Conditioning Tips For a Gainer

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Part of the video series: How to Do a Gainer

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Summary: Watch an expert martial artist explain conditioning tips you will need to perform a gainer in this free video clip.

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Alfred Hsing Alfred Hsing is a UCLA grad that has trained martial arts for over 9 years. He has competed at tournaments nationally and internationally. Currently a member ... read more

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Conditioning Tips For a Gainer

Now in order to do this move you need to have the right physical condition to do this, in terms of muscle to weight ratio. You have to be able to have your body be able to be lifted by your legs. And simply put, you need to have some flexibility as well within your back and your neck because you're going to be arching your back in the air. So now when you kick up as I'll show you later, you're going to arch your back so you definitely don't want to have any back pains or stiffness in the back. And a good way to do this is to either do back bends like this or you can also practice arching like this where you hold it there for a couple of minutes, and that just helps create some flexibility within the back. Now another thing that you want to note is that if you do work out your legs you can do some squats to practice some explosiveness and also you want to practice this kicking motion, which as long as you have a reasonable amount of flexibility to bring your knee up to over your waist height, then you'll be able to complete this move. Because as you kick up, you need this flexibility to bring it in so it has to be able to reach a certain height. So aside from that, as long as you're fit and in good general health then you should be able to do this move safely.