Mandatory:
- Wooden Rings and a place to hang them, like from a pull up bar, playground, tree, etc.
- They are so cheap nowadays, there is no excuse to not get them!
- The higher of an anchor point you could find, the more fun many exercises become, especially if you’re tall!
- Chalk to help with maintaining a false grip. You may not need it, but it definitely helps.
- Flat Aylio bands for shoulder mobility and warm up.
- If you have other kinds of bands (like the tubular ones), those will work too. But if you don’t and are looking for a recommendation, I recommend the flat Aylio bands because they are identical to the nice “Therabands” physical therapists often use but are much more affordable and it comes with 3 different resistances!
Highly recommended if wrists hurt:
- Parallettes, push up bars or parallel bars help reduce wrist limitations for the Planche and Handstand related exercises.
- Stable dumbbells can do the trick as well.
- If you’re into DIY options, here are 3 different parallette construction tutorials.
Mandatory in the latter stages:
- Strong “50lb” resistance band for assistance in planche training and back rolls on the rings.
- If you’re under 150lbs (or need less assistance eventually), you will want to get a lighter band such as this 30-50lb one.
- Ankle weights to increase difficulty for any and all exercises and help bridge the gap between FL progressions.
- If you have access to parallel bars and wide pull up bars, there are some accessory exercises in this routine that utilize them.
“Just because it’s bodyweight training, doesn’t mean it’s no-equipment training.” –Emmet Louis