02-06-21 08:22 AM - Post#907522    

While looking for a crawling video for a friend, I found a crawl variation that's humbled me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MruMp7Wjeo

With my body horizontal as Anderson recommends, I can't even raise one hand from the floor without beginning to collapse. I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if this is incredibly hard.

02-06-21 09:39 AM - Post#907524    

Mark Cheng showed us wall cross crawls too. Here’s the link in case there’s something new for you in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz4Q_LCv8Fo

Anderson Wall Cross Crawls
02-06-21 07:09 PM - Post#907540    

Merciful heavens...

I plan on giving those a try tomorrow. My suspicion is that they are hard. Tim has a unique talent for making things look easy, the first time I attempted segmental rolls it looked nothing like Tim. It still doesn't although it's much better.

It would be interesting to see how a crawling master like Ricky01 does with this move. For myself I suspect the same result as Upwind, I'm ready to collapse just watching the video.

Edited by Upside on 02-06-21 07:09 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

Re: Anderson Wall Cross Crawls
02-06-21 11:53 PM - Post#907544    

How else do you put on your pants?

Re: Anderson Wall Cross Crawls
02-07-21 08:19 AM - Post#907549    

• Upside Said:

Haha .... former crawling master - but I appreciate the compliment.

They are hard that is for sure.

I would start with these on the floor and for variety try also:
Hand goes behind to touch opposite foot (flex at knee and extend hip)....

Take knee to the outside of the elbow (same side) and touch hand to knee there. At the top position this will really challenge your ability to breathe (there is a sort of side crunch going on and a huge amount of hip abduction).

From there try one or all of the three positions (1- hand to knee underneath body....2- hand to foot behind body....3- hand to knee outside body), with the knees just off the floor.

THEN - progress to the version in the video.

I would progress until I could do a couple of minutes AND control my breathing.

Food for thought.

Richard



Edited by Ricky01 on 02-07-21 08:28 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

02-07-21 11:55 AM - Post#907563    

A sequential approach seems to be a great idea, Ricky01. As I viewed the video again it was clear that attempting the crawl as Tim performs it would be an exercise in futility, plus, why am I doing it? Gradual increases in difficulty make more sense. Your statement about breathing resonated, am I trying this just because there is a video or am I doing this because of a desired effect/outcome? We have objectives for other facets of our training.

02-07-21 05:59 PM - Post#907579    

Another good place to start might be with medicine ball crawls.

Just put a medicine ball on the ground and push it if you’re going forwards or pull it if you’re going backwards. Preferably, one of those squishy rubber ones that doesn’t roll very well.

Try and maintain three points of contact at all times. One hand and foot on the ground and one on the ball.

02-08-21 11:57 AM - Post#907597    

The suggestions posted to help learn to do what Anderson’s doing are good. However, they have you pushing down. To keep your feet against the wall like Anderson does, you have to push back, too. I’m thinking that maybe crawling downhill headfirst and/or uphill feet first might help.

02-08-21 04:04 PM - Post#907604    

• Upwind Said:

Uphill backwards is amazing. It loads the shoulders massively and challenges your ability to breathe hugely.

Downhill forwards is soooo underated....the ability to drive yourself forwards whilst at the same time putting the breaks on - so you stay in control and don't tumble forward - is really hard.

Richard

02-08-21 04:49 PM - Post#907607    

• Ricky01 Said:

Good to know. I'm looking forward to trying them once a couple feet of snow melts, and the ground thaws.

02-09-21 03:00 AM - Post#907620    

• Upwind Said:

Wow wow wow .. 'waiting' until ot melts back?! No no no my friend - the joy in crawling doesn't just come from the challenging gait pattern work, but the connection to the world around you. Get some gloves on and get out in the snow haha.

I was once on the hill near my house (where I backwards crawl). Mid way up thr hill I was side swiped by a dog - a 6 month old collie.
The owner was both apologetic by what happened and confused by what I was doing. I just told her that it was fine .... I was 'playing' and the puppy just wanted to play too (I had this chat to her whilst continuing to crawl haha).

Richard

02-10-21 07:48 PM - Post#907664    

• Ricky01 Said:

I’ve got plenty of glove/mitten options. What I don’t have is a snorkel.

While hill crawling will have to wait awhile, most of my lower body/aerobic work for the past month has been outdoors and is probably a little unusual to many here. A few days a week I help one of my son’s friends with his maple sugaring. We walk up and down the sides of mountains tapping trees (drilling holes and inserting a tube) and working on the tubing that brings the sap from the trees down to collecting tanks.

The Percy Cerutty training videos I’ve learned about here are similar, but I don’t get sand in my shorts. My skin cancer risk is low. There are no insects to swat. The heat stroke risk is negligible. Tumbles and falls are cushioned.

I’m doing this for fun and to help a friend. However, if you’re interested in a working vacation, there are plenty of people who’ll pay you to do what I’m doing.

For those of you from warm or distant places, below is a photo of where I was earlier this week.

02-16-21 05:01 PM - Post#907902    

Wait, so the wall crawl is the one thing I can actually do? Man. All you people kick my ass in pretty much all the cool lifts and I get... this? Why not something nifty like an awesome power clean or wheels that can squat all day long? I'd even take freak flexibility. But no. "Hey baby, check it out, I can wall crawl!" Like that's going to work. Harrumph