You’re so humble and gentle to follow. I’m a beginner. Definitely following your methods.👍🏽 Thank you. Starting with the beginner progressions video first!
You awesome woman! It took me a couple weeks but I just did a handstand against the wall for the first time! Thank you for the tutorial! I’m excited to keep going to a free standing handstand.
Hi, Lucy! I am new to your channel, in fact I just started your Beginners Body Workout Calisthenics yesterday. What I like about your videos is that you reassure us, beginners, that you also went through this phase. You look so genuine when emphasize that it was also hard for you at first. It is comforting and encouraging. Thanks for the videos!
thank you so much for this video! i recently came across your channel and it’s what’s inspired me to start doing body weight training so i can progress into calisthenics. i was in competitive gymnastics from age 6-11 but unfortunately started having knee dislocations which cut that time short. i’ve struggled with staying engaged/challenged/motivated in my training but seeing the passion you have this really resonated for me on a level of making training “fun” again 😅 i was doing handstands earlier today and just got on to see this! thank you again for sharing your journey!
Hey Lucy! I was practicing headstand since months from this video of yours and I just did it for the first time, it felt sooo good . Thank you so much!!!
Excellent video. I have watched many other handstand teaching videos and this is one of the best. It is simple and clear. The comments are interesting and relevant. The progression proposed by Lucy is smart. I think that this video (the split handstand in particular) may finally take me to my goal; free handstand hold.
And remembering we could do this without warming up and without thinking that much when we were little kids... and now what a difference when you get older. Thanks Lucy, 49 and thinking about beggining with calisthenics now.
I want to do handstand before this year gone! Thank you so much for uploading good videos. You are my motivation :) You make my life healthier but also help my English. I think your English is easy to understand for foreigners like me. Love from Korea🥰
So glad that I found your channel. I just began my fitness and weigh loss journey, and your channel is inspirational to me. Looking forward to more videos ❤
You are so nice and explain realistic progressions so well. Thank you! Tip: your audio sounds a bit raspy. Play around with the equalizer or maybe pitch your voice a tiny bit higher.
Can you please make one on how to do a full split for beginners? I am in love with your channel (I only found you a day back). So thank you for being so inspiring.
Came here because I recently remembered doing these very easily when I was a child, tried to do it again, and fell like an ungraceful creature ass first on the floor. Now I'm kind of obsessed with it and want to gain my childhood ability back, thank you for the tutorial !
Ok ok ok.... Please keep going with calisthenics videos for girls!! It's some times that I want to try calisthenics and this is great! Regards from Italy.
Been following Lucy on ig for a while and loving her content. It's my first time doing this and I can't kick up to a handstand 😅 I skipped it and did the chest to wall for now as I find that one easier. I really want to be able to do this (and keep myself committed) so I will check in every week. Excited for this journey 😊😊 Thanks Lucy for the body positive content and being a great motivation! ❤️
I can do everything up until 10:35 🥺 granted it's my 2nd day trying to do a handstand. Just can't get rid of the fear of falling. I also feel unbalanced.. think I have to much lower body fat.
@@emogoesboom well I kept at it for about 2 months and I did improve. However I stopped because I simply got lazy. Lol. I find the hardest thing is to find my balance point. Once I achieve that my body felt weightless.
Amazing! I am a new follower of you on Instagram and am just starting to work on this. looking forward to the strength building aspect of the handstand.
Hi Lucy! I am so inspired by you right now. I've been doing 3 weighted workouts a week for some months now and wanted to try calisthenics. I ordered a pull up bar dip station which I have tried to do today with some of your progressions. My hands were the thing that let me down over my strength 🤦♀️ they are sore even with padded bars! I then moved on to this video and now my wrists are sore too! When you started out did you have sore hands and wrists? My right wrists click when I do full push ups (which I'm up to 10 now yay) so have to have my hand turned out a little so it doesn't "click" each time xx
Great Video thank you working on pullups wright now but want to be able to do an hand stand as well, Staid in pretty good shape till 65 years old but now at 72 years have lost a lot gone from being able to do 60 push ups down to 20, and can't just barely do one pull up, Hope to be doing pull ups and a hand stand come spring.
Lucy, thank you for all the great workout videos! This past two years I've been in and out of fitness and have decided on a goal of building the foundation of pure strength. I want to be able to be flexible and strong within my own body as I have lots of imbalances!! I love practicing handstands, but find myself doing it less due to wrist pain. I would love to see a video on joint care because it seems that in calisthenics you're on your hands a lot. Thank you!
