Mastering Handstands, Muscle-ups and Strict Gymnastics with Powerful Monkeys

By djpope

April 24, 2017

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Hey all,

This week I’m at Power Monkey Camp again.  It’s always incredibly fun and a great learning experience.  You really can’t get such an all-star cast of fitness pros anywhere else in the world.  I’ve been to all 7 camps so far and don’t plan on stopping any time soon.

In honor of camp this week I wanted to put together a little compilation of great resources I’ve learned or taken from camp over time.  Some of these little videos have been monumental for me in terms of coaching and rehabilitation.  As therapists I think sometimes we gloss over drills like these because they don’t seem applicable to our patients.  I’ve got to say that if you have a patient that wishes to return to any of these skills and you aren’t regularly utilizing drills like these then you’re missing a major part of their rehab.

1) Barbell Shrugged Podcast Video of myself and Dr. Dave Tilley with some of what we go over at camp:

2) Kipping and Body Position Drills for Muscle-ups, Pull-ups and Toes to Bar

https://www.instagram.com/p/BF3tntWKAC5/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGJtYfrqAFs/

3) Muscle-up Skills, Strength and Position Work

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLRi0PCBEyJ/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLLxeg-h7VN/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLJ-jVGhF3h/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHhVTRYBDoX/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGmE3lSKABL/

4) Olympic Lifting Drills

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTCRlO_ltWT/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTIIoi4lmys/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJBKimcgoGD/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMrisNfAsPm/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHR2NQeB50P/

One last quick one for fun:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ4TfmGDt7z/?taken-by=olychad

There you have it.  Hopefully you gleaned some good info from these videos.  If you haven’t already check out the power monkey fitness site.  Follow all of the guys in these videos and keep up the learning and doing.

Talk soon,

Dan Pope DPT, OCS, CSCS