dudeee thank you, I hadn't been able to do it but your advice on parallel index finger placement and elbows pointing backwards struck me, I tried it and it worked! I even held it for like 5-6 seconds before falling on my face! I am in pain right now but so happy! thanks!
This is the best video that helped me get my frog stand. The most important being creating the straight line with you body in the stand. Thanks for sharing
This is a great video. I have also heard this called crow pose but I think that is more the yoga name. Please can you do a tutorial and progressions on getting into a handstand from this position? I love your channel bro
Yeah in yoga it has many names. I think in yoga, this pose is more passive though, whereas in calisthenics, this is a very active position as we are looking to build strength here. And good shout! The frog to handstand is definitely going to be a part of my handstand progress diary
Could you do a video on the following?: Frog stand to handstand Your current workout schedule would be very interesting Other body weight fitness books u recommend ( you gave a really good review on the overcoming gravity one, would love to hear about another one if there’s any ) Your next goals since you achieved the muscle up and the l sit and working on handstand and balance Beginner equipment Thanks a lot for this video, really enjoyed watching.
Haha this is quite a video shopping list 😂 In answer though, you have effectively just listed out a lot of my up coming videos! Frog to handstand will 100% be a part of my handstand progress diary. I am just about to finish reading a great book; review coming soon - a very excited about that =] as for my goals, you can take a look at my 2020 goals video. A side from that I am building strength as I have some very aggressive goals for 2021 - you'll have to wait to find out more about that though 😉
I have been trying the frogstand for a few days but I still can't get it. I recorded myself and my hips don't come up as high as yours, how do I get them higher. sorry if this is a silly question
This is a great question! The trick is to visualise getting your head through your arms. look at a point closer to directly below your chest. This will encourage your chin to tuck a little - this is a good thing. Where your head goes, your hips will follow. Again, if you don't have the confidence to do this then stick as many pillows around you until you can do it without them =]
Just discovered your videos! They are very easy to understand. I’m excited to try some skills. Always loved Calisthenics but nervous to get into as I’m not very strong.
Hi Angela! Thanks for the feedback and glad you like them! Even if you don't feel strong now, most people struggle to appreciate how fast they can develop (myself included), keep grinding and I am sure you will be surprised as to what you can do =] Also, welcome to the channel =]
That pillow gets so much abuse in my house haha! I use as a yoga blocks substitute too haha! My girlfriend was having some issues with two legs off too. What I ended up doing was spotting her, if you can comfortably hold one leg, chances are you can do two legs with a little bit of support - I mean, I have seen your handstands - you are definitely strong af haha! To spot her, I literally just held her hips and guided them so that they were almost stacked above her shoulders, but I imagine a wall could have done a similar job. p.s. Rui, your handstands are ridiculously awesome so I know most of what I just said is preaching to the choir!
Would pike pushups help to build the necessary strength for this, i can do 15 push ups with good form and hold a handstand against a wall with straight arms for roughly a minute but pike push ups I'm weak at.
Very understandable haha! Lucky for me, half the time my face already looks like it has hit the floor (especially in the mornings!) so I have less to worry about
Andrew, what are your best tips to getting used to the sensation of feeling the legs on the back of the arms? It’s a weird sensation? I guess with practice it became more comfortable for you?
Great question. The answer merits a video (which I'll do soon), but the quick answer is that if you are experiencing pain, record yourself to absolutely make sure that your hips directly over your hands, and the second thing is to build up your vertical pushing strength (dips, pike push ups etc.) This will ensure that more of your weight can be managed on your hands and not your knees =]
Hey Andrew, I've done some frogstands, and I was wondering how to put my knee against the tricep like you did. Because from the front, my knees are not in line with my elbow and it was the inner portion of my knee that rest on the elbow. So how can I put my kneecaps at the top of the tricep, not my inner knee? Great Vid BTW
Thanks for the compliment, Maurice =] Great question - and it is actually something that is harder than it looks! issues with knee position in the frogstand are usually due to hamstring flexibility. if you can't tuck your knees in close, and het the hips high, you will struggle to rest the knees on the arms. so some quick questions: how is your frogstand? are your hips high? How is your pike? can you touch your feet with straight legs? let me know the answers to these and that may give me a good clue =] Hope you're all good, Maurice =]
It’s hip internal rotation. I have the same issue. Your hips don’t have the adequate internal rotation thus they externally rotate. Google FRC hip internal rotation! It helped me improve my hip IR a ton! It’ll have your hips buttery smooth in no time
Yeah, I struggled with this too. Just scale it back. Work on the basic frogstand that I mention in the video, but have more weight on your feet. then over time, work up to shifting the weight onto your triceps =]
@@CaliToTheCrowd Hi. when I try to balance, just when I hit the balance point, my weight keep transferirng to palm instead on fingers. Just before that my weight was on fingers. any tip here?
