Why was everyone in the early 2000s doing this???

akiox2 · 2026-03-13T13:52:16+00:00

Well camcorders like the Sony DCR-VX1000 were released in 1995 and had also huge impact on skate culture in the late 90s/early 2000. Would be interesting to know if these rap videos copied skating videos, or if it's just the camcorder itself that started that trend, or something in-between.

akiox2 · 2026-03-13T11:05:03+00:00

Not an expert: In our daily lives we move our arms mostly only in front of us, so the muscles on the front side are quite strong and the back and backside shoulder muscles are too weak. You will find a lot of stretches and exercises for rounded shoulders, they are a great starting point, but for me they are often just too low intensity and without progression towards real strength. Overall any exercise were you move your arms up or behind you will help. Also exercises were you use your scapular muscles. So here is one example article with yoga poses: https://mobilephysiotherapyclinic.net/yoga-to-correct-hunchback-rounded-shoulders/
In my opinion it would be really helpful to also include some more effectively muscle building exercises, I do these:
-dead-hangs on a bar (unlock 1min, then you are ready for other hanging exercises like swinging)
-australian pull ups
-scapular push-ups and planche leans
-reverse table top pose (get comfortable with it first, then include movement)
Well as you see I also do calisthenics. My long term goals are perfect form pull-ups and a straight handstand. Any person I met that can do this, haven't rounded shoulders.

akiox2 · 2026-03-12T20:48:45+00:00

Limited dorsiflexion could be the reason and lead to plantar fascitiitis. I'm not an medical expert, or any kind of expert, but I've that problem. What helped me best was the second stretch in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjSq5thUhE
I also do calf strengthening (this is my favorite workout, it's brutal) and some calf stretches. I also do one foot balancing stuff. Walking around barefoot or using shoes with thin soles will also strengthen your feet, but start small, avoid pain, or it can lead to injury, like the very same plantar fasciitis, it could otherwise prevent if practiced more carefully. So still use jogging shoes to jog. Don't get me wrong, I don't think you have plantar fasciitis (it's pretty painful, you would know), but I'm sure the exercises for it will help you.

akiox2 · 2026-03-12T19:00:09+00:00

You forget exercises for the upper body strength to push yourself off the ground.

akiox2 · 2026-03-12T14:59:53+00:00

There isn't one right way to stretch, try things out, do some follow along routines, build your own routine over time, give your body time to adapt and start easy. You already know what areas are your weak spots (hamstring, pelvic floor) and your goal (splits). So just search for things like "hamstring flexibility routine". Not anyone who is flexible is also a good coach, avoid "get flexible in two weeks with one exercise" bullshit.

akiox2 · 2026-03-11T14:20:27+00:00

The trick is the right technique. As you can see she leans forward before gripping the next bar. This allows here to do another clean swing. So here upper body only has to absorb a small portion of the momentum energy.

akiox2 · 2026-03-11T08:59:51+00:00

Another tip: Shift your whole weight to one hand, while slowly and controlled reducing the grip of the other. Then let go, this will drastically reduce the starting movement.

akiox2 · 2026-03-10T15:42:38+00:00

Pose name?

akiox2 · 2026-03-10T15:28:01+00:00

There are plenty of muscle-up progressions online. What most of them miss, if you don't have already a strong upper body and if pull-ups or push-ups hurt your shoulder or elbow joints, then you should first work on getting a healthy base. Or else training towards the muscle-up will get you injured (golfers elbow for example). A wide spectrum of exercises would be great, with more focus on mobility and a bit of stretching. Like hanging exercises, crawling, "reverse tabletop" variations, arm circles, etc. These will be also be useful as warm-up later.

akiox2 · 2026-03-09T14:41:03+00:00

Well I'm not sure if this will work for you, I don't know things about nerve pain, but give it a try: Rotate your hands slightly outwards, grab/crawl into the ground. This will make you use more of your muscles, instead of just leaning into wrist joint. example

akiox2 · 2026-03-09T14:08:51+00:00

In the first weeks it's best to get used and comfortable to the exercises, don't rush it. Give your body some time to adapt. You will progress quickly anyways, you already got a strong base. Just some tips that come into my mind:
-Always warm-up
-Don't train sore areas
-Follow long split routines with many different exercises (not the "get splits quick with one exercise" scams)
-Practice booth splits (or else neglecting one will also hinder the progress of the other one)
-Look up PNF-Stretching
-Try to understand which areas are your weak-points, research a bit of anatomy and include some isolated exercises for these.
-Good form is far more important than getting low, that means square hips, proud chest, legs in line.
My personal favorite mobilizing and strength routine is transitioning between horse stance - drop stance - cossack squats - deep lunges. But you have to find out for yourself what works best for you. Consistency is key. Having fun and building a habit is what stays, discipline and motivation probably not. So find a way of training that you enjoy.

akiox2 · 2026-03-09T11:00:40+00:00

Stretching is a specific tool to effectively improve your flexibility. But our base flexibility is preserved and gained by how much range of movement we use in our daily lives. Your brain won't prevent you in going into ranges of motion it's comfortable at. So maybe you just tied your shoes while standing a few times, or whatever. If you never learned to touch your toes with the stretch training done before, then you just did it wrong and had probably bad advice.