3:27 PM [GOAL] Before this quarantine ends, I want to be able to at least do the wall handstand facing the wall. I will update my training everyday until the first of next month. Day 1: I can't do the wall handstand not facing the wall alone. When someone helped me, I can only hold it for so long. I did the elevated knee holds using a plastic chair for 60 seconds. I'll be practicing headstands too as I can only do it against the wall.
@@luciabalazova697 not so well. I was doing great until a few months ago. I started losing interest in everything and almost dropped out of college. I haven't exercised in a long while and I just lay around on the couch. Lethargy is real
Hi!! I'm a new fan of yours. I left a comment on your weight loss journey video if you wanna know more about my goals and current status. I saw that you do online training which I think is soooo cool!! I was wondering how much it costs in USD? I'm kind of obsessed with your beginner calisthenics video. I have to admit though, my goal is to be able to finish the video in 6 months. I struggle with just the warm up part of it right now. Progress though! I would LOVE to have a personal trainer to get me through the tough times and keep me going!
Brilliant vid thank you, I'm a complete beginner in my 70's and a bit overweight and not very fit , if I can ever work up to this it would be amazing! We are in lockdown again now with nothing else much to do ,so here goes, maybe I'll achieve something thanks to COVID ?
Not too good I was doing quite well until started getting Angina, since had 5 heart artery stents placed, but making good recovery so hope to start again ?Thanks for asking .
hi everyone i am on the journey like all of you on my hand stand. thanks Lucy for this video. i would like to add to the help the downward dog position one of my flexibility problem are the hamstring. i found easier infact not kicking with one leg but both of them so moving from squat to downward dog position. Like Lucy said you can exit from handstand lateraly or for me enter lateraly (taking of hamstring/hips problem) that is why i am advincing also my side king monkey walk lifting both my leg up. i hope this help for people not flexible like me. thank you again for video and holow position.
‘May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.’ Numbers 6:24-26 NLT
i think that after 9:00 I did something to my right shoulder... pls give tips on how to listen to my body because I really don't know how much pain is ok
very well explained, thanks. I have a couple of question, isn't callisthenics bad for the wrists? Athlean-X, the famous Jeff Cavalier says that it could stress the wrist and even though it's good to train callisthenics a person must be totally healthy to start it. a little injury will prevent one from doing it. how true is this?
Yes apparently you need to strengthen your wrists gradually, before expecting it to support so much weight and pressure. Thanks for the comment, it led me to look into the topic.
No... I have good shoulder mobility but I have clients who don’t and can do it. Just keep your arms wider on the bar or band and you’ll be able to do it!
Can you explain how do you manage the breath? And do you make the core very tight - I just topple over and just can't breathe. Thanks much for all your videos x
This took me a while to get to grips with (years), but when 'engaging' your core, imagine someone was going to hit you in the stomach and you are going to tense it and also really really squeeze your butt. Thats what you should be trying to do! It takes practice and it took me ages because every time I would breathe I would lose my balance but the key is to breathe while still tensing all the muscle in your butt, legs, core and arms. Try doing it in the face down hollow body holds! I hope this helps! xx
@@lucylismore like you mentioned...I need to practice practice practice perfectly without feeling like a fool 😄😂. Thanks much Lucy x. Will take in your advice to my question and make renewed attempts.
Is here any specifications for boys and girls? Like someone told me that girls have different workouts. But really liked your way to teach and also your finishings to the moves. Hence for whatever reasons I want to follow you. You are a teacher so you know this answer. Please reply me if possible........umm.......anyways I am following you. 👍
What if i cannot do kickup handstand but can do chest to wall with quite few inches though? I feel like i cannot do kickup like i have not enough power i just dont “fly” up to wall and cant balance my legs there. What can you suggest? Thankss
Ok, so i hope i can use this video to learn the handstand.... School wants me to do either a handstand vault, a summersault or some sort of thing on the trapeze, so i decided to start with the handstand. One problem: after about 50 min practise at school i still cannot manage to reacht the wall. I'll try again tomorrow using this video...
When you're doing the one where you're facing the wall with your chest touching the wall, how do you safely dismount? My worry is falling backwards when I don't have enough strength yet to keep myself stable. And when I put my feet on the wall for support, and potentially pushes me backward and I risk falling flat on my back. Any suggestions?