Hi - I'm not sure why I didn't get a notification for this message - so sodry for the kate reply! I have only just seen it. Is this for the normal Frogstand or for the frogstand with both legs of the knees?
@@CaliToTheCrowd I m only till step forgstand. Trying to find balance point but because of weight shifting to palm, I can hold only for 2 seconds. Not more than that.
Hey andrew. Had a couple questions. Love your channel so far. So I'm a newbie calisthenics/weightlifting athlete and I was wondering: 1. If you do weight lifting, how do you program your calisthenics skills with your sessions? I want to progress well in both so I was wondering if you did it and how 2. This video was a huge breakthrough for me for the frog stand. However, I feel two things that I'm inclined to think are wrong. First, my back rounds a lot more than yours does in the video. Is that wrong and if so what can I do to fix it? Second, my knees keep drifting lower to my elbows and although I feel stable, that doesn't seem right. In addition, is it fine my knees lay on the outer portion of my arm to avoid hurting my triceps? Thank you so much!
realy great questions, and ones that I intend to talk about in greater detail on this channel, but a short answer for your questions: 1. I do lift weights, but I do my calisthenics lift first then do 1 or 2 weighted exercises towards the end of my sessions 2. back rounding in teh frogstand isn't too much of an issue in my opinion. It may just indicate that your torso is long in relation to your limbs. As for your knees hurting your arms, try watching this, as it may be a strength issue: th-cam.com/video/agbxDsFn3dw/w-d-xo.html
hmmm... are your hips high in the frogstand when you do it? if so, it may be hip position. If your hips are too tucked in (posterior pelvic tilt) or your hamstrings are too tight, you will get an arch in your back. The best way to fix this would be to improve your pike. I have a video on pike flexibility that should give you everything you need to know on how to do that =]
Amazing frogstand strength. How often should you do this to learn to handstand? By the way You haven't done a handstand progress update in ages have you learned it yet?
I personally programme in the frogstand about 3 times per week (typically into my skill work/play time on 'Push' days) =] And yeah, the handstand progress diary is coming soon, I promise
My knees don't want to come off my ellbows. What should I do to fix this? If I lean more forward, the visual line isn't straight anymore and I fall on my head lol, only then my knees naturally come off and I'm in a headstand.
A really great question. This is a question of strength. If you're easily balancing the frog stand for north of 30 seconds, and your line is straight, then you'll need to work on deep pike push ups to get strength enough in the shoulders to get the legs off. May thing this is about the core and legs, but it is the shoulders that we'll need to make insanely strong. If you want, feel free to DM me on instagram with a video of your frog stand and I'll do a form review 💪🏿
I found pike push ups to be great for this problem. If we can push hard downwards, then this will relieve some of the weight from the legs on the back of the triceps. Here's my video on pike push ups: studio.th-cam.com/users/videoAjna6AxQdtw/edit Good luck, and keep pushing!
It's about building applicable strength =] Try and get yourself to being able to do 10 controlled pike push ups and you'll find that you can start to push down hard enough that you can take one knee off! This video breaks this down : th-cam.com/video/4tfCRCCjKUs/w-d-xo.html keep going for it - you'll get there =]
I tried this several times and this is very difficult, its very painful on my triceps with my knees not even fully resting on it. What i have observed with your form though is that your flexible enough to be able to raise your hips and bend it closer to your body so i think that should be the goal first, to be able to stretch your upper body as close to your legs as possible
Really good shout, Rico and an accurate critical evaluation. Pike flexibility does play a part in the frog stand and having the ability to raise the hips high and tuck the legs in, means that simply by virtue of the hip angle, less weight is placed on the back of the arms. I agree, work on your flexibility, but work on your pushing strength too (wiyth pike push ups, or the z-press for example). Hope this helps, mate!!! 👊🏿
I can currently do the frog stand with my knees next to my elbows. When I try it this way, even if both my knees and elbows are parallel, there is still and immense pressure/pain, like my knee is digging into my arm. How do I get around this
At least you tried!!! It takes some getting used to, but the only way to get past the pain is to get stronger at overhead pushing! I have a video detailing how here: th-cam.com/video/agbxDsFn3dw/w-d-xo.html
My knees rub my tricep area and hurts when trying to do the frogstand. I tried another variation where your knees are tucked outside of your elbows. Is there a difference between the two?
