I came into calisthenics after being impressed with the moves these guys were doing but after about 2 yrs I've realised I was just as impressed withe the flexibility as I was with the strength...I'll be focusing on movement, flexibility and stretches starting tomorrow.
Massive respect to your brother, lower back issues suck. I have 5 slipped discs and have personally found that working on flexibility and mobility has helped ease the back pain nearly as much as working on strengthening my core did.
very impressed with your content. I point everyone that asks me questions when I'm working out to your channel. Saves me a lot of time. Keep it coming and keep growing your channel.
Bro I've seen like 10 videos on this and this one tops all of them. This I know will work and I have never seen this method until now. Great information bro.
So on the one hand this could have been like a 2 minute video because the routine isn't that complicated. But on the other hand, unlike most you tubers who talk on and on when making a simple tutorial, what you say is relevant, has value and is entertaining, so good job.
I am so glad that I am not alone in this. I am currently an aspiring master of calisthenics (of course I'll never reach my limit because I don't have one), but staying "consistent" is a problem I've been dealing with for a long time, but last week and this week I have been consistent with Calisthenics and Flexibility and plan to do so following weeks. I agree that not only with Calisthenics will change your body, but change your life in many aspects of it because you are CONFIDENT and that confidence sprouts in, like i said, many aspects of life where you want to achieve something. I'm so glad that you mentioned, now because it's given me that reassurance that I can be bigger and better than where I am today, so thank you for sharing that. Really did make my day! You're one hell of a dude Dominik
I just started watching you about 2weeks and I gotta you are a big help and influence for me trying too get into shape 💪keep it sharing your knowledge please.
Man you are the kind of person that can makes the whole human being change. I am deeply gratefull that I have discovered you, because we need to help each other not to just grow up as a single human but as a being which is part of this incredible universe we belong to ! ☆
Very useful like always! This is one of my favourite calistennicsnchannels out ther in youtube, always new, fresh and diferent content. Un abrazo Dominik!
Best callisthenics and motivational channel on CZcams. There needs to be more people like you, helping other people that don't necessarily have the means to help themselves. I hope I will be in a similar position in the future. Great work Dominik!
I've been doing this 2-3 times a week for 3 weeks now and I'm already noticing progress during the routine - I'm looking forward to where I'll be in a few months time... Thank you!
dominik sky rooooooooooocks again...seeing u makes me happy i hope to make other videoes about glutes ..adductors.. especially back and shoulder flexibity to master the standing thoracic bridge..please
Oh my goodness sorry i am a tool, i cant see the script you are talking about? please help me, where do you see this script? i dont follow? Also , maybe you can advise, the second stretch and contraction is talks about with the brick, guess what, i cant even reach the brick this is my problem. My stratch has been bad from very young, i cannot sit against a wall with my legs out in the for for example, unless i bend my lower back and sit on the top part of my butt near the connection to the back.. its that bad. Im not sure why i have had bad stretch .
Thank you for this tutorial. I startet stretching recently and have seen many similar videos. But yours made most sense to me and is easy to follow. I will look no further 👍🤸.
Ok so I've been getting into improving my flexibility recently but have been making no progress on this particular stretch (others are going well). Only on the second exercise of this video and I've touched my toes for the first time in years (I have tons of injuries in my legs from overtraining mountain biking and fell running). Before this if I stretched I could get maybe 2" away from my toes. Absolutely great video and I'm going to start implementing this methodology into other stretches and definitely do this routine multiple times a week. Amazing info
I think the advice to apply force to the block (in this case) or whatever surface is a really great tip. Here it's actually lower than I could reach to start with, I've been using barbell in the power rack and decreasing height as I improve. But to actively push down is where the change happens. Will help to achieve my goal of the press to handstand!
This is exactly what i was looking for to improve my pike flexibility for some calisthenics exercises! Saw many videos and your was the best! I'll be trying this, thx very much!!! 👏🙏
I'm doing this stretching for some weeks now and really works!! When I started I only could touch my fingertips on the floor and now I can touch my palm on the floor!! Never in my life I could do it!!! 😱👏👏👏So is totally worth!! The only bad side is usually I got hamstring soreness the day after
Great routine! As of now I can't even touch the floor in a pike position. I've tried other ways to stretch my hamstrings and improve my flexibility but I could never stick them. I really liked your method, also appreciate how thourougly you explained different things.