I would try "walking down" the wall, similar to how she walked up to begin with. But I've never tried this and I'm nowhere near being able to do a handstand or trying one against a wall, but that's what I thought when I watched the video.
I know this is probably too late but if you lose your balance and start to fall forward tuck your head in and do a roll out of it that way you don't hurt yourself. it's definitely happened to me before 😂
Oh! You can either walk back down the wall or if you are comfortable and flexible enough to I lower my right foot to the floor and then my left one follows!
You can also try to get into a bridge but don't do it too quickly or you will either fall on your back or your face will smash in the wall so do it slow and controled. Also you have to be flexible to do it
Hi! Thanks for the video. Question : for every step how many days should we practice them? Or can we make it at first day even if i do it wrong l. And is it OK to try to do it when I still overweight?
I need a tutorial of how to come out from a chest to wall handstand... I've made it to be really close to the wall and keep the position for nearly a minute but then when I've tried to come out I slammed the floor with my hip and knees... Ouch
Oh nooo! I hope you’re ok! I made a video on handstands recently (How I taught myself handstands) and I show how to on there! I hope it helps 😁 good luck with you handstands xxx
@@lucylismore my hip is violet and my knees are bruised but nothing broken🥲 thank you! I'll watch it and try again when I will be a little bit recovered😅
Thank you Lucy, lovely, I love calisthenics and definitely enjoy your tips and tutorials. You alone are a great motivation point! And if you are not dating, I would like to have a calisthenics date session with you 😉
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Finally, a handstand tutorial that doesn’t have “beginners” starting on the wall. Thank you so much for creating a realistic beginners tutorial!
my pride was broken today after trying this and falling on my butt in my gym today. pride is overrated anyways back at it tomorrow :)
100%... don’t worry it’s happened to me too many times to count!!! Xx
Lucy Lismore I never give up. Thank you
You’re so humble and gentle to follow. I’m a beginner. Definitely following your methods.👍🏽 Thank you. Starting with the beginner progressions video first!
You awesome woman! It took me a couple weeks but I just did a handstand against the wall for the first time! Thank you for the tutorial! I’m excited to keep going to a free standing handstand.
Yay you got this!!! X
Can you do it now
Hi, Lucy! I am new to your channel, in fact I just started your Beginners Body Workout Calisthenics yesterday. What I like about your videos is that you reassure us, beginners, that you also went through this phase. You look so genuine when emphasize that it was also hard for you at first. It is comforting and encouraging. Thanks for the videos!
You are so inspiring and beautiful inside out ✨
And you are a beautiful personal for saying that thank you so much 😘
Just discovered your channel through your transformation video. Looking forward to seeing more videos from you! You're such an inspiration
Awww thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰
thank you so much for this video! i recently came across your channel and it’s what’s inspired me to start doing body weight training so i can progress into calisthenics. i was in competitive gymnastics from age 6-11 but unfortunately started having knee dislocations which cut that time short. i’ve struggled with staying engaged/challenged/motivated in my training but seeing the passion you have this really resonated for me on a level of making training “fun” again 😅 i was doing handstands earlier today and just got on to see this! thank you again for sharing your journey!
Hey Lucy found your channel today. Learning how to handstand is one of my life goals. Like that you don't promise quick results.
Starting today, Lucy! Thank you for always be so gentle ❤️
Hey Lucy! I was practicing headstand since months from this video of yours and I just did it for the first time, it felt sooo good . Thank you so much!!!
Excellent video. I have watched many other handstand teaching videos and this is one of the best. It is simple and clear. The comments are interesting and relevant. The progression proposed by Lucy is smart. I think that this video (the split handstand in particular) may finally take me to my goal; free handstand hold.
And remembering we could do this without warming up and without thinking that much when we were little kids... and now what a difference when you get older. Thanks Lucy, 49 and thinking about beggining with calisthenics now.
I want to do handstand before this year gone! Thank you so much for uploading good videos. You are my motivation :) You make my life healthier but also help my English. I think your English is easy to understand for foreigners like me. Love from Korea🥰
Did you accomplish it??
So glad that I found your channel. I just began my fitness and weigh loss journey, and your channel is inspirational to me. Looking forward to more videos ❤
You are so nice and explain realistic progressions so well. Thank you! Tip: your audio sounds a bit raspy. Play around with the equalizer or maybe pitch your voice a tiny bit higher.
I am so grateful for your content!! I can't wait to try this because I want to accomplish this like yesterday!! Here we go, let's get it!!
