[k1ck]

Originally Posted by Ian Coe

I can do stand ab wheel roll out no problems, but could god the human flag and front lever raises look fucking HARD.


Also, to the OP- they aren't that hard. I find my grip going before my core does (girly hands)

Well I agree, compared to those brutal flags, levers and roll outs. But they're not basic in any way. I find them more exhausting for the whole body than the most heavy decline sit-ups for example.

[zop]

I don't have the flexibility in my legs to bring my feet up to my face. My legs will bend and I will end up kneeing myself in the stomach.

I still do leg raises, but they're only up to parallel. And I do them on the leg raise machine thingy. It's like a dip station except there's padding on the bar so you can rest your forearms on it and there's also a back rest so you don't swing. I tried doing them off a chinup bar, but I found I cannot keep myself hanging for very long plus I tend to swing a lot.

[Revok]

When I do them I drag my rack up to face the wall so I can keep my back against it. If you're dangling free it's impossible not to swing and so be forced to pause between reps. And yeah it's very hard to keep your legs straight all the way up. You need like, 12 year old gymnast girl flexibility in your hips and hamstrings, and no gut.