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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT ME
Hey I’m Thomas Tapp, most of you reading this book already know me and kind of my story but for
those of you that are just meeting me or checking out my stuff for the first time, I’m going to take just a
few minutes to tell you about myself and a little bit of my story.
I have an Identical twin brother, Jonathan Tapp, who looks just like me ha. We grew up in a small boring
town in Texas.. So there wasn’t much for us to do when were younger I would watch a lot of tv and play
outside.
When I was about 16 yrs. old, one summer afternoon changed my life forever.
I was surfing through the web and I came across this video interview of a Frenchman jumping across
buildings, running up walls, performing handstands off the ledge of buildings! I remember thinking to
myself, “OMG This is FREAKIN Awesome!! I have to do that!!”
It was called parkour and it sparked something in my brother and I that literally changed our lives.
So after watching this video I went outside and tried to figure out how to do it ha-ha. It started off by
jumping off my house, NOT SMART. Luckily I didn’t get injured but that’s how it started.
I began to watch more videos and I would spend hours studying the movements, the hand/foot
placements, and figure out exactly what these guys would do for each move.
Then I would go outside and try to do it! It took a lot of time and trial and error. But in this phase I
discovered tricks and techniques for learning parkour. I began to push past mental boundaries that I
didn’t even realize were there.
I implemented the training systems I took from soccer and the systems I discovered for parkour.
And just after a year of using these systems, I was able to get a TV commercial doing parkour.
Once I realized I could actually train my body to do something I thought was impossible I began doing
other things in my life I looked at as impossible. I started to learn breakdancing, strength moves, like the
HUMAN Flag, Planche, One-armed pull-up, 2 finger push-up, and more!
It was weird I never thought I would actually become one of those guys I saw on TV doing crazy stunts it
just kind of happened.
My brother and I started to do live shows, travel around for international and national commercials,
consult with publicly traded companies with parkour, teach workshops around the state, help launch a
national campaign for a new board, compete in the first RedBull AOM in the U.S., and even joined a
circus for a little while ha.
All this over just a few years, I even started my own company and started helping people all over the
world learn how to accomplish their physical goals with flips, parkour, fitness, and insane feats of
strength.
It’s as if a switch flipped and I could accomplish anything I really set my mind to.
And I want YOU to experience the same FEELING!
Through my programs I’ve helped guys from Italy, Germany, Australia, India, Hong Kong, Egypt,
Malaysia, UK, Mexico, Canada, all over the U.S. , and in many more places accomplish their parkour and
strength goals. For many it has changed their lives!
So now you know about me and where I’m coming from and let’s get started!
Are you READY?!
So you’ve made the decision and the investment to learn how to HUMAN FLAG.
Are YOU ready to go through with it?!
Very few people in the world can do this powerful feat of strength. There is a very good reason why,
First, most people think that it’s impossible to learn and they never try it 2. They don’t know the proper
technique and the system to build into it. 3. Once they get the system and know the technique they
practice it for maybe a couple of days and forget about it!
YOU have accomplished the first 2 things. This is a HUGE step. It is farther than most people go BUT you
have to get past #3. And I hate to say this but about 80% of you who are reading this book won’t even
finish reading the whole thing and won’t complete the program.
Sad but true. So before we even get started in the workouts I want to give you the tools and show you a
few things that will put you in that 20% who will Learn how to human flag.
The system is proven and it works. Now it is up to you to complete it all the way through.
I want you to get your flag and throw it all over the place
Make a promise to yourself you WILL complete this program, write it down on a sheet of paper, posted
note, your phone, put it somewhere you will see every day.
Now STOP! Pause from reading this and GO DO WHAT I JUST SAID. Once you write down your human
flag goal somewhere you will see EVERY DAY, come back and continue reading on the next page…
Ok, good now you have it written down!
I know some of you skipped through and didn’t write down your human flag goal. You’re only CHEATING
yourself, seriously go write it down. Writing your main goals down like this will help you remember
them.
Here’s another thing I would like for you to do.
Just before you go to sleep at night take 5 minutes and imagine yourself doing the flag. Imagine the
feeling you would get doing it, picture where you are doing it (on a pole, on a fence, on a tree, side of a
building) picture whose watching (you are alone, people watching, the cute girls across the street are
watching)
This is what we are going to cover in this book!