Yes! Thanks Lucy! This is so helpful! I’ve always wanted to be able to do a handstand! I’m excited to practice and build up my strength!
Yay can’t wait to see it!! X
amazing way you explain your concepts
Can you please make one on how to do a full split for beginners? I am in love with your channel (I only found you a day back). So thank you for being so inspiring.
Came here because I recently remembered doing these very easily when I was a child, tried to do it again, and fell like an ungraceful creature ass first on the floor.
Now I'm kind of obsessed with it and want to gain my childhood ability back, thank you for the tutorial !
Ok ok ok.... Please keep going with calisthenics videos for girls!! It's some times that I want to try calisthenics and this is great! Regards from Italy.
Thank you. I'll definitely try this as soon as possible.
Been following Lucy on ig for a while and loving her content. It's my first time doing this and I can't kick up to a handstand 😅 I skipped it and did the chest to wall for now as I find that one easier. I really want to be able to do this (and keep myself committed) so I will check in every week. Excited for this journey 😊😊 Thanks Lucy for the body positive content and being a great motivation! ❤️
Thank you so much for something which is actually doable by beginners like me.
I can do everything up until 10:35 🥺 granted it's my 2nd day trying to do a handstand. Just can't get rid of the fear of falling. I also feel unbalanced.. think I have to much lower body fat.
how's it going?
handstands do take a lot of time. I also have fear of falling :((
@@emogoesboom well I kept at it for about 2 months and I did improve. However I stopped because I simply got lazy. Lol.
I find the hardest thing is to find my balance point. Once I achieve that my body felt weightless.
@@dnegel9546 oh..
I think it'll take me more than a year to master the perfect handstand. It's hard :(
Good luck!!
Amazing! I am a new follower of you on Instagram and am just starting to work on this. looking forward to the strength building aspect of the handstand.
Been watching a few of your videos, you have awesome energy!
Thanks. I will try your tips. I can do handstand against the wall. Now trying to stand free. 💯
Hi Lucy! I am so inspired by you right now. I've been doing 3 weighted workouts a week for some months now and wanted to try calisthenics. I ordered a pull up bar dip station which I have tried to do today with some of your progressions. My hands were the thing that let me down over my strength 🤦♀️ they are sore even with padded bars! I then moved on to this video and now my wrists are sore too! When you started out did you have sore hands and wrists? My right wrists click when I do full push ups (which I'm up to 10 now yay) so have to have my hand turned out a little so it doesn't "click" each time xx
Great Video thank you
working on pullups wright now but want to be able to do an hand stand as well, Staid in pretty good shape till 65 years old but now at 72 years have lost a lot gone from being able to do 60 push ups down to 20, and can't just barely do one pull up, Hope to be doing pull ups and a hand stand come spring.
Just subscribed and started to follow, sooo amazing and remarkable 🤗❤️
Thank you - this is excellent for true beginners!! Keep it up!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Absolutely incredible
Omgg thank you Lucy ! I really appreciate you for making this video ❤️
I can't wait to try this! Thanks so much!
Thank you
Lucy, thank you for all the great workout videos! This past two years I've been in and out of fitness and have decided on a goal of building the foundation of pure strength. I want to be able to be flexible and strong within my own body as I have lots of imbalances!! I love practicing handstands, but find myself doing it less due to wrist pain. I would love to see a video on joint care because it seems that in calisthenics you're on your hands a lot. Thank you!
Thanks for the video luv the energy n positive attitude
One of my goals for 2020
3:27 PM
[GOAL]
Before this quarantine ends, I want to be able to at least do the wall handstand facing the wall. I will update my training everyday until the first of next month.
Day 1: I can't do the wall handstand not facing the wall alone. When someone helped me, I can only hold it for so long.
I did the elevated knee holds using a plastic chair for 60 seconds. I'll be practicing headstands too as I can only do it against the wall.
How did it go
@@luciabalazova697 not so well. I was doing great until a few months ago. I started losing interest in everything and almost dropped out of college. I haven't exercised in a long while and I just lay around on the couch. Lethargy is real
@@janetheobscure3426 that’s okay, life doesn’t always go our way. It’s important to just try do your best to get back on track of everyday life :)
I love your videos! Thank you 💓
Hi!! I'm a new fan of yours. I left a comment on your weight loss journey video if you wanna know more about my goals and current status. I saw that you do online training which I think is soooo cool!! I was wondering how much it costs in USD? I'm kind of obsessed with your beginner calisthenics video. I have to admit though, my goal is to be able to finish the video in 6 months. I struggle with just the warm up part of it right now. Progress though! I would LOVE to have a personal trainer to get me through the tough times and keep me going!