Not really to be honest. In the long run, the reliance on needing your knees to rest on anything will be redundant. If you want more support, I am doing a review of people's frog stand videos in an upcoming youtube video, so send me a recording of your frog stand on instagram if you want 👊🏾
I'm loving the content and I just subscribed! I have a question. How many reps of 10 second holds per set do you believe is needed to move on to the standard frog stand? I've officially decided to regress to the first progression of a frog stand hold since I just tried the standard one after a while of not practicing it and almost busted my neck 😂 Well, to be honest I could never break more than 5 seconds anyway and could never figure out the form, so I guess my progress was about the same.
Also not sure if this is needed to know but I can do 8 pike pushups, can hold a semi chest to wall handstand (still trying to gain confidence and strength for full) for 25 - 30+ seconds, and I just learned how to do a back to wall handstand earlier today.
Great question, Terry! First of all welcome to the channel! Let me try and break this down! For the frogstand progressions, I would hold them for about 5 reps with at least 2 mins in between before moving on to the next progression. I applaud you taking a step back to the first frog stand progression as you will likely find that that will set you up better for long term success, especially as you clearly have decent overhead pressing strength judging by the volume of pike push ups you can do (many struggle to hit 5). The confidence will come, trust me 👊🏿 p.s. congrats you your back to wall! that is a solid WIN!!!!
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thank you Andrew for the advice! I was thinking about moving on to the standard frog stand this week because I could hold it for at most 3 seconds, but after reading your reply I think I should slow down and continue my training for a few more weeks before moving on. I really want to get the frog to handstand so I will keep pushing myself! Thank you for your videos Andrew! 🔥
Hey man.. I am a total beginner.. I can do 6 clean pullups and 15 clean pushups... I am damn interested in learning calisthenics... How to start... Pls tell me bro
@@CaliToTheCrowd big thanks to you bro❤️🙏, i am easily able to do the frog stand float now but I just have some problems with maintaining the form for a long time and also if I do it once and try to do it again after a short amount of time, my arms feel so tired after successfully managing the first one. Nonetheless I managed to improve and I will keep on improving till I reach the handstand, you're a legend!
hey i need help, i can hold this move for 90SEC: 2:47 but this move is not comfortable: 2:52 am i wrong? iam trynna to do a headstand but i cant, feel like iam weak for that pls help me, thank you.
Good question, so the frogstand at 2:47 is the incorrect way to frogstand. If you feel you need more strength, I would highly recommend spending more time on the basic frogstand first. so spend a lot of time doing the move shown here at 2:02. What this will do is get you used to actively pushing through the shoulders and get the hips nice and tall, which you will need if you ever want to progress from this point =]
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thank you. i tried yesterday the right form but the problem is that is was very painful for me about some good hours, its not comfortable, where to place my knees?
Andrew Alinda it’s a big link often ignore by those who ‘want to planche’ after watching youtube. However without nailing many other holds there is no planche
^THIS! Exactly why planche isn't even on my radar yet. Yeah, I'll throw in the odd pseudo planch push up every once in a while, but building up the stability in the shoulders and core is the priority
Andrew Alinda I think the planche should be on everyone’s radar but as the ‘end goal’ the full planche is on mine and has been for sometime 😃. I totally agree though main priority should be building up strength and shoulder stability
@@inspirethroughactionscalis6742 Agree with you both on shoulder stability and core not to mention elbow strength (straight arm strength) like when I first tried planche lean I thought my elbow was going to snap and my shoulder would dislocate. I have gradually been increasing my planche leans slowly to let my elbow tendons and ligaments strengthen (I already have a some left elbow issues so I dont want to make it worse)
Yeah that will suck for a while. Keep doing the basic frogstand, but eventually lift one foot off. The key is, you need to be focusing on pushing down with the fingertips, getting the hips, above he hands, and pushing as if you're doing a handstand push up... You obviously won't be able to do a handstand push up - but that is what should be going through your head to prevent you falling forwards! Record yourself if you can too! Reach out if you have any more questions, Davide 👊🏾
My problem is that im getting really sweaty really fast so i can't rest my knees on my hands. Because of that i feel like im doing it without any support which is way too hard for me. Any tips?
this is just what I needed! I'm starting handstand practice tomorrow so this came just in time. how long did it take you to learn the frogstand please? 🙂
Strangely I got the frogstand straight away, but this is mainly because I didn't have the fear of falling flat on my face. If you are struggling with it two things you can do are: - slow rep pike push ups get used to pushing in that position, and building strength there. If you are strong in a position you're less likely to fear it - get a pillow (for reasons mentioned in the vid) =]
I learned it after a couple of weeks. Probs started barely getting 5-10 secs mostly due to wrist pain from lack of strength. Now I am working towards 30 sec crow stands
Me: *spinning loads of plates* ah it's easy For real though, if people have questions or find the time to leave nice comments (like yours) then least I can do is drop a quick reply!