-What to look for in a pole or rail that you will be using for your flag.
-Show you the exact form and technique with the flag and specifically how we gradually build into a full
fledge HUMAN FLAG.
-Then I give you a full all out schedule you can follow to get your FLAG.
-Then I’m going to talk a little bit about the importance of renewing periods. You rest your mind and
body so your muscles can rebuild and be full of energy during your training sessions.
CHOOSE THE
RIGHT POLE
Things to Know About The Pole You Choose
Here are a few quick tips on choosing the best pole or training area for the human flag.
1. Always check the pole/rail/or area you train on.
- Make sure everything is sturdy and the pole is not about to fall apart.
2. Avoid Slanted poles
- A pole or Rail that is a little slanted one way or the other even by a few degrees can make the flag
more difficult. From my own personal experience, slightly slanted poles cause me to swing backward
and lose grip from the pole. There are ways you can keep your body from swinging around on a slanted
pole but it takes a lot more strength and wastes your energy to do. So try to find a pole that is nice and
straight.
3. Avoid Poles that move
- A pole that is NOT securely placed in the ground or if it moves around a good amount when you push
on it is not a good pole to use. When you kick up into the flag, the shifting from the pole will throw your
flag completely off. So make sure to find and use a secure pole.
4. Thinner poles are better than thick poles
- I get asked all the time, “What kind of pole is best to use?”
This might just be personal opinion but I find the skinnier the pole, the easier to flag. I find the really
wide, thick poles are much harder o flag and control.
A pole that you can have a really good grip with will be easier for you to flag on. So if you can wrap your
hand you will have way more control and grip than if you are flagging on a pole that is too wide for your
hands to wrap around.
Also I find rounded poles are more comfortable than square shaped poles.
5. The Best Thing to Flag on isn’t even a POLE
The BEST set up for a Human Flag is two horizontal bars. This positioning is more natural for your
shoulders, you can pull with more strength, and it’s easier to grip. The only downside is it’s hard to find
bars positioned like this in the urban environment. A vertical pole is more prevalent, and can be found
pretty much anywhere. Usually gymnastic gyms will have bars set up like this for exercise and then you
can look for handrails that offer this set up.
6. Fix a Slick Pole
This is a trick you can do if a pole seems slick or you keep sliding off. Get your hands damp, with a few
drops of water, sweat, or even saliva (yea pretty nasty but it works). Rub your hands together and put
your hands on the pole and rub around. The pole should get nice and grippy.
THE FLAG
“TECHNIQUE”
The Human Flag Technique
Before we start training the human flag, we need to know the proper technique! If you train with the
wrong technique you will likely damage or strain your shoulders and you will make the flag 10X harder
to develop. Then if you do learn it, you won’t be able to hold it as long as you would have if you knew
the correct form. And just like anything else once you develop a bad habit it’s hard to change it. So start off by watching this quick tutorial, at the beginning Jonathan explain the proper hand placement
and positioning on a pole.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZlZ44s944 – WATCH Flag Tutorial for Proper Hand Placement
and Technique!
If for some reason you’re not able to watch the video or you want more details read the Hand
Placement below:
Hand Placement
BOTTOM ARM: Your arms and hands will be spread out pretty wide on the pole (much wider than
shoulder width apart. Your bottom hand will be placed about waist level or a little bit lower depending
on where it feels the most comfortable. I usually place my hand much lower than my waist but I also
have long legs for my body so my waist is quiet high. The lower arm will act as a brace and your fingers
will be faced towards the ground. Make sure your thumb is wrapped around the pole. Play around with
the finger positioning on the bottom hand until you find a comfortable grip
TOP ARM: Your top arm or hand will be placed just above head level. Your hand always be wrapped
around the pole with the palm facing away from your body. NEVER have your palm facing towards your
body.
Having the (top hand) palm faced away from your body will allow you to open up your shoulders and
lock out into the flag. When your palm is faced towards you, your shoulders are not able to lock out,
making the flag a lot harder to perform and can injure your shoulder.
KICK UP: When first starting out with the flag hold, we are going to swing or kick our leg up into the
hold. This is much easier than just using your core and upper body strength to pull into it. So which ever
arm you decide to use for your brace (bottom arm) you’re going to have that foot closest to the pole.
