Day 5 in Shane’s current chapter of the Transformation Before Us series. Moving along and getting in the groove.
Gold Medal Bodies F1 (floor) Program.
Day 5 in Shane’s current chapter of the Transformation Before Us series. Moving along and getting in the groove.
Gold Medal Bodies F1 (floor) Program.
Having alot of fun with this program. : )
Youtube does not display the video in Germany, due to copyrighted music. 🙁
Aaah Noo! Sorry about that Achim. I’m actually working on a solution at the moment to not have to come up against that problem.
Have you found that the progressions may be easier for folks to get into “on the ground floor,” so to speak, compared to R1 or P1? Those would seem to have more of a stabilization requirement than…the earth.
Peter, I personally like how GMB has introduced their programs, having first started with R1 then closer to the ground with P1 and now onto F1. While yes, there would appear to be more of a stabilization challenge not being connected to the earth, it’s more forgiving once you get to the transitions in flow, which is the ultimate goal. Rings and Pbars have that additional space below when moving front to back. For many of us with tight hip flexors, that’s a big challenge. Not to mention the core strength that is required to do so. That and, for example, even though R1 is more challenging initially because your arms are fighting to stabilize, but once you are connected to the earth….well….that ain’t going anywhere, so then you’r fighting to stabilize your entire body (which would be much easier if you have that strength and foundation with the part of your body that you are primarily moving your body with, your arms/shoulders. Add to that, that many folks have really tight wrists and don’t initially have the flexibility in them to have them bent to the extent that having your hands flat on the ground requires. Rings and Pbars in and of themselves are a progression to getting there. So while, yes, if you don’t have the other equipment, F1 is a GREAT place to start, and alot of the foundational progressions ARE easier to do than on Rings or Pbar, there will eventually come a point that having had that base in R1 and P1 (especially if you want to go deeper) will be a massive advantage having shored up strength and flexibility deficits along the way that otherwise we could find ourselves “cheating” thru.
Perhaps starting with F1, then cycling back around to P1 or R1 would be an option.
It absolutely would be. : )