Started by Hardy Evans, August 9, 2014 · 14 Replies · 5,916 Views
Forgive my ignorance, but as I'm still relatively new to the world of GST and I've never before trained with a competitive gymnast, I must know if muscle ups really become this effortless:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YI1dy_swRxc
Is this ease of execution common? I thought I had gotten pretty good at strict ring MU until I saw this one. How far along is one in GST before this is doable? Just fantasizing here...
Now, back to Foundation!
Yes. That is common. Eventually it becomes barely noticeable. About like a pullup.
Muscle up is still a beginner move.
That muscle up was crazy smooth, damn. Crazy if you think how many people are still struggling with an 'easy' muscle up, if you see that.
It should be noted that the 'ease' with which that MU was demonstrated is a direct result of being able to safely and effectively perform more advanced straight arm work (e.g. iron cross, maltese etc).
Yours in Fitness,
Coach Sommer
I personally find this one, at the beginning of the clip, a lot more impressive.
I completely agree, the Andreas Aguilar one is much better. But I've heard many many people refer to that as one of the greatest MU of all time, so I figured it was an exception to the typical MU strength of a gymnast. But perhaps it is not.
I've been very tempted to purchase rings one just to see what the rMU training looks like, but I know it'll be much too tempting. In 2-3 years hopefully I'll be ready.
This muscle up by Gregor Saksida, GB member, is also quite impressive.
Will an simple straight arm exercise like the backlever (or perhaps even planche leans) have a same (albeit smaller) result?
I really love the smoothness of this guy at european during SA mu
Yeah, that was very nice.
Jurre said:Will an simple straight arm exercise like the backlever (or perhaps even planche leans) have a same (albeit smaller) result?
I'm curious about this also. My guess would be that the straight arm strength -> MU carryover has a lot to do with elbow and brachialis conditioning. I'm gathering this from the fact that in the GB curriculum the ideal progression seems to be straddle planche and RC mastery, followed by back lever and muscle up training, which come in tandem. However this is just speculation, and I'd love to hear the opinion of someone more knowledgable than I.
I´d imagine there is a carry over, though it isn´t huge. I think backlever training will improve bicep strength and pulling strength in general.
Climbing a lot of rope will do more for your mu than pl leans or bl. Pullup, dip, transition. Nothing mystical, just systematic prep 
He has nothing on this little guy
Jurre said:I´d imagine there is a carry over, though it isn´t huge. I think backlever training will improve bicep strength and pulling strength in general.
if you don't have a solid planche strength foundation, back lever training might be a bit risky