You will use that leg to lightly jump into the air while swinging your opposite leg into the flag position.
Ex. If you have your left arm as the bottom or brace you will have your left foot closest to the pole. You
lightly jump up with your left leg and you will swing or kick your (opposite) right leg up into the flag.
Physics of The FLAG: When you hold your flag you will feel like you’re really fighting gravity with your
body. Try to even over compensate with your hold.
You are going to be pulling with your top arm
And tightening every muscle in your body Imagine your body is a board and
your arms are the pulleys.
Your bottom arm pushes, your top arm pulls.
HUMAN FLAG
TRAINING LEVELS
Train the Flag
HUMAN FLAG LEVELS
The Human flag is not something you normally pick up in a day or two. There are certain muscles that
need to be trained and built. This will take a little bit of time and you can’t just try the flag all out and
expect to get it. Unless you’re a freak of nature, the best way to train the HUMAN Flag is in LEVELS.
The first level being the beginner stage and the starting level and the 5th being the final, advanced, all
out flag level. You are going to train in one level and then attempt to move to the next level at the end
of each of your sessions.
Here are what the Levels look like:
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
LEVEL 1
Work on hand placement and form. Just work on holding your
body with correct form.
[VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbMrylQFcDU
Place hands on the pole. The top hand will ALWAYS have the palm
facing away from you. The lower arm will act as a brace and your
fingers will be faced towards the ground and make sure your thumb is
wrapped around the pole.
Play around with the finger positioning on the bottom hand until you find a
comfortable grip.
Lock out your arms both arms or have the bottom one
slightly bent. Keep good posture with your back you want it straight, no
slouching.
Play around with the hand placement get comfortable with it. Try wide grips,
narrow grip, regular grip. Figure out if you prefer your right arm on top or
leftarm.
Once you get comfortable with your hand positioning, lift up in the
air for a split second. You can hop into it also. Just get a feel for the
flag positioning. Remember to use correct form, keep you back
straight or arched, pull with the top arm and push with the bottom
arm.
Above: Proper Form To Start Your Flag
Top Hand
Bottom Hand
Super Man Raises
You can also work on the superman technique
just to get your core going. And build
confidence with the pole.
[VIDEO]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV_OWmNfnxc
LEVEL 2 Pull up with proper form to where your knees are
bent and tucked in, hold position.
You can hold in 3 different bent leg positions. Try
each of these out and choose which one feels more
comfortable on your arms and body
[VIDEO]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RZt6LV5yag
The first on is with your legs bent or tucked in front
of you.
Legs bent back – this allows your back to really
extend and arch. This hold takes more strength
because your legs are extended further out than the
other 2 bent-leg forms.
This is probably the easier of the 3 and the best
one to start out with. The legs are bent up
towards you. This puts less weight on the flag and
sets you up in the proper back and body line up
for the flag. You can also go straight from this
hold to the piked leg position just by extended
your legs up.
You can start with this position and then move to
the legs bent back or in front of you, for gradual
progression.
LEVEL 3 Kick up to pike position with legs. Then begin to perform
negative motion down
[VIDEO]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzxdSrFOOE
When you put your legs up in this piked position you will
have your stomach faced upwards toward the sky. This will
put your legs and body in a nice position to slowly lower
your legs and will make the hold easier.
LEVEL 4
Kick up to straddle leg flag and kick up to one leg
out, one leg bent flag.
The straddle leg position is great for transitioning
into the full-out flag. You will have your legs fully
extended but have them spread as wide as you
can. The wider they are the less weight your upper
body and core will have to support during the flag.
You can slowly bring your legs closer and closer
together to gradually add more weight and
perform a straight perfect flag.
[VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74u2RKaPLWs
*Note the more flexible you are with your side-splits the
wider you will be able to spread your legs for the straddle leg
flag, taking away more weight your core and upper body will
have to support.
LEVEL 5
Kick up into flag position and hold.
Then use upper body and core to lift body into
full flag position, no kick up.
[VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyBIrM6KiDY - Kick up into flag
[VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xd8HPIuugk - Use upper body and core to lift body into
full flag.