Check out my Frog To Handstand program: www.calitothecrowd.com/frog-to-handstand
dudeee thank you, I hadn't been able to do it but your advice on parallel index finger placement and elbows pointing backwards struck me, I tried it and it worked! I even held it for like 5-6 seconds before falling on my face! I am in pain right now but so happy! thanks!
That's what we're all about!!! 💪🏿 Great job! And yeah I face planted a great many times on my handstand journey 😅
This was the most detailed best frog stand tutorial ive seen yet, and ive seen many! Thanks, will subscribe!
Welcome to the channel, Erik!
This is the best video that helped me get my frog stand. The most important being creating the straight line with you body in the stand. Thanks for sharing
You're very welcome! Hope the hand balancing gains keep coming! 💪🏿
No way the frog stand too! You've got videos for everything!! Thanks Andrew, loving your channel
Haha! I try, Diego.
Glad you're enjoying the videos! =]
Thank you so much brother! I love how short and concise your tutorials are! Gonna attempt the first progression today!
How did it go?
p.s. thank you! 👊🏿
Bro, i literrally just found your channel. I've been in this thing of exercise for years and, you're giving real value here, keep it up man
Cheers Andres! And welcome to the Cali Crowd 👊🏿
I love how you broke this down, brother. Congratulations on passing 700 subscribers by the way!
Thank you!
This is a great video. I have also heard this called crow pose but I think that is more the yoga name. Please can you do a tutorial and progressions on getting into a handstand from this position? I love your channel bro
Yeah in yoga it has many names. I think in yoga, this pose is more passive though, whereas in calisthenics, this is a very active position as we are looking to build strength here.
And good shout! The frog to handstand is definitely going to be a part of my handstand progress diary
Been struggling for a couple of weeks. Saw your video. Frog stand on 2nd attempt. A perfect video. Thank you
Mate, unreal!!! Glad the video was so helpful!! 👊🏿
Good video. I keep falling forwards. Any tips?
I got you: th-cam.com/video/xGeI6vn_GWY/w-d-xo.html
You and calisthenics family basically teached me everything about the frog stand, i just want to thank you
I love that channel so much so it's high praise to be placed in the same boat as them!
Keep it going, Karen 👊🏿
@@CaliToTheCrowd thank you again very appreciated 👍
Such a good tutorial Andrew 😁 Definitely going to give this a try! 👍🏻
😁
Could you do a video on the following?:
Frog stand to handstand
Your current workout schedule would be very interesting
Other body weight fitness books u recommend ( you gave a really good review on the overcoming gravity one, would love to hear about another one if there’s any )
Your next goals since you achieved the muscle up and the l sit and working on handstand and balance
Beginner equipment
Thanks a lot for this video, really enjoyed watching.
Haha this is quite a video shopping list 😂
In answer though, you have effectively just listed out a lot of my up coming videos! Frog to handstand will 100% be a part of my handstand progress diary. I am just about to finish reading a great book; review coming soon - a very excited about that =]
as for my goals, you can take a look at my 2020 goals video. A side from that I am building strength as I have some very aggressive goals for 2021 - you'll have to wait to find out more about that though 😉
I just did it! (Held it for like less than 2 seconds but still!!) Lmho!! Im excited! Thank you young man! 🌹
This is awesome!!! Congratulations Kris!! Looking forward to hearing about longer holds!!! 💪🏿
Best tutorial for frog stand I have ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot of them!
Cheers, Sammy! Hope the froggy gains keep coming! 👊🏿
incredible
Thanks
Love this vid man defenetly gonna follow
Welcome to the Cali Crowd 👊🏿
I have been trying the frogstand for a few days but I still can't get it. I recorded myself and my hips don't come up as high as yours, how do I get them higher. sorry if this is a silly question
This is a great question!