Wow :O im trying this, i also have a back surgery, actually i was subjected to back surgery 2 times because of an accident, one was like 7 years ago, and the other of them was at the beginning of this year, and i'm getting the pike flex again, i already am touching my toes :D
Interesting approach. I´ve struggled a lot with inflexibility in this area. I´ve done stretches for a long time but never improved much in that area. Later, I found one trick that improved it within days but caused me to get very prone to muscle cramps in my lower back (apparently my body isn´t used to that mobility and blocks it on purpose as a security measure). BTW: what I did was simple: whenever I sit at home, I tried to put my feet up so that I force my body into a position where my legs are 90° bent to my torso (and I intended to later raise the legs further). However, I had to give it up, as it caused too many problems.
Very good advices bro, that's good content! If you add glutes stretches and mobility then it will be perfect. What about a pike compression strength routine? Once you have a nice pike is time to work on the compression and I have seen you doing leg lifts and you have very good compression strength.
Great video and very important message of health Dominik. Thank you for sharing. I am completely new to stretching and will aim to follow your exercises. Do you have a beginners video? Thank you.
Hey, before you start the stretching, look at a mirror if you have anterior pelvic tilt. if yes, you're hamstrings will feel tighter than if you don't and you will do more damage than good if you don't firstly fix that.
Me today: "Wow, this isometric pike works like crazy, now I can get my hands flat on the floor with elbows slightly bent!" I came back to thank Dominik and see I've commented one year ago... wow I actually need much less time to get there! It's less than 5 minutes and it feels casual, while before it was +10minutes with some focus. I also have very good results with bending forward while cross seated. I think a big part of my poor flexibility is due to having poor core control in these positions and isometric contractions are known to help with muscle control. BTW I suggest to press very progressively (you can still press hard, but take like 5 sec to do so) and feel that your stomach get sucked in (deep muscles) not pushed out (rectus abdominal): this was the trick for me. BOOM! Thanks Dominik you're the boss!
Dude you're the real deal, great content always, combined with a genuine desire to help people, which is rare! Thank you
Yeah I'm starting to get to the stage where my flexibility is holding me back a lot from many movements. 🤦♀️
same
Me too
I came into calisthenics after being impressed with the moves these guys were doing but after about 2 yrs I've realised I was just as impressed withe the flexibility as I was with the strength...I'll be focusing on movement, flexibility and stretches starting tomorrow.
I'm trying to become flexible before that becomes a problem
3:36 Calf stretch
4:55 Isometric hold
6:41 Jefferson curl
8:45 Summary
Massive respect to your brother, lower back issues suck. I have 5 slipped discs and have personally found that working on flexibility and mobility has helped ease the back pain nearly as much as working on strengthening my core did.
very impressed with your content. I point everyone that asks me questions when I'm working out to your channel. Saves me a lot of time. Keep it coming and keep growing your channel.
You are such an inspiration man! Always good vibes!
Hope the best for your brother. He will come out stronger from all this. Keep us posted!
Thanks brother. Appreciate all that free amazing content!
Strength and flexibility are getting better every week because of your videos. Keep it up!
this has made a huge difference to me. I have a heavy, fast growing baby and this has made picking him up from odd angles so much more comfortable
Bro I've seen like 10 videos on this and this one tops all of them. This I know will work and I have never seen this method until now. Great information bro.
Love ur videos man , u r an honest man with a good heart u deserve all the best . And fast recovery for David
happy to know your brother is improving/recovering slowly. cheers
Thanks Dom!
Good luck to your brother and to everyone else in their struggles.
Daaamn quality content and keeping it real, couldn't ask for more, thanks Dominik! 💪👌
So on the one hand this could have been like a 2 minute video because the routine isn't that complicated. But on the other hand, unlike most you tubers who talk on and on when making a simple tutorial, what you say is relevant, has value and is entertaining, so good job.
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Great words of wisdom about the progression including the time to get into the position. Nicely put.
The video is amazing, glad to see your posting more frequently,we need good content and your channel is definitely where it's at
I really appreciate how you begin by bringing a sense of perspective to all this
I am so glad that I am not alone in this. I am currently an aspiring master of calisthenics (of course I'll never reach my limit because I don't have one), but staying "consistent" is a problem I've been dealing with for a long time, but last week and this week I have been consistent with Calisthenics and Flexibility and plan to do so following weeks. I agree that not only with Calisthenics will change your body, but change your life in many aspects of it because you are CONFIDENT and that confidence sprouts in, like i said, many aspects of life where you want to achieve something. I'm so glad that you mentioned, now because it's given me that reassurance that I can be bigger and better than where I am today, so thank you for sharing that. Really did make my day! You're one hell of a dude Dominik
I just started watching you about 2weeks and I gotta you are a big help and influence for me trying too get into shape 💪keep it sharing your knowledge please.
