CALISTHENICS ESSENTIAL (Nobody is Doing) THE SKIN THE CAT

Learn how to Skin the Cat on Rings. Straight Arm Strength

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[SrCheetoss]

This is one of the best progression videos I found about this exercise, the distinction about the straight and bent arms helped me to understand where are my limits. I can "kick" or pull myself with bent arms to the inverted position and all the way to the German hang and then come back, but I am still not able to pull it with straight arms, I still need that first movement with bent arms to get to the inverted position. I am very comfortable in the other two positions but this first straight pull movement is so hard.

[AndreS_]

Thanks for making such brilliant videos, they are really appreciated 🙏 You are a great teacher. I’m grateful for you including basic steps for people like me who are coming to this relatively late.

[ijuktni]

Another great video. Thanks. I struggle with this one as I have very flexible shoulders, but I don't (yet!) have the strength to match. So if I'm not very careful I can end up in positions that I don't have the strength to hold, or pull myself back out of. So I train this close to the ground, so I can always put my feet down if I need to rescue my shoulders!

I'm getting stronger though. :) I've been practicing the tuck variation, and now on the German hang side I can get my bum level with (maybe even a little lower than) my head, with control, and pull myself back round again!! A couple of months ago, there's no way I could have done that.

[jordanbabcock]

Recently started doing these, already noticing a huge improvement in the german hang position after just a couple months of doing a handful of reps once a week. My adv tuck levers are getting close to unlocked too. Listening to your podcast w/ daniel vadnal now, cool to see that you come from crossfit as well. I am still a member at a crossfit gym but doing my own calisthenics programming mostly while adding in 1-2 crossfit classes per week so i get the best of both worlds. The nice thing about the crossfit gym is they have several high ring setups where i can have my feet off the ground (i'm 6'4" / ~1.9m) which i cannot do at home

[cbgbstew]

Fantastic video! I was happy to see that it is “normal” to be able to do this with bent arms before straight arms. I thought I was just doing it “wrong” with bent arms.

[lmitiakigi]

Thank you a million times for this top notch video. I am learning to do this movement safely due shoulder pain. Love the drill for us beginners. Appreciate it.

[ZacharyKaddatzDailyTraining]

Great video mate, well thought out and incredibly well presented!

[susanna]

Wow that’s super useful! Can’t wait to try those progression steps, thank you❤

[simonegamberoni]

Thanks for all these progression advices. Yesterday I realized that I was avoiding this exercise because it scares me but I wanna own it, so that I can go further with front/back levers, planche and all the other cool stuff. I'll start tomorrow with some of these variations, hope I can at least go all the way back once 😅

[g.eeducation]

I do these under a step ladder 4:02, I'm eyeing buying sone rings though. Great info.

[yasserrafat]

Its a very good tutorial. My issue is bringing hips up in front lever position

[Lewiston.]

The title should read "you are" OR "you're" missing out . And not "YOUR"...meaning possession.

[KXR]

Could you do a video showing what hardware you mounted to the ceiling to attach the rings to?

[huzaifahmalik]

Hi Paul, excellent content as always! How have you set up the rings on your ceiling?

[nicolapinna]

Hi Paul, If you do it in the same session with back lever, do you suggest after or before?! Thanks

[walter]

I get light headed through the transition, does that get better?

[WTiDeadlyfury]

What is the form cue to go over the bar?

[alexia]

can I do it on a pull up bar I don't have rings

[fg_arnold]

No problem doing these as a kid playing on monkey bars. Fast forward to me starting calisthenics in my mid-60s & now they give me a nasty feeling of intense dizziness & nausea. Same problem when I try a forward roll out of a handstand. No issue going upside down, it's only when I come back up in the opposite direction from how I went down (moving thru a full 360). Anyone have any knowledge on this problem? Should I just continue to avoid?