Transform Fitness NYC

Monday Mobility Hold the line, keep the line! .... Handstands are a great total body strength and conditioning. They’re also a great way to notice what you pay attention to. . Get comfortable being uncomfortable

Today’s press handstand lesson with hand balancer @mankejan. . Keep your legs close and your scaps closer..... .... Finding the strength to press off the floor is at least doable now. Have to work on consistency. Handstands are such a great conditioning for the whole body because they exposes strength imbalances immediately. . @gymnasticbodies, @transformgst, @coachbachmann

Happy 4th of July! . There has never been a better time that we’re living in right now to think about what it means to have freedom! .... @sundayantoni, @mattmarlinski

Mobility Monday . It’s been agony waiting for gyms to reopen I had to get my stall bar fix doing this @gymnasticbodies side lever (human flag) progression on our stall bars. ... . NY is still in a holding pattern regarding gym reopens. Understandably safety against the Coronavirus is the most important consideration. . As a consequence we are working with our clients in the NYC area that request in-person training outdoors and in some cases in-home with proper protection. Our virtual training sessions and group classes will continue also. . DM us here or through @transformgst . Start the week off right with your health first! . Thanks for the inspiration @crystalhatchfitness

Online Traiming . Pressing of the keyboard into a handstand. .... Online press handstand training with one of our coaches: hand balancer @mankejan . Online training is nothing new but under our new normal it has become one of the only consistent ways to work with a coach

Stress testing my home pull up bar . My core was feeling lit from our Zoom team training w/ @evanmcopeland & @jrey_training ... . @gymnasticbodies @transformgst

Mobility Monday . Doorway pull-up bars are having their quarantine moment..... .... Pre CoVid who knew that access to pulling exercises would be so limited. Now pull up bars are absolute home gym essential if your looking for rounded strength training development. . In this case I’m using the pull up bar for an attachment point for ring dips. . There are endless possibilities with just a few good tools....

Thank you Bob Johnston for having me on your podcast to share my thoughts and experiences w/gymnastic strength training. Look forward to continuing our conversation. . https://podcasts.apple.com//gymnastics-stren/id1504785322

Flex Friday . 60lb Kettlebell pistol squat .... Pistol squats are an excellent full range of motion strength builder for the legs. They get at hard to reach areas like the lower hamstring attachment and Achilles and ankle mobility. . Make sure to add pistol squats to your leg day . Thanks: @ieatkettlebells for coaching me through this.

Handstand pike down to L-support. . Changing the shape of your body while under load in this case the weight of the body on the hands never ceases to amaze as to what takes to be strong in these positions. ... . Handstand strength is no joke

Standing thoracic extension If it looks like my back is going to split in half that is what it currently feels like in my body as I do these I learned this particular approach from @contorture. Jonathan’s approach is to keep back bends counterbalanced by stretching through the psoas.... . I struggle to keep weight consistently through my heels so I’m going slow to make sure that happens. As much as it sucks this creates balanced tension in the backbend between the front of the hips and lower back. . We teach 2 weekly classes on thoracic extension specifically. . Join us to find out more!

Check out our latest coach spotlight. . Coach Chenée De Ment

#blackpanther on the Brooklyn bridge. . Stay mobile

It feels really good to get back to training after feeling completely run over with a cold last week Thank god for drilling basics.