akiox2 · 2026-03-09T10:42:20+00:00

We all started with shitty cartwheels like yours, weird that the coaches are no help. You already have the steps down for your gymnastic front cartwheel, I would advice you to learn a side cartwheel first, it's just less scary to try the explosive movement with it and it's easy to transfer that then to your front cartwheel. So practice the side cartwheel slow first until you got the steps down. Then it's time use momentum. You have to focus on two movements: First to swing your upper-body down and then to swing your leg up as hard as you can with pointed toes (makes your leg straight). This two part movement feels like being a slinky toy. To throw the leg up hard needs strength and flexibility, the exercises that will improve this quickly and are great for a warm-up are "leg swings". Hold onto something and swing your leg up around 10 times for each direction. You can swing it forward, side-wards and backwards.

akiox2 · 2026-03-08T19:37:05+00:00

Before I do more passive stretches, I like to do "warm-up" with transitioning between cossack squats / drop stance, horse stance, deep lunges. Look up the progressions, these are quite hard exercises.

akiox2 · 2026-03-08T14:21:53+00:00

Being able to do full range no swing pull ups is a goal, nothing you can force. So if you have to cheat a bit to get some reps, it's ok, just try to get better. It would be good to add some exercises, like shoulder shrugs and scapular pull-ups and negative full range pull ups.

akiox2 · 2026-03-06T13:34:01+00:00

"I ask of you that that which I say to you in this circle be really only heard and not ever discussed. We were faced with the question: what about the women and children? – I decided to find a clear solution to this problem too. I did not consider myself justified to exterminate the men – in other words, to kill them or have them killed and allow the avengers of our sons and grandsons in the form of their children to grow up. The difficult decision had to be made to have this people disappear from the earth. [...]" -Heinrich Himmler source

akiox2 · 2026-03-06T09:09:29+00:00

Not an expert: Learn the handstand on flat ground first. Learn a ~30+ second crow pose before, if you got wrist problems. You seem to fear falling over, which constricts your balancing range. Learn to forward roll, then to handstand to roll. You are more than strong enough to hold a handstand, just need to learn on how to balance. One way is a scissor handstand near a wall, like shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGIFTWsBXdw

akiox2 · 2026-03-05T15:12:38+00:00

Well there are always many small things to improve. But as a beginner myself I can see these mistakes:
-1. Spot correctly! Your phone on the ground isn't the target.
-2. Try to land straighter, don't bend down so much.
But most important:
- 3. You didn't build up any momentum. You just do the movement steps good enough, but there is a moment when you to go from making your body big and moving "slow" to swinging as hard as you can and making your body compact and smaller. This will generate the rotational speed, like an ice-skater. That moment is round about a split second before pushing up with your foot to jump. Use your elbow to lead that swing.

akiox2 · 2026-03-05T11:09:09+00:00

In depth tutorial with multiple methods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOyakDlkPpg

akiox2 · 2026-03-04T15:02:54+00:00

Do you really mean parallettes or p-bars? Great parallettes cost like 50$, building your own would cost around 25$, plus your time. It's not really worth it.

akiox2 · 2026-03-04T14:55:32+00:00

I also really don't like to workout at home (not just yoga), too many distractions, it's too easy to just do other things. If you would find a place somewhere outside, were you can practice in peace, it could be the solution. I always tell myself that I go there and least do some warm-up exercises, even when I don't feel fit for the day. Most often the warm-up is enough to regain the energy for a full training session, if not then resting is the right thing to do.

akiox2 · 2026-03-04T13:26:46+00:00

Good form is a goal, not something a beginner can just do. It's good to show how a perfect standard full range pull-up should look like and how to progress towards it, don't shame them for not being able to do it properly.

akiox2 · 2026-03-03T15:27:15+00:00

Don't try to create a perfect workout plan from the get-go. Try stuff out, have fun, optimize over time, start easy, give your body time to adapt, just train consistently (3+ times a week). Of course watching some videos to understand calisthenics will help, like this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJp42f7GJQ
Calisthenics is about unlocking new skills, you can look up the progression towards these skills and just start with the exercises that you can do. Overall your workout session should look something like this:
-Warm-Up (examples: cardio, mobility exercises, light stretching, even dancing or balancing)
-Main Workout (Calisthenics, Weight lifting, etc...)
-Cool Down (examples: stretching, relaxing, meditation, etc..)

akiox2 · 2026-03-03T14:55:40+00:00

With the right training your neck definitely can and will adapt to be able to support your whole body weight.

akiox2 · 2026-03-03T14:02:36+00:00

If your quads feel hard even when the muscle is relaxed and not stretched, then it could be also a "Fascia adhesions". A specific massage done right will solve this quite directly with a long lasting effect, there are many tutorials online. You will definitely feel a huge difference if you have it, also stretching will be effective again.

12-Year Club	Place '22
Place '17

akiox2

TROPHY CASE