How to Skin the Cat - Beginner Calisthenics // School of Calisthenics

Kids are Monsters, literally i don't know about others but when i was 8 or 9 i could do the 'skin the cat', a move from calesthenics, and you should also know that i did absolutely nothing other than eating, sleeping, studying and pooping when i was a kid and now my fatass can't even hang onto a bar for 20 seconds.

What if you can’t rotate back forward? How do you bail safely?

My ass hurts

I did that in my childhood before even knowing it's a calisthenics exercise. I used to do that on a tree branch.

I see only 1 way to do this. How can there be more than 1 way to skin a cat?

I started self teaching myself calisthenics like 3 months ago and I randomly decided to do a backflip while hanging then returning back. I didn’t know it was a legit exercise!! Wow!!

There aren't many mentions in the comments about the name itself. Why the hell is it called To Skin the Cat? 😅

Thanks for all of this. Just started watching..

How to fix when your toes get stuck at the bar and you struggle to get in smoothly? I mean rings, but if you want to learn shrimp flip.

can you assist on question please: i can do all movement perfectly and the way i see i can do it back to starting point.However, when i done with pulling all the way when shoulders twisted at max i either release bar automatically either i can not go back all the way(also i have power to do that but smth is not clear)

I can go halfway like till I'm upside down but going beyond that scares the shit outta me....any suggestions on how to overcome that fear ?

My feet keep hitting the bar.

If you do it very controlled its a great compound exercise.

Great for shoulder stability, it also works the delts, the lat, the core the chest, and grip strength.

It definitely helps with overall confidence on the bar too.

i raise myself up a bit in like a semi pull up and then do skin the cat. is that bad or okay?

I used to do this as a kid off the bunkbed, didn't even know it was a thing.

Where can I buy that bar??

The easiest thing i can do 😅

I have completely learnt this exercise in first attempt.

Its mobility, grip strength and core

Why can't I get my feet under the bar? Any tips? I cross my feet every time :(

Can this hard the shoulder joints?

When he gets to the end of the skin the cat movement, can you keep going, in a clockwise movement, instead of going backwards, anti-clockwise? So like you are rolling continuously in a full 360 degrees

Please,help!When I'm trying to do this my legs always stuck at the bar!What can I do?

Are women able to do this exercise??? I wish I was fit enough to try aerial straps one day...

I remember being able to do this since I was a kid and I've simply never lost the ability to do it. It seems that this is a move that most healthy children should be able to do by default before years of bad posture and inactivity errode your ability to do it.

I remember when I did skin the cat and the 2nd time I may a landed on my feet the wrong way by mistake. I did that because I was scared of how I would a landed and I didn't think about how to let go and when.

Skin the cat is such a metal name

Does this work your rear delts like enough to be added to my workout routine

Help me please!
I was able to do skin the cat some time ago but when i try it now my feet touches the bar and it doesnt work :(

tried doing this on rings when I was 17 and ended up with a different element : no hands headstand

Great video, i'm scared of trying this because I need to have hands way out past my shoulders for band dislocates, I'm guessing it's a bad idea to try until I get better

I was just chilling and was playing with my bar. I tried experimenting this and turned out I actually done it in my first try.

This might have been asked before but what muscles exactly are these targeting and would you recommend adding this to a push workout if I already have 4 sets of pike push ups?

This absolutely strengthened my rear deltoids, shoulders in general and still does,, great exercise

I can do it but my feet hit the bar and I have to individually get each foot through while hanging upside down!
How do i get longer arms or make my legs shorter?

That is the most stupid exercise on the planet. You can tell it only buy looking at the people who are performing it at the gym, half crazy...

skin teh dogh

How could we do

I cant do skin the cat without support, actually its hard for me to bend core, what should I do?

I tried doing this on the garden swing set, I ended up spinning back onto my arse lol. Good thing the grass is soft.

Great content guys. One question some people says that thumbless grip is a "bad habit" for calisthenics and im feel more confortable with it. I see you using a thumbless here. Should i continue to thumbless or try to grip around the bar? Im afraid to reset my progression...

I’m not sure if I can do this

I didn’t know you needed to train to do that, because when I started for the very first day to try this sport, I was able to do that naturally, it was normal for me I never needed any training or learn I just u know did it like it was a common thing for me like walking, I am really surprised to see that this needs training

Is it possible to dislocated both your arms if you flip over and have weak shoulders or arms?

progression, please!!!

what is the name of bar you are using??