Can Guys do Wheel?

GuitarJerry
GuitarJerry Posts: 6,102 Member
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Like this?

wheel-heels-up21.jpg

I see lots of pics of women doing it. They even have it in their avatars. But, I can't imagine doing that. My rib cage would split open, my spine would snap, and my quads would pop.
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  • extraordinary_machine
    extraordinary_machine Posts: 3,028 Member
    Look up Rodney Yee, Jason Crandall, or Dice Ida-Klein...

    (The answer is yes, btw, with practice. For the love of all that's bendy, don't try it first day out, you'd probably break something, lol.)
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  • la_vie_est_belle_
    la_vie_est_belle_ Posts: 139 Member
    I can do stuff like that but stretch every. single. day, and have been for the past 8 years or so. I stretch right after every workout, when my muscles are still warm.

    I used to live with a male bodybuilder who could do the splits, and other bendy stuff. And he had tons of muscle. But he also stretched every. single. day.

    You just started stretching and doing yoga stuff. You just have to work up to it, like lifting. You'll get there! It's good that you started, because in my opinion, being flexible and loose is really important, especially for injury prevention.
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  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    I don't mean pro yogis. I mean, guys here. Guys that lift.

    Guys that lift can't even touch their hands behind their backs!
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    i've on occasion seen guys able to get up into wheel. however they do seem to be few and far between. it took me a while until i was able to push up into it.

    my favorite is going from camel back into wheel, and then back up into camel. that i can't do cold though. definitely takes some warm up to conquer that.
  • khoshgeleh16
    khoshgeleh16 Posts: 150 Member

    I don't mean pro yogis. I mean, guys here. Guys that lift.

    I don't think I'm bendy. My dream is to one day touch my hands to the floor while bending at the waist. I see people in yoga do it all the time and it's amazing how people can bend so much. But, it's mostly women. I haven't seen a man yet in person, that can twist and bend like women can.

    Why is that?

    Practice. Lots of practice. Even women don't get bendy like that without working at it, and a lot of guys simply don't work at it, because flexibility is classed as "feminine".

    If you want to see big dudes that lift heavy weights and are also ridiculously bendy, look at ice hockey goalies.
  • extraordinary_machine
    extraordinary_machine Posts: 3,028 Member
    Yep, hockey goalies ...

    If you want to do wheel, practice, yo.
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  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    I can do it.
  • SergeantNarwhal
    SergeantNarwhal Posts: 116 Member
    My bf who lifts every single day can do it. He would kill me if I took a picture. It doesn't look as curved as others but he can do it!
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    Table is about as curved as I can go.. me and yoga aren't friends.
  • jkowula
    jkowula Posts: 447
    I am very confident I could do it... in an automobile accident!
  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
    anybody with arms and legs can do it. presence or absence of either p or v is not required. :indifferent:
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    I'm a girl, and I can't do it, I'm not at all bendy. It's serious work just to touch my toes with bending my knees.
  • funforsports
    funforsports Posts: 2,656 Member
    What do you mean, man invented the wheel.
  • mortuseon
    mortuseon Posts: 579 Member
    Maybe they're just wheely embarrassed.
  • iPlatano
    iPlatano Posts: 487 Member
    I've been doing this since I was a kid lol
  • 6ronXtreme9
    6ronXtreme9 Posts: 416 Member
    F-yeah :-/
  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
    I can do it.

    :returns from creeping pix for the umptieth time:
    yep. you can do all kinds of things, i bet :love:
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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Doing it over a Swiss ball is a good way to start. Supports your back and minimises the chances of dropping on your head :laugh:
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  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
    sorry i wasn't as clear as i perhaps should have been:
    anybody with arms and legs can do it if he starts where he is at, pratices daily and with great discipline, and keeps it up. for years.

    I don't believe that to be true. I don't think I will ever be able to. But, I am going to try.

    with daily effort, you'll be amazed how quicky you notice change. going to be alive for another year? that's enough time to get amazed, at least.
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    anybody with arms and legs can do it. presence or absence of either p or v is not required. :indifferent:

    I don't believe that to be true. I don't think I will ever be able to. But, I am going to try. Touching the ground without bending my knees is first though. I can touch my knees, so I'm off to a good start.

    I used to be arguably the least flexible person I know. It just takes time, effort, and a proper workout.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
    The answer is probably no.

    This is how we do yoga!

    Doing_fcb2cd_2739423.jpg
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    I can do it.

    :returns from creeping pix for the umptieth time:
    yep. you can do all kinds of things, i bet :love:

    By my math, umptieth is more than one.
    Score!
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    i can do it, not as pretty as the girl in the OP but i'm basically achieving the position.

    its in p90x, the guy in it is fairly big, very rippped and he does it just fine.

    have no idea why you'd think lifting would preclude someone from doing this. poor flexibilty precludes someone from doing this lol.

    muscle bound is an antiquated concept.
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    New Avatar Challenge: Accepted.
  • TitanGM
    TitanGM Posts: 1,161 Member
    That's one of the easiest things you can do. At least in my experience

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