Reddit reviews Primary Gymnastics

I tried out dd to eight limbed pose (my most successful) as well as the crane transition. And I totally busted my ass trying to jump into the single legged crow one, don't think it even counts!

I have only a limited experience with lifting and yoga. I started a very basic lifting program, and found that it made me tight and bulky in a way unhelpful to my practice. However, I have had great success doing a bodyweight workout 3 times a week. Again, very basic: all different types of push-ups, chinups, pullups, dips and situps. Its made a huge difference in my practice. I've been trying to incorporate at least one gymnastics style session into the mix, for instance, I really like this one: http://www.livestrong.com/article/421544-how-to-do-a-gymnastics-workout-without-equipment/ I've also messed around with some of the old school Scandinavian gymnastics exercises that Krishnamacharya incorporated into his system of Yoga (a lot of these poses pop up in Ashtanga), there are some cool things there for strength training: http://www.amazon.com/Primary-Gymnastics-Niels-Bukh/dp/1446527352