Comments on Start Bodyweight Training: Back levers

it looks like i'm in the fetal postition from ...

2014-04-12T20:31:45.971+01:00

it looks like i'm in the fetal postition from the sides. thanks.

Try using the reddit Start Bodyweight group for yo...

2014-04-12T05:38:53.749+01:00

Try using the reddit Start Bodyweight group for your questions: http://www.reddit.com/r/startbodyweight/
How much you tuck your knees in will affect the difficulty of the exercise.
I would make a vid, but this will have to wait a bit: I have a messed up elbow at the moment, and back levers aggravate it bad.

el diablo. number 1 says to tuck knees to chest bu...

2014-04-11T22:11:49.566+01:00

el diablo. number 1 says to tuck knees to chest but the pic shows the knees rather further away from the chest...how come? any videos you can post to help the movement of number 2?

You can actually do either of... If you follow the...

2014-01-28T17:46:34.827+00:00

You can actually do either of... If you follow the progression and build up gradually to hold of 15s for each step, there shouldn't be a need for a spotter.

Would I be right in saying that when you are exiti...

2014-01-28T16:07:02.988+00:00

Would I be right in saying that when you are exiting this hold you rotate back through your arms instead of dropping straight to your feet. This would mean that your shoulders don't ping out of the hold but instead rotate nicely back into a normal position. For some people you may find you need a second person ("spotter") to help you rotate back through, especially on the longer holds.

All the content looks very professional, the intro...

2014-01-09T12:00:51.418+00:00

All the content looks very professional, the introduction part where you describe excercise and give the warning so people wont hurt themself (too much:D).

Personally, I'm more less "half way up the ladder", except for "Squats", have to take it easy with those (previous knee injury). Few times I got "stuck" on one level of progression and if anyone else (and I'm sure there are plenty of people like me) is in the same situation, what help me break the stall, was to focus on the increasing number of reps in the same level and focusing more on loosing weigth than building up strength. I'm gussing it doesn't work like that "higher up the ladder", but where I'm, did the trick.

Thanks for the kind words Mike. Appreciated.

2014-01-09T10:07:01.302+00:00

Thanks for the kind words Mike. Appreciated.

Hi Nick (el diablo), At the moment I'm nowher...

2014-01-09T07:37:06.528+00:00

Hi Nick (el diablo),

At the moment I'm nowhere near that level of exercises (still working on loosing weight, went from almost 19st to 15st, lot of work ahead of me:), but I'll get there too. What I'd like to say is, that I really like format of your website. Especially, where you give prerequisite for the more difficult exercises. It's very helpful. Thanks very much.