- What's up, elite Thenx athletes?
It's Chris Heria.
Welcome to another video of official Thenx.
Today I'm gonna show you guys how to train
with parallettes.
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Alright, so I'm gonna show you guys
how to train with parallettes.
But before we get started, let me tell you
why you need to train with parallettes.
The first reason is because you don't need
a lot of space to get shredded.
With parallettes, literally where you put them on the floor
is where you train, right there.
That means you can train in your room,
in your living room, literally anywhere.
The second reason is because training with parallettes
is a lot easier on your wrists.
It's gonna be less of a strain on your wrists.
So if the strain of your wrist is giving out
before your actual reps do, hold onto some parallettes
and you'll be able to bust out a lot more reps,
keeping you going a lot further
because of the position of your wrist.
And a lot of these exercises that you do with your hand
on the ground can be done on the parallettes
with even greater range of motion,
because of the parallettes' elevation.
And the third reason is because parallettes
are a great tool to progress onto more
harder and difficult techniques and exercises.
And the reason is because you have a grip
with way more stability and control.
It's gonna be a lot easier to add in, like I said,
more reps and apply more strength
when you have a grip versus when your hand is on the floor.
Just like it's easier when you're first starting out
to do handstands on parallettes versus on the floor,
it so goes with all the other exercises as well.
Doing planche is a lot easier on the parallettes
than doing them on the ground, and so are handstand pushups
and other more difficult movements as well.
So training on the parallettes is gonna have you add in
more repetitions, it's going to allow you to progress
onto further, more difficult exercises
because of the stability and control
when you're holding onto your grip versus while
trying to do exercises with your hands open.
So get in a lot more reps with this type of grip
and you're gonna be able to do a lot more
on and off the floor.
So now I'm gonna show you guys how to train with parallettes
with my top five favorite parallette exercises.
The first one we're gonna move into is L Sits,
then we're gonna go onto a handstand hold,
next we have handstand press, 90-degree pushups,
and we're gonna finish off with planche.
So let's start off with some L Sits,
and the reason why I chose this exercise
is because a lot of people could go right away,
start right away into this move, and you'll be using
this move through your whole entire calisthenics journey
from the beginning all the way to the end.
This move is gonna develop your endurance mainly,
and your core, of course.
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Alright, so we have a little L Sit right there.
And the cool thing about parallettes,
is that you can position these things anywhere.
So you can focus on a wide grip,
focus on a more narrow grip, focus on this grip right here,
try to focus on as many different grips as you can,
because the different grips is gonna make you
a lot better at these exercises.
This is the fundamental move of every single
other exercise that you're gonna do after this.
Being able to hold yourself up,
and also being able to activate your core,
and your grip all at the same time.
If you guys are having trouble performing this move,
you can always do it with your knees bent,
or one leg out.
Switch 'em, eventually you'll get that L Sit.
Alright, so the next exercise I have for you guys
is the handstand hold.
This move right here's gonna teach you control
and balance, and like I said about the L Sit,
same thing applies here.
You can choose any different type of grip that you want.
And that's the beauty about these parallettes.
So let's go with a wide handstand hold.
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Alright, so there we go with a wide handstand.
Holding a really wide handstand is gonna
take your handstand game to the next level,
if you can already do a handstand.
And even if you can't, remember,
hold these handstands against the wall.
And the reason why a handstand hold is one of my favorite
exercises, is because not only does it build
crazy shoulder strength and core strength,
but you're also developing a 360-degree body awareness,
and this is an exercise that's gonna follow you
from the beginning exercises all the way
to the most advanced exercises,
so it's always good to stay solid on your handstands.
Try as many different grips as you can,
really really wide, really really close,
as many different styles as you can to develop that
balance and control.
Which brings us to our next exercise,
which is handstand press.
It's gonna develop your strength and coordination.
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Alright, so that's what the
handstand press should look like.
So for the L Sit, we're really focusing on the endurance
and the grip, and for the handstand hold,
we're mainly focusing on the balance and the control
which is why the handstand press is one of my
top five favorites, because this one applies both of those
into one exercise, which develops coordination and strength.
You need the combination of your whole entire body
to work together to start performing these moves.
It's gonna develop a lot more technique as well,
which brings us to our next move,
which is 90-degree pushups.
So as you can see, in calisthenics, a lot of the things
that you learn can be applied into other movements
and into other areas and techniques as well.
Like this 90-degree pushup.
This is gonna be a combination of balance,
endurance, and grip which is gonna really focus
on your control, your strength, and your technique.
So you're gonna go from a handstand and you're gonna
try to lower yourself down by holding as tight as you can,
controlling your body, which is something
that we often struggle with when we're normally
just trying to rep out.
We just push and get those numbers in.
This exercise right here is gonna really make you
control your whole entire body, and engage all those muscles
that really need to be engaged.
You're not gonna speed through this one.
So here we go, 90-degree.
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Whoah, yeah this thing is, like, crazy slippery right here.
We still don't have the official ground in our new
Thenx studio yet, but you guys get the point.
So the next exercise I have for you guys
is ultimately my favorite exercise,
which is the full planche.
The full planche is the ultimate test
of technique and strength.
This move takes a really really long time to master,
but there are plenty of progressions that you can do
along the way with parallettes to master it,
which is why this is my favorite move to do on parallettes,
which is why you need parallettes to start training
in order to do these.
For example, you can take these parallettes
and start practicing your tucked planche.
Eventually you'll get strong enough
to hold that for a really long time.
Go into straddle,
and after consistent training and taking the proper steps,
eventually you'll be able to full planche.
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Alright guys, so there you have it.
Those are my top five favorite exercises to do
on parallettes that's gonna have you master the parallettes,
have you master calisthenics, and those are the
top three reasons why you need to start training with these
because you can literally do this anywhere.
It's a whole lot easier on your wrist,
and lastly it's a great tool to start
strengthening your control and stability.
To have you progress on into more difficult exercises.
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