Can Guys do Wheel?

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  • trojan_bb
    trojan_bb Posts: 699 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!

    lol this. I cant reach half my body,.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 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!
    <=== Challenge accepted. No practice.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    I can do it. :p
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    Sorry, to clarify, when I said guys who lift, I was thinking people with this sort of muscle mass. No amount of stretching will ever allow someone who had this much muscle in their upper body to do a wheel. Or put their hands behind their back. My ex husband could do a split, but at 250 pounds, 7-8% body fat, and 6"1', his muscles prevented him from putting his hands behind his back. There was a big gap that no amount of even another person could close by pushing his arms together. If he ever needed handcuffs, they'd need two sets, or tear his muscles.

    No matter how flexible a person is, a solid wall of muscle is a solid wall. Can't bend beyond a certain point without breaking.

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  • headofphat
    headofphat Posts: 1,597 Member
    i could do it but my dugan would be on full display. incognito porn.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Never tried it. I doubt I could, though.

    Just one more thing I am going to have to come to grips with.
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    Maybe. I imagine that body structure would play a part, but I've seen some large, muscular guys pull off bridges during professional wrestling matches, so I imagine that just about anyone can become more flexible than they might think.
  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    No


    Not a chance im that flexible
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  • logicman69
    logicman69 Posts: 1,034 Member
    I probably could..... but, why?
  • JumpingDog
    JumpingDog Posts: 125 Member
    I have to agree with others and say it takes practice. I'm a woman and relatively flexible. I can get into wheel position but I find it harder than some other more complicated poses.
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  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    I can crab walk...it's a start

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  • FitnessCharl
    FitnessCharl Posts: 166
    I am very confident I could do it... in an automobile accident!

    Ha, brilliant :laugh:
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    Yes, and it's not really all the difficult I had a daily yoga routine about a decade ago, but now, even ten years later, I can still get into dhanurasana fairly easily. It's much easier than you think. It's really not about opening up your ribcage so much as it is about pushing off with your hands and feet. Pushing the floor away with your hands and feet elongates the spine which opens up the ribs for you. Now sarvangasana ( essentially balancing on your traps )... no. I could never get that. Never.
  • HikerRR50
    HikerRR50 Posts: 144 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!

    This
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 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!

    only because flexibility and mobility tends to not be a priority.

    If they continued to work on those things- they could.

    That being said- the growth of muscle DEFINITELY tightens things up- I am a dancer- I work on stretching/mobility/flexibility quiet a bit- and I'm finding my shoulders across the front delt to be SUPER tight since I started bulking- i still stretch- but I have reduced range of motion- had I put more effort into it- I would have not lost as much I suspect.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
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  • a_stronger_me13
    a_stronger_me13 Posts: 812 Member
    Most of the guys I lifted with at my old CrossFit gym could. The owner of the gym that I was looking at joining can and he's at roughly a 1300 raw total at 6'0, 210.
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    Yes.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I can do it.

    You do yoga; you don't count.
  • horndave
    horndave Posts: 565
    As I expected, no guys here can do wheel.

    I feel better now.

    I lift, I do yoga and I can do wheel.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 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!

    My husband can't reach the pockets that are in the back of most biking jerseys.
  • GhostShimewaza
    GhostShimewaza Posts: 10
    Sorry to dispel the myth. I lift and I can do a full bridge. Well ... to be honest ... I am still working on full extension of my elbows, but other than a slight bend in the elbows, I'm there.
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    Honestly, y'all are just not understanding the mechanics. It doesn't take a lot of shoulder flexibility. It's essentially a behind the neck should press. If your feet are grounded and you push off strong enough with your hands, your body goes into wheel automatically. The shoulder balancing poses like I mentioned earlier, those are the ones the require loose shoulders. Those are the ones lifters will struggle with.
  • MarcoRod
    MarcoRod Posts: 150 Member
    Yep - P90X trained me to do it. Toughest part for me is my bare feet feel like they are going to slide out from under me.
  • mantium999
    mantium999 Posts: 1,490 Member
    Sorry, to clarify, when I said guys who lift, I was thinking people with this sort of muscle mass. No amount of stretching will ever allow someone who had this much muscle in their upper body to do a wheel. Or put their hands behind their back. My ex husband could do a split, but at 250 pounds, 7-8% body fat, and 6"1', his muscles prevented him from putting his hands behind his back. There was a big gap that no amount of even another person could close by pushing his arms together. If he ever needed handcuffs, they'd need two sets, or tear his muscles.

    No matter how flexible a person is, a solid wall of muscle is a solid wall. Can't bend beyond a certain point without breaking.

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    Don't look like that, nor am I flexible. Double fail. Thanks Summer!!!
  • GhostShimewaza
    GhostShimewaza Posts: 10
    Honestly, y'all are just not understanding the mechanics. It doesn't take a lot of shoulder flexibility. It's essentially a behind the neck should press. If your feet are grounded and you push off strong enough with your hands, your body goes into wheel automatically. The shoulder balancing poses like I mentioned earlier, those are the ones the require loose shoulders. Those are the ones lifters will struggle with.

    Hey SaintGiff. I am probably doing it wrong, but I focus on the flexation of my spinal muscles. I don't think bout pushing up so much as flexing my back muscles and trying to visualize my hips lifting as a result. I probably explained that awfully, but oh well.

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