This level is by far the hardest and will take some time to develop this one well. Holding this position for
a few seconds is very good so don’t get discouraged if you can’t hold this hold longer than 5 seconds.
If you are struggling in Level #1 that is ok, this just means we need to focus on our technique, strength
building exercises and or our Fat burning diet and exercises.
The “LOCKED” Position
There is going to be a point where you will feel or reach the position where everything feels locked and
secure and you just hold with your core. This is where you can hold your flags for extended periods of
times 10secs or longer.
WORKOUT
SCHEDULE
Workout Schedule
Start off light so you don’t blow yourself out and gradually bump up the intensity. Leave at least 1 day of
rest between each session. Don’t do any other upper body exercises during the week unless it is on the
same day you do your flag training preferable after your flag exercises. We are going to make this as
simple as possible.
Develop a ritual and plan your workout times and days in advance right now.
For example: Write down and plan out the 3 days of the week you plan on exercising. So Monday,
Wednesday, Friday.
Then schedule out the exact times you are going to train. Give yourself about 1hr and 30minutes to 2hrs
of scheduled workout time. So Monday from 9:30am to 11:30am I am going to train my flag.
Try to schedule the same times for each day you train, so you keep things regular and consistent.
Make this a habit.
And promise to yourself if for some reason other than an excuse to yourself, due to an outside factor
you can’t control, If you miss a training session you will make it up on the following Saturday or Sunday
at 9:30am-11:30am.
Below is an exact schedule you can follow. I’m giving you one week of training and you are going to
repeat this for 6 weeks. I also attached a simple schedule you can print out and carry with you during
your work outs.
First test and see what level you are on.
How Many Reps Should I Do??
One of the biggest questions is how do I know if I’m training hard enough, doing enough reps, or too
many?? Do I reach a point of injuring myself or wasting muscle?
Yes, if you over work your body, you will risk causing injury and you won’t see as much muscle growth
and increase in strength. An easy way we keep ourselves from doing this is with a simple technique.
You perform your set and you stop when your reps lose the original start up pace.
For example, if you’re doing pull-ups, your first 5 might be at a nice steady pace but when you reach the
point where it takes you longer to complete the pull-up, you stop. (Make sure to work hard to keep that
same pace but once you go down from it, stop).
What Flag Level Should I train??
Each Flag training day you are going to start off with level 1, lightly tap off the ground a few times in
your flag position. Then you will move to flag level 2 and perform 3sets of 3 attempts or 2 second holds.
When you reach a flag level where you can’t hold the position for 2 full seconds (hold for the length it
takes you to say “one – Mississippi, two Mississippi”) that’s when you need to stay on that level and
focus on getting it better.
Once you can hold the flag level or hold for 2 full seconds or longer, than you can move on and begin
training the next level.
*Note During the schedule, on Fridays, we are going to attempt an all-out flag or level 5 after we are
warmed up. This will give us a feel of where we are with the flag. I also added the “Strength and Core
Building exercises” and “HIIT Training” in the schedule so if you need to develop those areas (Most of us
will likely have to develop our core and strength) then you can easily with integrate this with your
schedule.
Monday
Warm-up: [VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5KO9hb8RLg Wrist rolls (15 rolls each direction, both wrists)
Arm circles ( 5 small, 5 medium, 5 large, backward and forward)
Fingertip rubs (20 rubs)
Elbow circles (11 counter and clockwise, each elbow)
Elbow extends (11 extends, each elbow)
Hand clasps (20 hand clasps)
Pushups (10 regular pushups)
Super man (15-20 extends)
Super man side to side(15-20 extends)
Back rolls (5 backward and forward, 5 side to side)
Knee circles (15-20 circles narrow and wide, clockwise and counter-clockwise)
Light jog (30secs – 1 minute)
Air squats (15-20 squats)
Arm extensions (11 extensions each arm)
FLAG Training: Try to Make It To Each Level Level 1 (3sets of 3 taps off the ground)
Work on hand placement and form. Just work on holding your body with correct form.
Super man form, just to get your core going.
Level 2 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Pull up with proper form to where your knees are bent and tucked in, hold position
Level 3 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up to pike position with legs. Then begin to perform negative motion down
Level 4 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up into straddle leg flag position and kick up into one leg straight and one leg bent flag position.
