Requirement Video 2 - Dawalli

A hard go by Dawalli.

Old Videos - New Photos

Every Friday I'll be uploading new old Bar-barians clips plus new pictures to Facebook. Just uploaded two clip and a bunch of photos. Enjoy!
BAR-BARIANS FACEBOOK

Ether from Ukraine

Ether posted his sets inspired by Zakaveli and Beastmode on the Bar-forum. Check out the one arms and control he displays. Very strong individual.



Thanks to Ether

StrictlyBarTalk***ZEF-aka-Zakaveli***EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW...Pt.1

StrictlyBarTalk interviews "ZEF" Co-Founder of THE BAR-BARIANS...(one of the top teams in the Bar-Movement).and a very laid back individual ...until he hits the Bar...to show and prove...why he is a..."BAR-BARIAN...actions are best received when words underline their reality..."My last rep..is like the first...if I can't get the last like the first...I won't try to do it"..(to quote)

Bar-barians on Facebook

-New Photos
-Old Never Before Seen Video Clips
-and the Latest Bar-barians News!

It's an open group so feel free to invite others, post on the discussion board, and write on the walls. Already 177 members and growing fast!

CLICK HERE to go to the group.

Indian man inspired by monkeys and...

Spiderman movies! Never seen a climber put his arm between his legs. lol Can't believe it worked out so well! Also that risky dyno, man!

Learn the Human Flag...

but not from this guy! lol Funny video

Latest Requirement Videos

in no particular order.

PullinGravity


LMTGJ


PumpingRipper


Antokindess


and Milutinke - in training

Rejoining a Gym

So i stopped working out at commercial gyms (except for free passes ;) ) in spring 2007. Since then I've been using scaffolds, pull-up bars, and my minimally equipped home gym. Now I'm probably going to rejoin a gym. I benefitted a lot from limited access to machines, it forced me to be creative. Now though there are a lot of reasons for me to go back to the gym. Here are a few of them:

-assisted pull-up machine: I really like using these for one-arm pulling / chinning practice

-wife is too prissy for outdoor workouts, hopefully she will be able to stick with a routine better with a gym membership (I'll let you know how this works out LOL)

-dumbell pressing: I have adjustible dumbells at home but they are cumbersome, and don't get very heavy. I like to do Arnold Presses, and various dumbell cross pulls. Obviously I'm too weak to do Inverted cross pulls on the rings, but I'm trying to work that motion with dumbells. I'll do the same for maltese to planche pulls.

-Heavier single leg deadlifts: most of the time I use my home barbell for these (which goes up to about 145) and I make them harder by increasing the torque and doing them straight leg style. Now I will also progress torwards heavier weights in a more conventional ROM. I'm still going to avoid very heavy deadlifting on two legs because I feel that it puts one at too much risk of back injury.

-Unfortunately this chain of gyms does NOT have a good place to do glute ham raises. One of my favorite exercises. Maybe I will be able to rig something up.

In the comments let me know how you guys take advantage of all of the equipment at your gyms. I'm always looking for new ideas.

Metin's Requirements

3 Xs in 1 hour.

Strictly Bar Talk

Phorm's Youtube Channel where you'll be hearing from many top players in the bar-movement. Plenty of interviews coming.

Beastmode


D300 speaking on the BIGUN competition

Muscle Up Advice

We've received many emails that go something like this, "I think I'm strong enough to do muscle ups but I'm missing the technique!" Muscle ups can be achieved through momentum but immediately work towards cleaning up the form! The best thing for this type of strong individual, is full on explosive pull-ups. Forget about the chin. If you can pull yourself up to your chest or better yet the stomach, then technique/transition will not be an issue and you will make easy work out of muscle ups.

If you can already do muscle ups and are trying to correct your form, Hold a brick between your feet. The extra weight will keep your legs down and if you kick too much you'll drop the brick.

Just keep on pullin...

Despereately seeking

a video clip of a top quality one legged squat. What I mean by that is a pistol executed without momentum, forward lean, counterweight or back rounding to full depth. If you have such a link please post it in the comments. Also barefoot is preferred as heel elevation makes the movement significantly less challenging.

I would like to post the vids here so we can start establishing a standard for lower body bodyweight strength excellence.

Slow Muscle-ups -> Close to impossible

Here is a photo of legendary bodyweight strength specialist Jasper Benincasa performing what is called the Close To Impossible (CTI for short):



Supposedly this photo was not taken midswing or with Jasper standing on a block, it is a STATIC hold! Now let's put aside for a second whether or not this is true, instead lets take it as a goal (even if it is possibly unattainable). We can try to progress from a slow muscle-up on the bar torwards the CTI first by performing a slow bar muscle-up with a wider and wider grip until we are doing it with the arms almost straight and then once this becomes easy if ever we can start doing it with the arms straight and a narrower grip. Or we can try to progress from a victorian on the bar torwards this goal by gradually lowering the body whilst maintaining distance from the bar.

These progressions are too advanced to be attempted by most anyone I know anytime soon but they illustrate in a general sense another way that torque can be used to make any bodyweight exercise almost impossiblly difficult. For more on torque and bodyweight sttrength check these past posts: Generally, with regard to pistols

Livewire and friends in NYC

These guys are nuts, it was very scary and exciting to watch them do their thing in TSP:



after the jump see more from their trip and some of the Barbairians with a dedication to P