SL/PE1 Arch Body Hold (ABH)

Were made by the devil

That is all.

check the next PE who made that?

Misery loves company!

I'm going to be repeating up to week 5 on this forever, I think. But if that's what it takes, then so be it.

Another here.

I never thought it would be so hard to be superman.

Seriously. Once they said the legs should be together, the difficulty went way up 

I'm reasonably strong in this position and at this stage, I feel it more in my shoulder girdle than in the rest of my body (I keep my arms straight and my shoulder angle as open as possible, just for fun!). But yes, longer holds (> 30s) are evil!

I simply decided to do a full cycle on it. It's mean. But at least I know that it's a weakness.

FredInChina said:

Misery loves company!

If I had a penny for every time I either heard this, or experienced this, at BUD/S...

seeing as how all of you folks are here.

do you guys perform an anterior pelvic tilt during this PE? 

Changed order for today's sessions, did SLS first (one of last weeks of cycle) and SL/PE1 as last excercise, that was fun, I got leg shake during SL like never before.

Are we trying to do these feet together/knees together? Because if you're not.. you're missing most of the fun

Klaudius Petrulis said:

Are we trying to do these feet together/knees together? Because if you're not.. you're missing most of the fun

you're masochistic. i know this. 

KeilaniG said:

you're masochistic. i know this. 

:icon_twisted:

I can only do feet together during the arch hold. When i'm doing the knees together i'm loosing the arch. Some stretching need to be done.

Even when I stand with feet together my knees do not touch...I therefore believe that they do not need to touch in arch hold either....look at Allan's leg structure...I can not imagine him holding AH with knees together

Not everyone is able to do it with knees together nor is that the recommended way to do it, but I do it just for some extra fun and to push myself. I do notice I lose tension is some areas when I do this though, so I have to work extra hard to make everything tight! All I can say is I'm glad I started from week 1..

Legs straight with feet together.  

Whether or not your knees are also together will depend upon your own individual structure.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

KeilaniG said:

seeing as how all of you folks are here.

 

do you guys perform an anterior pelvic tilt during this PE? 

I have no idea how else you could possibly perform an arch You can think of the arch as the opposite of the hollow, in all things except feet being together

Hercules said:

But at least I know that it's a weakness.

Finding your weak links and and working hard on those = Key to success!

Joshua Naterman said:

I have no idea how else you could possibly perform an arch You can think of the arch as the opposite of the hollow, in all things except feet being together

from what you guys have taught me, every last bit of detail has helped me better in excecution and bettering myself. thanks again  

Mats Trane said:

Finding your weak links and and working hard on those = Key to success!

Couldn't agree more!

I am currently on week 9 of these where I am doing 4x48sec.

At this point I have found a lot of mental games going on. Apart from a few key form cues (legs/arms up, squeeze feet together) I am finding ways to distract myself.

I have discovered that 48 seconds is about time enough for a verse and chorus of a favourite song :-)

Michael Taylor said:

I have discovered that 48 seconds is about time enough for a verse and chorus of 'Two Liitle Boys" :-)

I think this program is breaking you mentally lol

I completed the week 8 progression yesterday for this move and by the 5th set I wanted to cry. Keeping the feet together really lowers my arch because it is so hard. An excellent move!

EDIT: Week 7*