Level 5 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up into flag position and hold
use upper body and core to lift body into full flag position, no kick up.
REST 5-10 Minutes
Strength and Core Building: Pull-ups - (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Hanging Knee/Leg Raises- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decrease)
Side to Side Leg Raises - (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decrease)
Windshield Wipers- (3sets of 10 or till rep speed decrease)
Base Plank- (3sets of 45seconds)
Right-side Plank- (3sets of 30 seconds)
Left side Plank- (3sets of 30 seconds)
HIIT Training (if needed):
Stationary Bike riding intervals
or
Shuttle runs/sprints
HIIT training: 15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
Do this for about 20 minutes or 20 rounds.
Wednesday
Warm-up: Wrist rolls (15 rolls each direction, both wrists)
Arm circles ( 5 small, 5 medium, 5 large, backward and forward)
Fingertip rubs (20 rubs)
Elbow circles (11 counter and clockwise, each elbow)
Elbow extends (11 extends, each elbow)
Hand clasps (20 hand clasps)
Pushups (10 regular pushups)
Super man (15-20 extends)
Super man side to side(15-20 extends)
Back rolls (5 backward and forward, 5 side to side)
Knee circles (15-20 circles narrow and wide, clockwise and counter-clockwise)
Light jog (30secs – 1 minute)
Air squats (15-20 squats)
Arm extensions (11 extensions each arm)
FLAG Training: Level 1 (3sets of 3 taps off the ground)
Work on hand placement and form. Just work on holding your body with correct form.
Super man form, just to get your core going.
Level 2 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Pull up with proper form to where your knees are bent and tucked in, hold position
Level 3 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up to pike position with legs. Then begin to perform negative motion down
Level 4 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up into straddle leg flag position and kick up into one leg straight and one leg bent flag position.
Level 5 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up into flag position and hold
use upper body and core to lift body into full flag position, no kick up.
REST 5-10 Minutes
Strength and Core Building: Pull-ups - (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Hanging Knee/Leg Raises- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Side to Side Leg Raises - (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Windshield Wipers- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Base Plank- (3sets of 45seconds)
Right-side Plank- (3sets of 30 seconds)
Left side Plank- (3sets of 30 seconds)
HIIT Training (if needed): Stationary Bike riding intervals
or
Shuttle runs/ sprints
HIIT training: 15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
*If you’re more advanced you can add more time for your work or have less resting time in between.
Ex. 15 seconds sprint - followed by 30 seconds rest
Or 30 seconds sprint – followed by 1:00
Do this for about 20 minutes or 20 rounds.
Friday
Warm-up: Wrist rolls (15 rolls each direction, both wrists)
Arm circles ( 5 small, 5 medium, 5 large, backward and forward)
Fingertip rubs (20 rubs)
Elbow circles (11 counter and clockwise, each elbow)
Elbow extends (11 extends, each elbow)
Hand clasps (20 hand clasps)
Pushups (10 regular pushups)
Super man (15-20 extends)
Super man side to side(15-20 extends)
Back rolls (5 backward and forward, 5 side to side)
Knee circles (15-20 circles narrow and wide, clockwise and counter-clockwise)
Light jog (30secs – 1 minute)
Air squats (15-20 squats)
Arm extensions (11 extensions each arm)
* Every Friday before we go into the levels we are going to test our flag. Try to perform the furthest
level right off the bat. Try to kick into a flag and see if you can hold.
Try this a few times then go to your level training.
FLAG Training: Level 1 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Work on hand placement and form. Just work on holding your body with correct form.
Super man form, just to get your core going.
Level 2 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Pull up with proper form to where your knees are bent and tucked in, hold position
Level 3 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up to pike position with legs. Then begin to perform negative motion down
Level 4 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up into straddle leg flag position and kick up into one leg straight and one leg bent flag position.
Level 5 (3sets of 3 attempts or holds)
Kick up into flag position and hold
use upper body and core to lift body into full flag position, no kick up.
REST 5-10 Minutes
Strength and Core Building: Pull-ups - (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Hanging Knee/Leg Raises- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Side to Side Leg Raises- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Windshield Wipers- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Base Plank- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Right-side Plank- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
Left side Plank- (3 sets of 10 or till rep speed decreases)
HIIT Training (if needed): Stationary Bike riding intervals
or
Shuttle runs or sprints
HIIT training: 15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
15 sec sprint – followed by a 45sec rest
Do this for about 20 minutes or 20 rounds.
