Body weight exercises that impress you....

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  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    AllanMisner wrote: »
    This woman:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogt_wE90mpI


    That was very impressive!

  • uptownplum
    uptownplum Posts: 42 Member
    Basically anything male gymnasts do on still rings.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2QSK_7j_-I
  • never2bstopped
    never2bstopped Posts: 438 Member
    uptownplum wrote: »
    Basically anything male gymnasts do on still rings.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2QSK_7j_-I

    Or parallel bars!
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,371 Member
    darrensurrey wrote: »
    ythannah wrote: »
    crosbylee wrote: »
    Heck, I am impressed by anyone that does unassisted pull ups. I would love to be able to do those, but I have no upper body strenght.

    Those impress me too. Probably because I can't do them!

    http://www.wimble.com/how-to-do-a-pull-up/

    Thank you! :)

    Pull ups are definitely a goal of mine but my upper body strength is seriously sucky.
  • pittsingersg
    pittsingersg Posts: 29 Member
    I love to watch ppl do muscle ups! It's like that guy with the rings but the motion is continued all the way up until you rose above and push your body weight, arms straight down.

    I also like watching ppl do the thing at the pull up bar where they pretend to step up or dance. It's amazing and take total control!
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    crosbylee wrote: »
    Heck, I am impressed by anyone that does unassisted pull ups. I would love to be able to do those, but I have no upper body strenght.

    Me too. There was a woman (she was ripped!) that was doing these circle/side to side movements while holding herself in a full chin up position. I was impressed.

    Also, handstand pushups & human flag movements.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    Planche, front lever, back lever, iron cross... any gymnastic movements...
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I am impressed by anyone who achieves a movement that they set as a goal regardless of difficulty, because to them it was hard.

    Now in general, slow muscle ups, front/back levers, planche & flags will get my attention. I've got 3 of the 5 with a flag soon to be made official. I'm not sure I'll ever get a planche though.
  • isthisolivia
    isthisolivia Posts: 37 Member
    Perfect proper L-sits always impress me because they look deceptively easy.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Frank Medrano...

    My newest bodyweight hero

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvJHw64fxgQ
  • LovelyIvy466
    LovelyIvy466 Posts: 387 Member
    Advanced yoga postures like peacock or firefly or iron cross headstand. They're not just physically intense, but you have to be so focused to achieve them!
  • karen_fitzgibbon
    karen_fitzgibbon Posts: 736 Member
    MireyGal76 wrote: »
    Frank Medrano...

    My newest bodyweight hero

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvJHw64fxgQ

    Omfg that's awesome!!!!!!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    All body weight exercises impress me because I hate them all
  • azwen
    azwen Posts: 237 Member
    I have a friend who is crazy strong, although he is not large. He does lots of bodyweight exercises, including handstand pushups and those pushups where you basically propel your whole body up off the ground, do a pike, then come back down.
    At the gym yesterday, I observed a woman doing walking lunges with a barbell (looked like about 50-60 lbs.) on her shoulders. When she came up from each lunge, she kicked her back leg out behind her before place it out in front. Great strength, control, and balance. I am still doing my walking lunges holding 12.5-lb. dumbbells in each hand; gotta start somewhere.
  • mochapygmy
    mochapygmy Posts: 2,123 Member
    When I can finally do unassisted pull ups I'm going to reward myself with a class to learn aerial silks because those people are strong and their skill is so beautiful too.
  • frankiesgirlie
    frankiesgirlie Posts: 669 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Anybody doing handstand pushups. I can OHP more than my bodyweight, but something about being inverted just baffles me.

    Also a deep one-legged squat with the other leg out in front of you.


    You mean a pistol squat?? I've been doing body weight workouts 4 times a week for 4 months and I'm still trying to do a proper pistol squat.
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