up exercise. It’s no secret that Pull-Ups and Chin-Ups are one of the best exercises around. Sure, it might be impressive to see someone grunt out a ton of weight on a lat pull down machine, but the simple Pull-Up will always be a display […]

Filed Under: Bars, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Instructional, Vertical Pull Patterns Tagged With: chin up, pull up, trunk

Static Frog with Back Extension: Turning a Classic Exercise Upside Down

May 8, 2012 by Mike Fitch 4 Comments

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Hand balancing is an incredible practice and a huge part of bodyweight training. Not only is the work great for increasing your shoulder girdle stabilization, but it can also be a killer way to challenge your entire body and improve your neuromuscular connectivity. And, way beyond your basic handstands, the opportunities to challenge your strength, […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tutorial, Features, Hand Balancing, Instructional, Trunk Tagged With: back extension, frog, hand balance, hip extension

Band-Assisted Muscle-Up: Master Your Technique!

April 26, 2012 by Mike Fitch 8 Comments

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The Band-Assisted Muscle-Up is the next step in our Muscle-Up tutorial series, where we’re working toward achieving the incredibly challenging and super-impressive Slow Muscle-Up. Our ultimate goal with the traditional Muscle-Up is to get to the point where you can perform the exercise slowly, without requiring any momentum. Practicing with the Assistance Bands can get […]

Filed Under: Bands, Bars, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Instructional, Vertical Pull Patterns Tagged With: bands, muscle up

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