* Repeat for 6 weeks or however long it takes for you to MASTER your flag.
**Below is a version of the flag schedule you can print out and keep with you
The “GREY ZONE”
You will likely find yourself in this zone or area for a good period of your flag training. This area is where
you can kick up to the flag or levels 2-3 , you go up into the position and immediately fall or lower down.
This can be very FRUSTRATING!! Don’t let it frustrate you. This is just part of the process. Getting past
this area takes mental strength and physical strength as well.
What happened with me is I constantly trained the flag and I would kick up to the flag and immediately
lower down or fall.
This went on for weeks!
Then one day of training, my brother was with me and I was trying to do my flag. Of course, I was doing
the same thing, kicking up to the flag position and then lowering down, Up then immediately down.
Then my brother grabbed the pole and held for about 3 seconds. It really pissed me off and I thought to
myself, “if he can do it that long, I sure can!” I grabbed the pole and went into the flag position and held
for 3-4 seconds. From that point on I could do my flag.
See I had trained enough, physically to do my flag but for some reason unconsciously my mind was
keeping me from doing it. I guess because I had never held a flag before and somewhere deep in my
head I didn’t think I was ready or capable of doing it.
I was constantly used to training by just going up then down that it was hardwired into my brain to
constantly do that.
Soo remember that when training your flag.
A lot of these insane feats of strength are mental as well as physical. You need to push very hard
mentally and truly believe and know you can accomplish it. You will have your ups and your downs. But
don’t dwell on the down days.
Rest Periods
Renewal time: eat well, drink well, low stress, let the muscles rebuild, let your mind relax, and breathe
deep and slowly, get good sleep and at good times of the night, and keep the times consistent.
Most of us are taught to work hard all the time! You’re supposed to put all you got 24/7 till you collapse.
Our body works in waves. You work and then you need to relax and rest to let your body renew, build
energy, and grow.
So we don’t want to do our flag training every day. The flag workout is very intense and puts a lot of
stress on your body. This is great! But you have to give your body time, nutrients, and rest to see fast
progress.
If you are constantly, breaking down your muscles day after day and never let them relax and rebuild
you won’t see much progress. You will find yourself working hard all the time and not seeing much
progress.
I know it seems CRAZY and counter intuitive but I found this out first hand a while back with my one arm
pull-up.
A couple of years ago I severely injured my ankle. I was out for 4- 6 months. My brother and I at that
time decided we were going to learn how to do a one-arm pull-up! We had just started working on it..
When I injured my ankle, I promised myself I would get one one-arm pull-up. Now I had all the time in
the world to train it and since my ankle was hurt that is all I could really train.
I told my brother about it and he agreed, I would probably get my one arm pull-up in no time!
So I began training pull-ups and one arm pull-ups every day, multiple times a day. I had a pull-up bar set
up in my doorway so I could train anytime I wanted.
My brother would train his one arm about 2 to 3 times a week. He was busy training other things and
doing other workouts most of the time.
So I kept at it for a few months and I saw some small progression. I was not discouraged or anything
because I knew these things take a long time and I am definitely working my a$$ off and putting in work.
Then my brother came into my room and started working his one arm. He did 1, EASILY and almost
knocked out 2 in a ROW!!! Then he did the same with the other arm!!
I was like “What the HECKK!! Man!” How did you get yours?? He told me he was just working on it hard
for about 2-3 times a week. He asked me how often I was training and I told him, “Everyday! Like 3
times a day! I can barely get halfway up with my one arm”
That is when we realized how important REST is for your muscles and how over training can actually do
more harm than good.
I changed my pull-up training to 3 times a week and I shortly got my one-arm pull-up.
Mentally Push Yourself: Believe In Yourself
I know you have heard this all the time but if you don’t see yourself actually being able to do the flag or
you don’t truly believe you can learn how to do the flag then your mind and body will subconsciously
keep you from learning it
Have a positive attitude! Stay positive during your training, keep your head up, and keep focused on
your ultimate goal.
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