The trick is to visualise getting your head through your arms. look at a point closer to directly below your chest. This will encourage your chin to tuck a little - this is a good thing.
Where your head goes, your hips will follow.
Again, if you don't have the confidence to do this then stick as many pillows around you until you can do it without them =]
No such thing as silly question if you get answer you require.
I try to imagine pushing my hips upward, like if I'm pushing my ass out but while in the air
@@CaliToTheCrowd this tips works!
I feel like im relying too much on resting my knees on my elbows
Very nice
Thanks!
Just discovered your videos! They are very easy to understand. I’m excited to try some skills. Always loved Calisthenics but nervous to get into as I’m not very strong.
Hi Angela! Thanks for the feedback and glad you like them!
Even if you don't feel strong now, most people struggle to appreciate how fast they can develop (myself included), keep grinding and I am sure you will be surprised as to what you can do =]
Also, welcome to the channel =]
Another great video! defo going to give this ago
Thanks, Dip! 💪🏿
Thank you bro
you're welcome 😁
your videos are an inspiration, man!
Thank you, Darren!
Great video as always man! Always hyped when I see the notification that you posted a new video!
That comment alone is crazy motivating. For what it's worth - I always get hyped for comments like yours!
great tips thanks
Glad it was helpful!
thank u for the cushion tip i just faceplanted
haha! We've all been there!
Helluva tutorial brotha✊🏽
glad you liked it, Eric!
Great video man I just did the frog stand and wanted to learn more about it
glad you foud it valuable! how long did it take you to learn the frogstand? Or did you get it straight away?
@@CaliToTheCrowd I got it in about 2 days of practicing and the next step up would be a handstand correct?
yeah that would be where I would progress to, in your situation =]
wow
Thank you!! Extremely helpful!!
No worries, Justin! Glad it helped!
HAHAH I love that you put the pillow there! Omg I've been trying to get both my legs off but I can only do one at a time 😭
That pillow gets so much abuse in my house haha! I use as a yoga blocks substitute too haha!
My girlfriend was having some issues with two legs off too. What I ended up doing was spotting her, if you can comfortably hold one leg, chances are you can do two legs with a little bit of support - I mean, I have seen your handstands - you are definitely strong af haha!
To spot her, I literally just held her hips and guided them so that they were almost stacked above her shoulders, but I imagine a wall could have done a similar job.
p.s. Rui, your handstands are ridiculously awesome so I know most of what I just said is preaching to the choir!
Would pike pushups help to build the necessary strength for this, i can do 15 push ups with good form and hold a handstand against a wall with straight arms for roughly a minute but pike push ups I'm weak at.
thank you so much!!!
you're welcome, Max
EXCELLENT VERY NICE
Thanks Uddin!
I was so scared for my face the first time I tried this 🙈
Very understandable haha! Lucky for me, half the time my face already looks like it has hit the floor (especially in the mornings!) so I have less to worry about
It hurts when my knees dig into the back of my arms, is it supposed to feel like that?
This is something we can mitigate. I go through how I'm this video 💪🏿
th-cam.com/video/agbxDsFn3dw/w-d-xo.html
Andrew, what are your best tips to getting used to the sensation of feeling the legs on the back of the arms? It’s a weird sensation? I guess with practice it became more comfortable for you?
Great question. The answer merits a video (which I'll do soon), but the quick answer is that if you are experiencing pain, record yourself to absolutely make sure that your hips directly over your hands, and the second thing is to build up your vertical pushing strength (dips, pike push ups etc.) This will ensure that more of your weight can be managed on your hands and not your knees =]
Hey Andrew, I've done some frogstands, and I was wondering how to put my knee against the tricep like you did. Because from the front, my knees are not in line with my elbow and it was the inner portion of my knee that rest on the elbow. So how can I put my kneecaps at the top of the tricep, not my inner knee? Great Vid BTW
Thanks for the compliment, Maurice =]
Great question - and it is actually something that is harder than it looks!
issues with knee position in the frogstand are usually due to hamstring flexibility. if you can't tuck your knees in close, and het the hips high, you will struggle to rest the knees on the arms.
so some quick questions:
how is your frogstand? are your hips high?
How is your pike? can you touch your feet with straight legs?
let me know the answers to these and that may give me a good clue =]
Hope you're all good, Maurice =]
It’s hip internal rotation. I have the same issue. Your hips don’t have the adequate internal rotation thus they externally rotate. Google FRC hip internal rotation! It helped me improve my hip IR a ton! It’ll have your hips buttery smooth in no time
Im not really worried about my Face but it hurts having my legs on Top of the trizeps.
