Crazy gymnastic feats (CCJ & Glenn)

[Anthrax Invasion]

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=SSyIVvx7GMg

This is awesome enough to post here. I'm sure many people have seen this stuff before. Guy's name is Joe Eigo. It's insane, the stuff he can do.

Oddly, this has some relation to training. Would someone 6', 195-205 lbs. at a bodyfat of 10-12% be able to do this stuff?

I mean, it's all gymnastics and stuff, but I was under the impression that shorter, lighter weight individuals fared best with this stuff.

I ask for CCJ & Glenn simply 'cause I know CCJ is someone who would probably be able to point me in the right direction with something like this, and Glenn 'cause he's claimed in an article or two to have kids weighing 200+ lbs. being able to do backflips and one-legged hops with 45 lb. plates above their heads and such.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Typically its much easier for a lighter person to excell at bodyweight only exercises simply because they don't have to lug that extra weight and size around. Simple example: Who has to lift more weight to do a pullup? A 140lbs guy or a 200lbs guy. Some will say that shouldn't matter, but that's bunk. That's why there's strength to weight ratios.

A 200lbs guy is gonna have ALOT harder time controlling his body while flipping around and trying to do movements that require extreme full body control or heavy lower ab work because of greater leg mass and overall body mass.

But, the more muscle you have and the less fat you carry, coupled with a high strength to weight ratio will definitely greatly improve your chances of performing acrobatic manuevers well.

I did some indoor rock climbing(bouldering) for about 5 months and I noticed something. I weighed around 200lbs at the time and most of the good climbers weighed 150-170lbs. I also noted that they generally tended to be more ectomorphic in nature, but developed some muscle size and definition and tended to have Bruce Lee looking physiques. Great for climbing because their hands and forearms didn't have to hold up too much weight and their abs didn't have to deal with thick, heavy legs. Of course they'd get squished on a football field, but you get the idea.

 

[Protobuilder]

AMAZING body control and agility. Some serious martial arts & gymnastics training, I suppose. I'm betting he weighs around 140. I seemed to remember being more agile when I was 140! LoL

 

[Madcow2]

What ghettostudmuffin said about strength to weight ratios. Highest absolute strength does not indicate the highest performance. Absolute strength increases by weightclass but relative to bodyweight strength decreases.

 

[coolcolj]

You don't see too many gymnast over 200lbs, so there is your answer

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

That's depressing. I think I want a bit too much of everything for my own good. I'd love to be able to flip around like that. It just looks like so much fun. Explosive strength wouldn't interfere with that, but getting too heavy would.

 

[Elana]

I was a gymnast since I was a little girl and stopped about 3 years ago...after seeing many olympians and watching that guy, it is very apparent that he has VERY good fast twitch muscles....besides timing and keeping what needs to be tight, his fast twitch muscles in his legs and calves are amazing.....

 

[coolcolj]

well this guy competed in a BB'er show, and does all kinds of flips and stuff so he can't be all that skinny

but he is 19 years old

http://www.trickstutorials.com/index.php?page=content/vid_05

Name: Jon Call
Age: 19
Height: 5"10 / 1.77 meters / 177 cm
Weight: Usually between 165-190 pounds (75-85 kg)

but still under 200lbs, he is lean though.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

Hey, I'm only 18.

I'm an inch taller than he is. I sit around 195 lbs. Ideally, I'd want to be about 203 at 8% bodyfat. That might not be a problem, though. I guess I'll just have to see what happens.

 

[Agent Dana Scully]

Typically its much easier for a lighter person to excell at bodyweight only exercises simply because they don't have to lug that extra weight and size around. Simple example: Who has to lift more weight to do a pullup? A 140lbs guy or a 200lbs guy. Some will say that shouldn't matter, but that's bunk. That's why there's strength to weight ratios.

A 200lbs guy is gonna have ALOT harder time controlling his body while flipping around and trying to do movements that require extreme full body control or heavy lower ab work because of greater leg mass and overall body mass.

But, the more muscle you have and the less fat you carry, coupled with a high strength to weight ratio will definitely greatly improve your chances of performing acrobatic manuevers well.

I did some indoor rock climbing(bouldering) for about 5 months and I noticed something. I weighed around 200lbs at the time and most of the good climbers weighed 150-170lbs. I also noted that they generally tended to be more ectomorphic in nature, but developed some muscle size and definition and tended to have Bruce Lee looking physiques. Great for climbing because their hands and forearms didn't have to hold up too much weight and their abs didn't have to deal with thick, heavy legs. Of course they'd get squished on a football field, but you get the idea.

I climb currently. So i stopped lifting, dropped from 185 to 160, trying to go to 150 or 140.

This guy, he's 135, he has that bruce lee physique, but his forearms are as big as mine, and he can do 10 one armed pullups. So i've been dropping the weight everywher, but keeping the strength in my arms back practicing one armed lock offs at a pull up position, and letting go slowly.

He can lock off with one arm in a pull up position on a crimp.