My first Backlever!

[Jonas Säll]

Hi everyone! Im so stoked i hade to share. Yesterday i did my first and second full backlever for ca 3 seconds. Unfortunately i was so surprised so i didnt make a film of the attempts. I will film the next time i train them, i do that once a week.

I have been training with a protocol i like to call "the old-man gymnastics" (im 42) for about 3 months and i have seen som real progress, i even feel younger

By the way: I am 180 cm long and my weight is 82 kg.

Next goal, the frontlever, witch in my opinion is much harder....

[John Dalton]

For your age, height and weight it is very, very impressive .....well done

I am nowhere near a full back lever yet......Do you mind sharing your "old man gymnastics" protocol?

[Jonas Säll]

This is what i have been doing the last 3 months "The old-man gymnastics protocol"

Frontlever (adv.Tucked) sometimes one leg straight (once a week)

Backlever (adv. tucked) sometimes one leg straight (once a week)

Sidelever (human flag) Just tried to lift my feet of the ground higher and higher. Not able to do yet. (once a week)

Meathooks Every now and then during these 3 months.

Planche (tucked) now going up to advanced or flat tuck planche (once a week)

Floor L-sitt och V-sitt (once a week)

Handstands Trying to press upp to handstands, not able to do this yet. (once a week)

One-arm pullups. At the momentim doing Archer pullupps. (once a week)

Muscleupps. Every now and then during these 3 months. Able to do 3 in a row

I always aim to holt the static positions for 5-15 for a total of 30-60 sek in as few sets as possible.

My weekly split has been

Day 1 Frontlever and L-sitt/V-sitt.

Day 2 Backlever and Planchetraining and

Day 3 Sidlever and one-armtraining

I am a climber/boulderer and i train climbing for 2-2,5 hours three times a week and i have been doing 2 static positions at a time for an half an hour at the end of every climbing workout. Its been hard with a lot of soreness but at the same time its been great! I feel rejuvinated and much stronger both in the statics and most importantly on the rock.

Hope this can help somebody... Jonas.

[Jonas Säll]

I have been trying to upload my backleverfilm i recorded today. The uploading is not working for me so if anybody wants to see the backlever i have uploaded it on my youtube acount "samuelssonsall" together with some other trainingfilms. Feel free to comment, any advice is much apreciated. Jonas.

[Bruno Cochofel]

I have been trying to upload my backleverfilm i recorded today. The uploading is not working for me so if anybody wants to see the backlever i have uploaded it on my youtube acount "samuelssonsall" together with some other trainingfilms. Feel free to comment, any advice is much apreciated. Jonas.

Nice bouldering videos ;-)

I wish I could find one "rock" like that here...