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Dragon Flag (THE MOST COMPLETE GUIDE)
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Embrace a new sense of freedom and mobility in just 14 minutes. This routine is designed specifically to revitalize your hips and spine, leaving you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. As you flow through 7 dynamic stretches and 7 active movements, you'll feel the knots of tension unraveling, making way for a greater sense of fluidity and flexibility. With each gentle stretch and intentional movement, you'll cultivate a deeper connection with your body, allowing you to move with ease and confidence in every aspect of your life. Let's dive in together and unlock the full potential of your body. Your hips and spine will thank you for it.
Much love,
The practice goes on.
- Yassir
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INTRO (00:00)
Before You Start Skill Training (01:00)
Skills + Basics (03:05)
Training Examples (07:04)
1. Hybrid Workouts (7:58)
2. Weekly Split (11:52)
3. Periodization (13:38)
OUTRO (16:15)
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๐๏ธ What's in this vlog?
- Behind the scenes of filming yourself
- Should you rest or train harder?
- Where do I focus my attention when warming up
- My current training split
- My full gymnastic rings workout (push and pull)
- Why I didn't use specific tempos in this workout
- How I easily keep track of resting times with Siri
- 3 key things to look for when buying new gymnastic rings
- Why journaling is important for training
- How training/practicing helps me reflect on deeper layers of myself
- Why we postponed the "Legs Workout"
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Iโve heard the concept of the โBig 5โ flexibility exercises from @BodyweightWarrior ; they are: the pike, the pancake, the middle split, the front split, and the bridge. I added 2 more to the list, which Iโll explain below.
The idea is that working on these exercises will give you enough flexibility for all other flexibility goals you may have. For example, working towards the bridge will take care of the hip flexors, lats, and chest, instead of having to think about these body parts separately as individual goals.
You will still work on these body parts separately. However, the intent of improving your bridge and focusing on a single position makes training โeasierโ and more straightforward than thinking of each joint and muscle in isolation.
1๏ธโฃ The Resting Squat: This should be your entry point to flexibility work. It should become so comfortable that you could even eat in this position.
2๏ธโฃ The Pike: Hamstring flexibility will serve you for a myriad of skills and even daily life activities.
3๏ธโฃ The Pancake: Not necessary for real-life activities, but it will improve all compression skills like handstand presses, L-Sit, and V-Sit.
4๏ธโฃ The Front Split: This one will take care of all the hip flexors and hamstring flexibility you might ever need.
5๏ธโฃ The Middle Split: Arguably the hardest of the lower body exercises. Again, not directly applicable to real life, but extremely helpful for anything hand-balance related. It will ensure you have enough hip flexibility to spare.
6๏ธโฃ The Bridge: This exercise will open your entire anterior chain (front of the body). Working on it will open the spine, shoulders, lats, chest, abs, and hip flexors to a great degree.
7๏ธโฃ The German Hang: I added this exercise to the list to work the shoulders into extension, which none of the above exercises does.
๐ฑ You can find Follow Along classes for each of these movements on my app!
I recommend focusing on 2 at a time, maximum 3, for the best results. Any other questions, ask below!
With Love,
Gabo
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๐ CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro
(01:55) Warm-Up
(04:25) Exercise #1 - Front Lever Holds
(08:34) Exercise #2 - Front Lever Raises
(11:09) Exercise #3 - Tuck Front Lever Pull-Ups on Rings
(12:32) Exercise #4 - Rows + Top Hold
(16:14) Exercise #5 - BTW Handstand Push-Ups
(20:15) Post-Workout Meal
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Dragon Squat ๐ฒ
I learned this movement a few years ago during lockdown. I saw the execution in a video and broke it down into its components: hip external rotation, ankle dorsiflexion, and quad strength.
I initially learned it with the floating leg going to the side (variation #1) because that's the video I saw when I decided to practice this skill. Recently, however, I started watching others perform it with the leg going in front (variation #2). Some of them:
Today, I tested the second variation for the first time. Both are almost equally challenging as long as you get the torso down close to the floor, or even touching the floor for a split second.
There is another "variation" (not shown) where the leg goes in front or even slightly to the side, but the torso remains facing forward. That's a significantly easier movement due to the reduced range of motion.
I realized there are countless ways of doing a dragon squat, not just two. If you want me to make a video breaking down all the possible ways of doing it, I'll be happy to do so!
Which one is the "real dragon squat"? I don't really care, lol.
Keep growing.
Keep exploring.
Keep observing.
With Love,
Gabo
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๐ CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro
(00:38) Active vs Passive Flexibility
(02:30) Stretch #1
(07:12) Stretch #2
(10:54) Stretch #3
(14:41) Stretch #4
(15:56) Stretch #5
(19:49) Stretch #6
(24:09) Stretch #7
(28:05) Outro
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(๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ)
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A) Archer Chin Ups
โณ 3 x 5r each side
B) Archer Dips
โณ 3 x 5r each side
C) Archer Rows (Alternating side)
โณ 3 x 16r
D) Archer Push Ups (Alternating side)
โณ 3 x 16r
E) L-Sit Hang
โณ 3 x Max. Hold
Rest between sides: 30 sec.
Rest between sets: 2 min.
Context:
This is a simple rings workout I did last week. My goal was to keep it under 60 minutes, incorporating pushing and pulling movements, and providing a high-intensity stimulus for strength with low reps, as well as a lower intensity for high reps.
The โArcherโ (keeping one arm straight and allowing the other to bend) seemed like a good way to simultaneously work on both straight and bent arm strength, making it an efficient workout given the time constraint.
It does require fairly conditioned elbows โ specially the Archer Dip โ so I wouldnโt advise you to do this if youโve never been exposed to straight arm work with rings.
Comment below any questions you might have.
๐ฒ Also, if you want to get introduced to Calisthenics you can go through our Free 7-Day Beginnerโs Guide available in our SaturnoMovement App. Just download and follow the daily practices, lectures, and final assessment.
The practice goes on my friends.
~ @Yassir_Trainer
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