A Front limber is a gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

 skill where the gymnast

Gymnast

Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...

 performs a handstand

Handstand

A handstand is the act of supporting the body in a stable, inverted vertical position by balancing on the hands. In a basic handstand the body is held straight with arms and legs fully extended, with hands spaced approximately shoulder-width apart...

, carries the momentum forward, landing in a bridge

Bridge (exercise)

Bridge is an exercise. Many variations of this exercise are employed throughout the world, most commonly the balancing of the body on the head and feet. Hands are occasionally used instead of or along with the head. It is effective in improving lower back strength...

, and then pulls their upper body upwards, ending in a standing position. It is related to a front walkover

Front walkover

A front walkover is a gymnastics manoeuver performed the exact opposite of a back walkover. To perform a front walkover the gymnast starts standing up straight with his/her arms up next to their ears. The gymnast then steps into a lunge position, thus kicking one leg up and the other following as...

, but it is a variant as both legs are carried forward at once whereas each leg is taken over separately in a walkover.

This is how it is done correctly:

1. Kick up into handstand, and hold it momentarily.
2. Push shoulders 'out' and arch your back, with feet together and toes pointed.
3. Bend knees until your feet land on the floor.
4. Immediately push the hips forward and push off the hands to stand up ending with arms overhead.

Tips: Look at hands throughout

1. Land with feet about a foot apart
2. Stretch back before doing a Front limber
3. If doing for the first time, do on to a raised surface (sofa, mat) as your back does not have to arch as much.

Similar gymnastic skills

• Back limber
• Front walkover, Back walkover
  Back walkover
  A back walkover is an acrobatic maneuver in which a person transitions from a standing position to a gymnastic back bridge and then back to a standing position again, undergoing one complete rotation of the body in the process. Back walkovers are commonly performed in a variety of athletic...
  
  
• Front or back handsprings
  Handspring (gymnastics)
  A handspring is an acrobatic move in which a person executes a complete revolution of the body by lunging headfirst from an upright position into a handstand and then pushing off from the floor with the hands so as to leap back to an upright position. Handsprings are performed in various physical...
  
  

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