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Started by Ravn, November 17, 2015 · 30 Replies · 1,255 Views
Hi guys.
Check this out - I bought H2 2 weeks ago, and this is my progress:
Now, be gentle, this is seriously like my fifth press ever, I know it's far from perfect.
PS: I am kind of joking here. F1 and H1 made this possible, but I look forward to really get stuck in with these exercises in H2.
sick! i cant wait to be able to complete f1 and h1 
Not bad, maybe a little bit of work more on handstand.
nice! 
Not bad for an old fart
Turning 40 next week!
Very nice
Ravn said:Turning 40 next week!
Got yourself a party trick then!
Alexander Egebak said:Got yourself a party trick then!
Hoped to have a straddle planche, but this will have to do...
Well done Ravn! All that hard work paying off, it's very inspiring 
Bloody awesome! I think it was wicked
Ravn said:Turning 40 next week!
Only a year and a half behind you in age; at least 3 years behind you in press handstands...
Nice work
-MR said:Only a year and a half behind you in age; at least 3 years behind you in press handstands...
Nice work
Thanks for the flattery, but you don't know that, really - I tried this just a year ago and it was impossible. Tried again a week ago, after Coach's rant about lack of love for the press handstand, and found out that I could actually do it.
Nice nice
Very nice Ravn!
Inspiring stuff!
There can't be many people turning 40 who can do that!
Murray Truelove said:Inspiring stuff!
There can't be many people turning 40 who can do that!
Well, like everyone else here I feel like I'm just getting started.
It's thrilling to see that there's progress, and even though I've been plateaued on a number of PE's for a while, I feel like I've hit a breakthrough recently, mostly because I had to restructure my workout a bit to fit in with a GST group I'm running, and also because leading that group means I have to give full throttle to be able to finish simultaneously with the beginners who are doing low volume.
Ravn said:I had to restructure my workout a bit to fit in with a GST group I'm running, and also because leading that group means I have to give full throttle to be able to finish simultaneously with the beginners who are doing low volume.
I like that. Very cool
For those interested, the restructuring involves doing a solo warmup, then straight into a freestanding HBP17 session. This is usually the element that takes the longest for me, as it involves skill, has failed reps etc. - So I can't do it along with the group, or we'll get out of sync.
So, I do HBP17 on my own, then the group arrives and we run through the elements. When we reach HBP, I do HBP18, as I need supplementary work for my pushing strength.
This works very well, it cut the time for a HBP17 session at 4x3r including iM from 13 minutes to 9 minutes in a week, so now I've bumped the reps up to 4x4r. Progress!
Amazing progress on the press! I'm hoping to get there one day too...
Ravn said:For those interested, the restructuring involves doing a solo warmup, then straight into a freestanding HBP17 session. This is usually the element that takes the longest for me, as it involves skill, has failed reps etc. - So I can't do it along with the group, or we'll get out of sync.
So, I do HBP17 on my own, then the group arrives and we run through the elements. When we reach HBP, I do HBP18, as I need supplementary work for my pushing strength.
This works very well, it cut the time for a HBP17 session at 4x3r including iM from 13 minutes to 9 minutes in a week, so now I've bumped the reps up to 4x4r. Progress!
That is a pretty clever workaround!
Ravn said:Thanks for the flattery, but you don't know that, really - I tried this just a year ago and it was impossible. Tried again a week ago, after Coach's rant about lack of love for the press handstand, and found out that I could actually do it.
Could you say which part, lack of strength, flexibility, technique, etc. seemed impossible a year ago? What has changed since then? I'd be very interested because the press to handstand is my next big goal. I've watched your video a few times and it looks so easy... until I start trying to do it myself that is
Luzian said:Could you say which part, lack of strength, flexibility, technique, etc. seemed impossible a year ago? What has changed since then? I'd be very interested because the press to handstand is my next big goal. I've watched your video a few times and it looks so easy... until I start trying to do it myself that is
Well, F1 and H1 are highly synergistic, so it's difficult to single particular exercises out. I've definitely become stronger overall.
That said, I think weighted dislocates have beefed up my traps quite a bit, which helps at the bottom of the movement. My pike has become better from the MN iM's (I don't own the stretch course yet). Finally, it feels like going through mastery of reverse stall bar leglifts at a slow rep tempo has added a lot of control over the lifting / lowering of the legs.
Keep on keeping on.
Luzian said:Could you say which part, lack of strength, flexibility, technique, etc. seemed impossible a year ago? What has changed since then? I'd be very interested because the press to handstand is my next big goal. I've watched your video a few times and it looks so easy... until I start trying to do it myself that is
The funny thing is that when it seems impossible, you don't know why it is impossible
I would get that feeling at times even when I already had done the press. There are three things that I noticed and now go through each time I set up:
That's after two weeks of H2 training? Amazing! BTW: I hate you and no one likes you.