Do you have any tips for that?
Yeah, I struggled with this too. Just scale it back. Work on the basic frogstand that I mention in the video, but have more weight on your feet. then over time, work up to shifting the weight onto your triceps =]
bro why are you so majestic???
haha That is the first time I have been described in this way 😂
Nice tip. Waiting for progression up to handstand!
Coming soon 😉
@@CaliToTheCrowd Hi. when I try to balance, just when I hit the balance point, my weight keep transferirng to palm instead on fingers. Just before that my weight was on fingers. any tip here?
Hi - I'm not sure why I didn't get a notification for this message - so sodry for the kate reply!
I have only just seen it. Is this for the normal Frogstand or for the frogstand with both legs of the knees?
@@CaliToTheCrowd I m only till step forgstand. Trying to find balance point but because of weight shifting to palm, I can hold only for 2 seconds. Not more than that.
@@CaliToTheCrowd Do you have any exercises for wrist that you can think of, which helps with this?
Man, it is an awesome tutorial. It worked at the first try! Lol
You're welcome, Leo! Hope this is the start of some great frog stand gains for you!!!
Hey andrew. Had a couple questions. Love your channel so far.
So I'm a newbie calisthenics/weightlifting athlete and I was wondering:
1. If you do weight lifting, how do you program your calisthenics skills with your sessions? I want to progress well in both so I was wondering if you did it and how
2. This video was a huge breakthrough for me for the frog stand. However, I feel two things that I'm inclined to think are wrong. First, my back rounds a lot more than yours does in the video. Is that wrong and if so what can I do to fix it? Second, my knees keep drifting lower to my elbows and although I feel stable, that doesn't seem right. In addition, is it fine my knees lay on the outer portion of my arm to avoid hurting my triceps? Thank you so much!
realy great questions, and ones that I intend to talk about in greater detail on this channel, but a short answer for your questions:
1. I do lift weights, but I do my calisthenics lift first then do 1 or 2 weighted exercises towards the end of my sessions
2. back rounding in teh frogstand isn't too much of an issue in my opinion. It may just indicate that your torso is long in relation to your limbs. As for your knees hurting your arms, try watching this, as it may be a strength issue: th-cam.com/video/agbxDsFn3dw/w-d-xo.html
but when I put my knees on triceps it hurts
my back is so arched when i try to do it. any suggestions on how to straighten your back?
hmmm... are your hips high in the frogstand when you do it? if so, it may be hip position. If your hips are too tucked in (posterior pelvic tilt) or your hamstrings are too tight, you will get an arch in your back. The best way to fix this would be to improve your pike. I have a video on pike flexibility that should give you everything you need to know on how to do that =]
Amazing frogstand strength. How often should you do this to learn to handstand?
By the way You haven't done a handstand progress update in ages have you learned it yet?
I personally programme in the frogstand about 3 times per week (typically into my skill work/play time on 'Push' days) =]
And yeah, the handstand progress diary is coming soon, I promise
Really good vid !
Thanks! 👊🏿
My knees don't want to come off my ellbows. What should I do to fix this? If I lean more forward, the visual line isn't straight anymore and I fall on my head lol, only then my knees naturally come off and I'm in a headstand.
A really great question. This is a question of strength.
If you're easily balancing the frog stand for north of 30 seconds, and your line is straight, then you'll need to work on deep pike push ups to get strength enough in the shoulders to get the legs off.
May thing this is about the core and legs, but it is the shoulders that we'll need to make insanely strong.
If you want, feel free to DM me on instagram with a video of your frog stand and I'll do a form review 💪🏿
I cant get my leg on my arms they are on the outside like you said not to, any tips?
I found pike push ups to be great for this problem. If we can push hard downwards, then this will relieve some of the weight from the legs on the back of the triceps.
Here's my video on pike push ups: studio.th-cam.com/users/videoAjna6AxQdtw/edit
Good luck, and keep pushing!
Hey Andrew,my frog stand is done but how can I do it on one leg while the other one is in air
It's about building applicable strength =]
Try and get yourself to being able to do 10 controlled pike push ups and you'll find that you can start to push down hard enough that you can take one knee off!
This video breaks this down : th-cam.com/video/4tfCRCCjKUs/w-d-xo.html
keep going for it - you'll get there =]
I tried this several times and this is very difficult, its very painful on my triceps with my knees not even fully resting on it. What i have observed with your form though is that your flexible enough to be able to raise your hips and bend it closer to your body so i think that should be the goal first, to be able to stretch your upper body as close to your legs as possible
Really good shout, Rico and an accurate critical evaluation.