Man you are the kind of person that can makes the whole human being change. I am deeply gratefull that I have discovered you, because we need to help each other not to just grow up as a single human but as a being which is part of this incredible universe we belong to ! ☆
Dominik the GOAT in calisthenics. Love this dude! So glad you are back bro!
Very useful like always! This is one of my favourite calistennicsnchannels out ther in youtube, always new, fresh and diferent content. Un abrazo Dominik!
Thanks for this great video. Really liked the specificity of the frequency and description of what progress should feel like. Cheers!
YOURE THE MAN. Thank you for the gift 🙏🙏🙏
Yet another superb tutorial video, thank you.
There is no magic potion, dedication is the answer, my route to better flexibility starts now.❤
It works, brother! Thank you for the program! I needed this type of stretching for olympic squads.
Thank you for this... Actual information on the progress and expectations
Best callisthenics and motivational channel on CZcams. There needs to be more people like you, helping other people that don't necessarily have the means to help themselves. I hope I will be in a similar position in the future. Great work Dominik!
pssst....P.s the link isn't working :)
I've been doing this 2-3 times a week for 3 weeks now and I'm already noticing progress during the routine - I'm looking forward to where I'll be in a few months time... Thank you!
How is your progress now? :)
@@CoolMangoJuice. this is bullshit you know someone wchich train 1-2 per week and done all splits this is science fiction
@@tomaszekd8955 ah yes the "just trust me bro i know what im doing"
@@tomaszekd8955this Is a real thing...this actually works for me
This is very helpful information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight.
Thanks for sharing your story, you are very inspiring, been following you for years
Love that wall full of motivation man. Only positivity here ♥️
Fantastic video! Clear, honest and helpful! Thanks, Bro!
dominik sky rooooooooooocks again...seeing u makes me happy
i hope to make other videoes about glutes ..adductors.. especially back and shoulder flexibity to master the standing thoracic bridge..please
Man, you're really helpful here, gonna check out your other vids
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you !
Thank u for this dom! Great explanation and tutorial ! Much apprec brother 💪🏻👊
OMG you have a whole script down below the video! Respect, man. Thank for your video.
Dude's a pro, you don't get that good without working at it. The secret is to make it look easy
Oh my goodness sorry i am a tool, i cant see the script you are talking about? please help me, where do you see this script? i dont follow?
Also , maybe you can advise, the second stretch and contraction is talks about with the brick, guess what, i cant even reach the brick this is my problem. My stratch has been bad from very young, i cannot sit against a wall with my legs out in the for for example, unless i bend my lower back and sit on the top part of my butt near the connection to the back.. its that bad. Im not sure why i have had bad stretch .
Great work and advice as usual. Well done and thanks.
Just found your channel and I'm really impressed. You got a new sub.
Great advices and tips, you are very helpful!
Thank you for this tutorial. I startet stretching recently and have seen many similar videos. But yours made most sense to me and is easy to follow. I will look no further 👍🤸.
Some really good pieces of advice there - thanks.
Thank you a lot ! I need to learn a press to handstand in a short amount of time and i'm pretty sure this will help me a lot.
You make brilliant tutorials!
i like the explanations and how much support you'r puting in ur words, thumbs up
Your video has helped me tremendously. I forget to stretch my calves and your tips have unlocked my pike flexibility. Thank you man
Great Video! Thanks for making it and sharing it!
Brilliant video straight to the point, no bullshit
Ok so I've been getting into improving my flexibility recently but have been making no progress on this particular stretch (others are going well). Only on the second exercise of this video and I've touched my toes for the first time in years (I have tons of injuries in my legs from overtraining mountain biking and fell running). Before this if I stretched I could get maybe 2" away from my toes. Absolutely great video and I'm going to start implementing this methodology into other stretches and definitely do this routine multiple times a week. Amazing info
Respectful channel, i always learn from it, cheers
Really sympathetic guy and clear Message Thank you!
I think the advice to apply force to the block (in this case) or whatever surface is a really great tip. Here it's actually lower than I could reach to start with, I've been using barbell in the power rack and decreasing height as I improve. But to actively push down is where the change happens. Will help to achieve my goal of the press to handstand!
Like everything about building muscle this takes time and effort and persistence over time. thanks. I need this big time.
i was waiting this! thanks dominik!
This is exactly what i was looking for to improve my pike flexibility for some calisthenics exercises! Saw many videos and your was the best! I'll be trying this, thx very much!!! 👏🙏
I'm doing this stretching for some weeks now and really works!! When I started I only could touch my fingertips on the floor and now I can touch my palm on the floor!! Never in my life I could do it!!! 😱👏👏👏So is totally worth!! The only bad side is usually I got hamstring soreness the day after
Brilliant topic! Thank you!
