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Heck of an exercise.
Are you this guy, Epic?
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Heck of an exercise.
Are you this guy, Epic?
no im not that guy. someone did post a video of him awhile ago here. thats how i became aware of him. then i watched his other videos on youtube. he is seriously nuts and does crazy things. some of it half entertaining.
everyone here knows who i am. after that crazy welfare guy josh from canada put pics of my house and family, which showed big house nice family, and that im actually a competitive bodybuilder, so needless to say it backfired on him and he went into hiding.
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john grimek used to do that in his training . he claimed to add an extra inch and a half to his height from it. John C. Grimek:
Around 1930 I incorporated such training in my program as a means to increase my height and devised a contraption by which I could suspend myself in an inverted position. I found this to be very beneficial and could feel my legs and spine stretch. This convinced me it ought to work.
To assure progress progress I kept pulling weights to my chest and supporting it from 20 to 30 seconds before replacing it. I repeated this several times and have succeeded in holding over 300 pounds in this position. Whether this had anything to do with increasing my height, I cannot say, but the fact is that my height did increase a few inches.
It was while in this position that I began experimenting with other exercises and found it to be especially good for the abdomen, obliques and the erector muscles of the back. The same exercise as the standing press can be done in this position, except the whole action is in reverse; the biceps and upper back muscles do all of the work.
Perhaps one of the best exercises you can do in this position is to "thigh chin." That is, you pull yourself up with your legs in exactly the same manner as you perform the chinning exercise with your arms. This exercise will build the biceps femoris leg muscles better and fuller than any other exercise I know.
Regular arm curls can be done in this position, having a different effect.
You can learn to "one arm chin" in this position better than in any other way. You simply pull a dumbbell up to your shoulder and keep increasing your strength. Depending on your bodyweight, you may be able to chin with one hand long before you can handle a weight that approximates your bodyweight.
While in this upside down position all the internal organs have a chance to be relieved of the pressure that is naturally thrown on them our upright position. It can be noted that numerous beauty shops today advocate positions with the head downwards as a means to stimulate circulation in the scalp and face. Congestion in the legs, after doing a lot of leg work is often relieved by hanging in this position a few minutes.
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Good post, Funk.
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Pretty awesome especially if you have back problems.
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Shoe lifts or tall man shoes work better without the pain.
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Good post, Funk.
yeah ... why do people believe all this stuff like rib cage expansion ::)
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yeah ... why do people believe all this stuff like rib cage expansion ::)
Ribcage expansion works if you are young enough.
After a certain point your rib cartilage hardens.
Likewise flexibility is best achieved at a young age while joints are malleable.
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Ribcage expansion works if you are young enough.
After a certain point your rib cartilage hardens.
Likewise flexibility is best achieved at a young age whole joints are malleable.
the old moon bench pullover. 20 rep squats with pullovers right after
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yeah ... why do people believe all this stuff like rib cage expansion ::)
That actually did work, only because I did it at 16/17 yrs old.
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That actually did work, only because I did it at 16/17 yrs old.
exactly 18 years old is considered the cutoff point for any benefits derived from this method
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how many years past the benefit stage are you funky funky parrot monkey
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john grimek used to do that in his training . he claimed to add an extra inch and a half to his height from it. John C. Grimek:
Around 1930 I incorporated such training in my program as a means to increase my height and devised a contraption by which I could suspend myself in an inverted position. I found this to be very beneficial and could feel my legs and spine stretch. This convinced me it ought to work.
To assure progress progress I kept pulling weights to my chest and supporting it from 20 to 30 seconds before replacing it. I repeated this several times and have succeeded in holding over 300 pounds in this position. Whether this had anything to do with increasing my height, I cannot say, but the fact is that my height did increase a few inches.
It was while in this position that I began experimenting with other exercises and found it to be especially good for the abdomen, obliques and the erector muscles of the back. The same exercise as the standing press can be done in this position, except the whole action is in reverse; the biceps and upper back muscles do all of the work.
Perhaps one of the best exercises you can do in this position is to "thigh chin." That is, you pull yourself up with your legs in exactly the same manner as you perform the chinning exercise with your arms. This exercise will build the biceps femoris leg muscles better and fuller than any other exercise I know.
Regular arm curls can be done in this position, having a different effect.
You can learn to "one arm chin" in this position better than in any other way. You simply pull a dumbbell up to your shoulder and keep increasing your strength. Depending on your bodyweight, you may be able to chin with one hand long before you can handle a weight that approximates your bodyweight.
While in this upside down position all the internal organs have a chance to be relieved of the pressure that is naturally thrown on them our upright position. It can be noted that numerous beauty shops today advocate positions with the head downwards as a means to stimulate circulation in the scalp and face. Congestion in the legs, after doing a lot of leg work is often relieved by hanging in this position a few minutes.
This would be interesting training, the leg curl especially would Imo be effective...
It's a dangerous position though let alone swinging weights around while positioned like that.
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how many years past the benefit stage are you funky funky parrot monkey
38 posts and you finally make an interesting one that is in a positive vein. i respond to it and your response is some juvenile insult. that's fine, but i would prefer a semi-intelligent discussion of which you seem incapable of.
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funky monkey, are you short and old? or just old?
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funky monkey, are you short and old? or just old?
i'm both eprick is back, i stand 68 and a quarter inches off terra firma and will soon be 69. now post your video of your fabulous house and family like you talked about in another of your fascinating posts.
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i'm both eprick is back, i stand 68 and a quarter inches off terra firma and will soon be 69. now post your video of your fabulous house and family like you talked about in another of your fascinating posts.
no thank you. been off facebook for years now. no unsocial media for me.
i dont want you seeing how happy i am. funk. being old and 5'8 and bent over would suck. but at least your still living and spending all your time on the net right?
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exactly 18 years old is considered the cutoff point for any benefits derived from this method
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no thank you. been off facebook for years now. no unsocial media for me.
i dont want you seeing how happy i am. funk. being old and 5'8 and bent over would suck. but at least your still living and spending all your time on the net right?
not really. i am enjoying the little life i have left. i suggest you do the same. what are you doing on here if your life is so fabulous. and it's don't not dont.
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thanks professor funk. ill try to corrrect my grammer for you. karen, i mean funk
as you know people work from home quite a bit now. it seems you would know that since you support the left, and the lockdown crap. i only go places i dont have to "mask up" as my mayor has mandated for the entire county here.
im happy , but id love for people to stop wearing them and prove they arent needed.
have a good day sir. i mean funk, i mean karen?
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he found some use of the "slingshot"
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the old moon bench pullover. 20 rep squats with pullovers right after
Good pics, Funk.
Surprising nobody makes the moon bench anymore.
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Good pics, Funk.
Surprising nobody makes the moon bench anymore.
because it's BS? 😂
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thanks professor funk. ill try to corrrect my grammer for you. karen, i mean funk
as you know people work from home quite a bit now. it seems you would know that since you support the left, and the lockdown crap. i only go places i dont have to "mask up" as my mayor has mandated for the entire county here.
im happy , but id love for people to stop wearing them and prove they arent needed.
have a good day sir. i mean funk, i mean karen?
who is karen ? now you think i'm a women or maybe a transtesticle. are you gay ?............. not that there's anything wrong with it.