Crazy Physical Ability Recommendations Please

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

I’m bored. I have two months until my black belt test and have very little to do. If anyone has any crazy physical skills I can try (ex: kip up onto one leg, which I’m trying like it’s actually possible) please throw them my way!

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Heel click. 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

Heel click. 

What level am I going for? Like how high should my heels be relative to the floor?

[Existential]

4 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

What level am I going for? Like how high should my heels be relative to the floor?

12 feet

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

12 feet

Aight bet. I gotta use hands though, I unfortunately do not have the ability to just jump twice my height

[Existential]

3 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

Aight bet. I gotta use hands though, I unfortunately do not have the ability to just jump twice my height

Dang, I hoped you might

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

Dang, I hoped you might

I mean if I can bounce off walls maybe, but I’d still have to flip and I don’t trust myself not to snap something trying to do all that

[Existential]

1 minute ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

I mean if I can bounce off walls maybe, but I’d still have to flip and I don’t trust myself not to snap something trying to do all that

Fair

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Back handspring

x5 in a row tho

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Back handspring

x5 in a row tho

Hmm ok, I’ll do my best

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

Hmm ok, I’ll do my best

Good

Don't break anything. Yourself or otherwise. 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Good

Don't break anything. Yourself or otherwise. 

Yeah that’s my goal. I mean my ankles, knees, and wrists are already super messed up, so at this point all I’m trying to save is my back

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

Yeah that’s my goal. I mean my ankles, knees, and wrists are already super messed up, so at this point all I’m trying to save is my back

oh goodness

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

oh goodness

Doing jiujitsu and karate a total of sixteen hours a week for over six years messes up your joints

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

Doing jiujitsu and karate a total of sixteen hours a week for over six years messes up your joints

geez okay

remind me never to force my kids to do that

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

geez okay

remind me never to force my kids to do that

I mean it’s great

I would just remind people to not be me and don’t keep going when you sprain a joint

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

I mean it’s great

I would just remind people to not be me and don’t keep going when you sprain a joint

. . . ohhhhhhhhhhhh

Well yeah don't do that either

*hug*

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

. . . ohhhhhhhhhhhh

Well yeah don't do that either

*hug*

Yeah I’m really bad about it ‘cause I love what I do but it also gets me injured a lot. Or rather I should say I get myself injured a lot

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

Yeah I’m really bad about it ‘cause I love what I do but it also gets me injured a lot. Or rather I should say I get myself injured a lot

*huuuuug*

You should probably rest when that happened

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

36 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

What level am I going for? Like how high should my heels be relative to the floor?

Two feet 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

*huuuuug*

You should probably rest when that happened

Yeah…that’s what all my friends keep yelling at me

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Two feet 

Oh ok bet

[Treamayne]

10 hours ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

I’m bored. I have two months until my black belt test and have very little to do. If anyone has any crazy physical skills I can try (ex: kip up onto one leg, which I’m trying like it’s actually possible) please throw them my way!

Plyometric Pushups (shoot for highest count once you have the motion correct)

Spoiler

It's the next step after a "clapping" push up. 

• Start in the normal push-up position.
  • (make sure to keep your head up and eyes forward - look at a point about 3-5 feet in front of you)
• Shift the center of gravity back so that your calves are stretched 
  • (similar to standing with your toes on a 1" mat and heels on the floor - this is so that you gain lift when you flex your lower legs)
• Lower yourself to full down (upper arms parallel to the floor - or as close as you can get without any part of your body touching except toes and palms)
• Push up explosively with your arms, while also flexing your calves
  • All four points of contact should leave the ground and the body should remain close-to-parallel to the ground
• When you can do that and safely land on hands and toes (no face plant), add the hand clap at apex
  • You should be getting 6+ inches of lift on all four points of contact

Repeat at a steady pace for sets of 12-15 Plyo Push-ups and keep track of how many sets you can do without letting your form suffer

*Note: if you search "plyo push-up" most videos and animated gifs incorrectly label a clapping push up as a plyo push-up (that's the easy version)

Pike Handstand

Spoiler

When first practicing this, do it against a wall - but it's not successful until you can do this mid-floor with no balance assist.

• Start by laying on the floor, face down, toes pointed
• Place the hands just outside of your shoulders
  • This will be for the initial "tripod"
• Bending only the hips, raise your hips above your body to be in-line with your shoulders
  • Lower legs are a right angle to your upper body - do not bend your knees (toes will drag until you gt high enough for them to lift off)
• Move into a headstand tripod position by moving your ankles above your hips
  • Again, do not bend the knees - keep the "pike" position of lower and upper body
• Once balanced in a headstand, do a vertical push up into the Handstand position (and remained balanced in a handstand).

For bonus points, slowly bend the arms, then re-extend to do additional reps of vertical push-ups while maintaining a handstand

Hope that helps

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

12 hours ago, Treamayne said:

Plyometric Pushups (shoot for highest count once you have the motion correct)

  Reveal hidden contents

It's the next step after a "clapping" push up. 

• Start in the normal push-up position.
  • (make sure to keep your head up and eyes forward - look at a point about 3-5 feet in front of you)
• Shift the center of gravity back so that your calves are stretched 
  • (similar to standing with your toes on a 1" mat and heels on the floor - this is so that you gain lift when you flex your lower legs)
• Lower yourself to full down (upper arms parallel to the floor - or as close as you can get without any part of your body touching except toes and palms)
• Push up explosively with your arms, while also flexing your calves
  • All four points of contact should leave the ground and the body should remain close-to-parallel to the ground
• When you can do that and safely land on hands and toes (no face plant), add the hand clap at apex
  • You should be getting 6+ inches of lift on all four points of contact

Repeat at a steady pace for sets of 12-15 Plyo Push-ups and keep track of how many sets you can do without letting your form suffer

*Note: if you search "plyo push-up" most videos and animated gifs incorrectly label a clapping push up as a plyo push-up (that's the easy version)

Pike Handstand

  Reveal hidden contents

When first practicing this, do it against a wall - but it's not successful until you can do this mid-floor with no balance assist.

• Start by laying on the floor, face down, toes pointed
• Place the hands just outside of your shoulders
  • This will be for the initial "tripod"
• Bending only the hips, raise your hips above your body to be in-line with your shoulders
  • Lower legs are a right angle to your upper body - do not bend your knees (toes will drag until you gt high enough for them to lift off)
• Move into a headstand tripod position by moving your ankles above your hips
  • Again, do not bend the knees - keep the "pike" position of lower and upper body
• Once balanced in a headstand, do a vertical push up into the Handstand position (and remained balanced in a handstand).

For bonus points, slowly bend the arms, then re-extend to do additional reps of vertical push-ups while maintaining a handstand

Hope that helps

Thanks!

I’ll try those soon when I have some free time

[Keke They/he]

I wanna do martial arts. I know a lil bit of tykwando from watching my brother when I was 6

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

12 hours ago, Clinically insane said:

I wanna do martial arts. I know a lil bit of tykwando from watching my brother when I was 6

‘Cause martial arts is the absolute best