Mastering the Front Lever (JUST 6 STEPS!!)

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Build a ripped athletic body without any equipment here… http://athleanx.com/x/build-muscle-without-equipment-here The front lever is one of the most powerful bodyweight exercises that can build a big upper body and strong abs. The problem is, most people don’t know how to properly perform this body weight movement. In this video, I show you a step by step tutorial for mastering the front lever so that you can start seeing the benefits that this great exercise holds for you. To begin with, you must understand what muscles actually power this exercise. Mostly you are going to want to get strong in your lats and your abs. The move uses your lats but not at all like you would use them in a traditional pullup. In order to do this exercise right, you want to envision that you are doing a straight arm pushdown while suspended from the bar. The arms should perform a pullover movement or as I said, a straight arm pushdown. This will pull your body and torso back behind the bar which will counterbalance the weight of your legs as you rise up to the bar. This is important because failing to do so will make it hard for you to overcome the force of gravity and get yourself up. Of course, you want to be able to contract your abs and core the entire time, as well as your quads, to keep your body rigid as you rise up. You can start to groove this movement pattern for the front lever by performing the broken down pieces on a bar set in a squat rack. You are much lower to the g

Published 2015-12-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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