So useful!! Please do a video about pancake and the other stretches!
Nice inspiring video man, thank you!
Thank you much for sharing,and respect to you ,champion!!
You are a good guy Doninik. Thank you for making this video.
Thanks for the video; I'll be working on this
Gracias dominik justo ayer estaba practicando handstand olimpico y no tengo la flexibilidad para hacerlo, haré esta rutina para mejorar
The env of this gym is awesome, i really like it the same as this viedo.
Świetna robota Dominik!
Thank you for this..... 👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻
I will start doing it about 3 days a week.
I'm gonna try this as it's short and sweet and can be done frequently. Thanks
Incerdible stuff, I stumbled across this just after starting jefferson curls!
You're the best and very inspiring! I'll report back in a few months and see how I've done.
?? how’d you do
great one, had to try it immediatley.
Thank You...
I'll give your suggestions to my guys...
It Is very nice listening You
Thanks for the tips. It really helped me improve my flexibility.
Great routine! As of now I can't even touch the floor in a pike position. I've tried other ways to stretch my hamstrings and improve my flexibility but I could never stick them. I really liked your method, also appreciate how thourougly you explained different things.
Love the Gin at the back :) very helpful video man.
never seen these exercises before! thanks man
Wow :O im trying this, i also have a back surgery, actually i was subjected to back surgery 2 times because of an accident, one was like 7 years ago, and the other of them was at the beginning of this year, and i'm getting the pike flex again, i already am touching my toes :D
Nice work, keep at it!
good video, i needed it so much, gona give it a try
Good luck for your brother. He's a warrior.
Great video.. I like the explanation, very well done
Outstanding. Thank you!
This is fantastic, thank you
Great content as always, keep uploading these amazing videos! =)
p.s Beautiful description!
Thank you for this information brother! You got subscription :)
This video is very helpful. Thank you
Haha just as I was wondering about this you gave me a great routine! Thank you bro
You are the best!!! Thank you!!
Very useful Dominik!
działa sprawdziłem i wiele się od ciebie nauczyłem dawaj dalej takie filmy pozdro,łapa w góre
Ten koleś jest z Polski
Interesting approach. I´ve struggled a lot with inflexibility in this area. I´ve done stretches for a long time but never improved much in that area.
Later, I found one trick that improved it within days but caused me to get very prone to muscle cramps in my lower back (apparently my body isn´t used to that mobility and blocks it on purpose as a security measure).
BTW: what I did was simple: whenever I sit at home, I tried to put my feet up so that I force my body into a position where my legs are 90° bent to my torso (and I intended to later raise the legs further). However, I had to give it up, as it caused too many problems.
Awesomeness man thank you so much
Very good advices bro, that's good content! If you add glutes stretches and mobility then it will be perfect.
What about a pike compression strength routine? Once you have a nice pike is time to work on the compression and I have seen you doing leg lifts and you have very good compression strength.
thanks alot bro very informative video
Great video and very important message of health Dominik. Thank you for sharing. I am completely new to stretching and will aim to follow your exercises. Do you have a beginners video? Thank you.
Hey, before you start the stretching, look at a mirror if you have anterior pelvic tilt. if yes, you're hamstrings will feel tighter than if you don't and you will do more damage than good if you don't firstly fix that.
Your videos are awesome, thanks very much
Any tutorial for stronger grip?
2:35 1st time I hear about this way of acessing progress, and I've been training and readig about training for a while. Nice!
Feufeu same here! That is such a good way of looking at progress
Me today: "Wow, this isometric pike works like crazy, now I can get my hands flat on the floor with elbows slightly bent!"
I came back to thank Dominik and see I've commented one year ago... wow I actually need much less time to get there! It's less than 5 minutes and it feels casual, while before it was +10minutes with some focus.
I also have very good results with bending forward while cross seated. I think a big part of my poor flexibility is due to having poor core control in these positions and isometric contractions are known to help with muscle control. BTW I suggest to press very progressively (you can still press hard, but take like 5 sec to do so) and feel that your stomach get sucked in (deep muscles) not pushed out (rectus abdominal): this was the trick for me.
BOOM! Thanks Dominik you're the boss!
Awesome💪💪.Your pike is amazing
Edit:Now i red your story and i'm surprised you had those problems too.I am very motivated now,thanks
🙏🙏🙏
You are Welcome Luci! =)
Hey Dominik, first of all you are a great inspiration and the fittest person I have ever seen. Do you train your endurance/cardiovascula system?
Thanks so perfect mate 👍
Good content! Subscribed!