[Perpendiculous]

Hello all. I am new and just recently discovered bboying through a friend at church and decided to try the basic Turtle Freeze that he showed me.

I wrestle for my high school, and to keep in shape, we usually run/sprint/squat/etc...anything concerning the legs and thighs, with little emphasis on the upper body. What I found to be overwhelmingly difficult when trying to do Turtle Freezes is that my lack of upper body strength is having a hard time supporting my weight from the naval down. I seem to have really muscular thighs and a trim calf, and my triceps are considerably larger than my biceps (I don't have a membership to a gym, nor do I lift for wrestling, so I just do pushups at home.)

In most my attempts at Turtle Freezes, the lower half of my body slants down, and raises my upper body higher, to the point where after 2 seconds of attempting the freeze, my knees hit the ground. The distribution of my body is one sided, in favor of my legs, and I can't seem to counterbalance it.

My question is...for the purpose of bboying in general, which body part should I be most concerned with overall and what exercises would you suggest in helping me tone my body to a more proportional figure/help me with my situation.

Thanks for your support.

[BBStriker]

BBoying in general requires a balanced, flexible body. Flexibility means more move coverage (larger arcs) and overall strength level measures how well you can perform different moves. The whole idea of strength training for bboying is to remember the crucial fact: your muscles must be strong enough to move the body.

This small concept contains everything you need to know. Can you do headstand pushups, for example ? Push yourself from a headstand to a handstand ? If you can't, then there's one thing you can learn. It improves shoulders and arms quickly.

Another thing that bboying requires is static muscle strength. Static strength means you can hold a muscle in tension without actively working with it. Moves like freezes make much use of these muscles. The best way to train them is to do freezes. Quite simply. Just repeat, repeat, repeat. As for the Turtle Freeze in specific, it's more of a technical move than you might realize: your body weight is balanced like a scale. If your legs weight a lot, put your elbows lower, closer to your waist, and move more of your weight over to the upper half. Do not let your butt raise up, that will just make you fall on your forehead. Move the elbows around to find a position where you can balance yourself in a relaxed, controlled manner. And remember to breathe. If you hold your breath when freezing, you're doing it wrong.

[ToMmY g]

i think arm muscles would probably be more important for bboying. like junior has a bad leg but he is still good. and handstand moves, like 90 or solar eclipse, require arm strength