Pike flexibility does play a part in the frog stand and having the ability to raise the hips high and tuck the legs in, means that simply by virtue of the hip angle, less weight is placed on the back of the arms.
I agree, work on your flexibility, but work on your pushing strength too (wiyth pike push ups, or the z-press for example).
Hope this helps, mate!!! 👊🏿
I can currently do the frog stand with my knees next to my elbows. When I try it this way, even if both my knees and elbows are parallel, there is still and immense pressure/pain, like my knee is digging into my arm. How do I get around this
I'm such an idiot I just commited to it and my knees slipped off and I fell on my nose I don't think I can do this.
I totally missed the pillow 🤦♂️
At least you tried!!! It takes some getting used to, but the only way to get past the pain is to get stronger at overhead pushing!
I have a video detailing how here: th-cam.com/video/agbxDsFn3dw/w-d-xo.html
My knees rub my tricep area and hurts when trying to do the frogstand. I tried another variation where your knees are tucked outside of your elbows. Is there a difference between the two?
Not really to be honest. In the long run, the reliance on needing your knees to rest on anything will be redundant.
If you want more support, I am doing a review of people's frog stand videos in an upcoming youtube video, so send me a recording of your frog stand on instagram if you want 👊🏾
I'm loving the content and I just subscribed! I have a question. How many reps of 10 second holds per set do you believe is needed to move on to the standard frog stand? I've officially decided to regress to the first progression of a frog stand hold since I just tried the standard one after a while of not practicing it and almost busted my neck 😂 Well, to be honest I could never break more than 5 seconds anyway and could never figure out the form, so I guess my progress was about the same.
Also not sure if this is needed to know but I can do 8 pike pushups, can hold a semi chest to wall handstand (still trying to gain confidence and strength for full) for 25 - 30+ seconds, and I just learned how to do a back to wall handstand earlier today.
Great question, Terry!
First of all welcome to the channel!
Let me try and break this down!
For the frogstand progressions, I would hold them for about 5 reps with at least 2 mins in between before moving on to the next progression.
I applaud you taking a step back to the first frog stand progression as you will likely find that that will set you up better for long term success, especially as you clearly have decent overhead pressing strength judging by the volume of pike push ups you can do (many struggle to hit 5).
The confidence will come, trust me 👊🏿
p.s. congrats you your back to wall! that is a solid WIN!!!!
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thank you Andrew for the advice! I was thinking about moving on to the standard frog stand this week because I could hold it for at most 3 seconds, but after reading your reply I think I should slow down and continue my training for a few more weeks before moving on. I really want to get the frog to handstand so I will keep pushing myself! Thank you for your videos Andrew! 🔥
Hey man.. I am a total beginner.. I can do 6 clean pullups and 15 clean pushups... I am damn interested in learning calisthenics... How to start... Pls tell me bro
sure! check out my video on starting calisthenics for absolute beginners - that will be a good place to start 💪🏿
@@CaliToTheCrowd ok man.. I am from India 😊😊🇮🇳
I've been training this for over a week now and all I can do is lift one leg off my elbow barely, is that good progress?
Yeah progress will be quite slow, but it does come with practice. Hope you get there soon Youssef!
@@CaliToTheCrowd big thanks to you bro❤️🙏, i am easily able to do the frog stand float now but I just have some problems with maintaining the form for a long time and also if I do it once and try to do it again after a short amount of time, my arms feel so tired after successfully managing the first one. Nonetheless I managed to improve and I will keep on improving till I reach the handstand, you're a legend!
hey i need help, i can hold this move for 90SEC: 2:47 but this move is not comfortable: 2:52
am i wrong? iam trynna to do a headstand but i cant, feel like iam weak for that
pls help me, thank you.
Good question, so the frogstand at 2:47 is the incorrect way to frogstand. If you feel you need more strength, I would highly recommend spending more time on the basic frogstand first. so spend a lot of time doing the move shown here at 2:02. What this will do is get you used to actively pushing through the shoulders and get the hips nice and tall, which you will need if you ever want to progress from this point =]
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thank you. i tried yesterday the right form but the problem is that is was very painful for me about some good hours, its not comfortable, where to place my knees?
great tutorial ive just manged to frog stand for 60 seconds beacause of you, thank you im going to sub
This makes me so happy, man! 60 seconds is such a good hold time! ⏳💪🏿
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I started doing 2 push ups a day 2 to 3 to 5 to 8 to 10 until i can lift my body and now its getting better im at frog stand
That's quality! How long are you able to hold a frogstand for now?
@@CaliToTheCrowd 10sec
@@CaliToTheCrowd ops its 24sec and 13 push up for now
mate i try it with no end and all the time fall forward.. think on move to tuck planche..
my hands
Gets hit and its painful
i over the vid again and i hold 6s. ty
Glad it helped! if you want longer hold times try and focus on getting your wrists nice and flexible too 💪🏿
nice video bro- fundamental hold everyone should nailed
I know, right! It lays deep roots for everything from handstands to planche. Absolutely love it
Andrew Alinda it’s a big link often ignore by those who ‘want to planche’ after watching youtube. However without nailing many other holds there is no planche
^THIS!
Exactly why planche isn't even on my radar yet. Yeah, I'll throw in the odd pseudo planch push up every once in a while, but building up the stability in the shoulders and core is the priority
Andrew Alinda I think the planche should be on everyone’s radar but as the ‘end goal’ the full planche is on mine and has been for sometime 😃. I totally agree though main priority should be building up strength and shoulder stability
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Agree with you both on shoulder stability and core not to mention elbow strength (straight arm strength) like when I first tried planche lean I thought my elbow was going to snap and my shoulder would dislocate. I have gradually been increasing my planche leans slowly to let my elbow tendons and ligaments strengthen (I already have a some left elbow issues so I dont want to make it worse)
I dont know why but when i do this i cant take up both foot together without fallo back
Fall*
Yeah that will suck for a while. Keep doing the basic frogstand, but eventually lift one foot off.
The key is, you need to be
focusing on pushing down with the fingertips, getting the hips, above he hands, and pushing as if you're doing a handstand push up... You obviously won't be able to do a handstand push up - but that is what should be going through your head to prevent you falling forwards!
Record yourself if you can too!
Reach out if you have any more questions, Davide 👊🏾
How can I stop the pain on my elbow
Hey, Adativ, I've already made a video on exactly this: th-cam.com/video/agbxDsFn3dw/w-d-xo.html
My problem is that im getting really sweaty really fast so i can't rest my knees on my hands. Because of that i feel like im doing it without any support which is way too hard for me. Any tips?
Try doing it with a long sleeved shirt and joggers - hopefully the friction from clothes will help with holding the frog stand =]
Do frogstand build muscle?
Not particularly. It is more for building skill 💪🏿
this is just what I needed! I'm starting handstand practice tomorrow so this came just in time. how long did it take you to learn the frogstand please? 🙂
Strangely I got the frogstand straight away, but this is mainly because I didn't have the fear of falling flat on my face. If you are struggling with it two things you can do are:
- slow rep pike push ups get used to pushing in that position, and building strength there. If you are strong in a position you're less likely to fear it
- get a pillow (for reasons mentioned in the vid)
=]
I learned it after a couple of weeks. Probs started barely getting 5-10 secs mostly due to wrist pain from lack of strength. Now I am working towards 30 sec crow stands
@@riconater2000 that is really impressive I have only just started getting the hang of it yesterday 🤣
Took me about 2 days, I could now hold it up to 5 seconds
Nice vid m8
Thanks
Dang dude, where do you find time to reply to so many comments? Nice video 👍🏽
Me: *spinning loads of plates* ah it's easy
For real though, if people have questions or find the time to leave nice comments (like yours) then least I can do is drop a quick reply!
My triceps hurt way to much tho
I actually love that half the books in your bookshelf are harry potter
His and hers Harry Potter books are a must
I love your British accent
Haha! Thank you!
I keep falling on my face lol, better than rolling over prior.
Waaay better! 😂
My elbow hurt when I rest my knee in it
hopefully this will help you =]
: th-cam.com/video/agbxDsFn3dw/w-d-xo.html
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Why was I told frogstand was supposed to be straight arm bruh
That's crane pose, bruh 🏗🦩
@@CaliToTheCrowd oh well Ima try to learn the real frogstand now
Good luck and let me know how it goes!
👊🏿
@@CaliToTheCrowd Thanks
damn i should’ve put the pillow down… ouch
haha! Hope you heal up and get the frog stand soon!
It's not for beginners...
I ate my carpet 4 times.
hahaha! How did it taste?
In all seriousness though, hope you get the strength to do this soon - good hustle!