Good job Lucy, not sure if I could do this but it looks so beautiful when you do it.
Brilliant vid thank you, I'm a complete beginner in my 70's and a bit overweight and not very fit , if I can ever work up to this it would be amazing! We are in lockdown again now with nothing else much to do ,so here goes, maybe I'll achieve something thanks to COVID ?
That sounds wonderful..so how was the progress?
Not too good I was doing quite well until started getting Angina, since had 5 heart artery stents placed, but making good recovery so hope to start again ?Thanks for asking .
Thank you for the Video 🥰
Thank you xx
hi everyone i am on the journey like all of you on my hand stand. thanks Lucy for this video. i would like to add to the help the downward dog position one of my flexibility problem are the hamstring. i found easier infact not kicking with one leg but both of them so moving from squat to downward dog position. Like Lucy said you can exit from handstand lateraly or for me enter lateraly (taking of hamstring/hips problem) that is why i am advincing also my side king monkey walk lifting both my leg up. i hope this help for people not flexible like me. thank you again for video and holow position.
This was a nice video girl! I think beginners will find it super helpful
you made it looks easy.. been practicing handstand for 2 months now, but no where near handstand. keep hurting my wrist.
Great video, u made this look effortless
Thankyou for the video 😁🧡
‘May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.’
Numbers 6:24-26 NLT
Very good tutorial video about handstand...
Thank you x
@@lucylismore, thanks for this tutorial the handstand is my goal for 2020 !!!
Beautiful and inspiring!!!
I’ve always wanted to learn, deffo gonna give this a go
Yay!! Good luck! xx
i think that after 9:00 I did something to my right shoulder... pls give tips on how to listen to my body because I really don't know how much pain is ok
very well explained, thanks. I have a couple of question, isn't callisthenics bad for the wrists? Athlean-X, the famous Jeff Cavalier says that it could stress the wrist and even though it's good to train callisthenics a person must be totally healthy to start it. a little injury will prevent one from doing it. how true is this?
Yes apparently you need to strengthen your wrists gradually, before expecting it to support so much weight and pressure. Thanks for the comment, it led me to look into the topic.
I’m going to try it at 45y!!
Are you double jointed to move your arms in a full circle like that? It looks impossible!
No... I have good shoulder mobility but I have clients who don’t and can do it. Just keep your arms wider on the bar or band and you’ll be able to do it!
Can you explain how do you manage the breath? And do you make the core very tight - I just topple over and just can't breathe. Thanks much for all your videos x
This took me a while to get to grips with (years), but when 'engaging' your core, imagine someone was going to hit you in the stomach and you are going to tense it and also really really squeeze your butt. Thats what you should be trying to do! It takes practice and it took me ages because every time I would breathe I would lose my balance but the key is to breathe while still tensing all the muscle in your butt, legs, core and arms. Try doing it in the face down hollow body holds! I hope this helps! xx
@@lucylismore like you mentioned...I need to practice practice practice perfectly without feeling like a fool 😄😂. Thanks much Lucy x. Will take in your advice to my question and make renewed attempts.
.. woow... it's beautiful this... I love it.. it's dificould... but... it's very nice.. ✌️
Aww thank you so much! x
Is it necessary to build strong arms first?
Which shoes do you recommend for running or for sport? you have white ones what model and brand is it? thanks
How do you come down from a handstand when your chest is right up to the wall?
next step would be walking in a handstand? haha :) thank you for the tips!
Is here any specifications for boys and girls? Like someone told me that girls have different workouts.
But really liked your way to teach and also your finishings to the moves. Hence for whatever reasons I want to follow you.
You are a teacher so you know this answer. Please reply me if possible........umm.......anyways I am following you. 👍
I’ll give this a go 😂 I am slightly scared
Will you be making more content? Would like to see more calisthenics videos! Thank you
What if i cannot do kickup handstand but can do chest to wall with quite few inches though? I feel like i cannot do kickup like i have not enough power i just dont “fly” up to wall and cant balance my legs there. What can you suggest? Thankss
Nice you line is more better than mine but just curious in terms of strength. Can your somehow do a press or hspu lowering?
Ok, so i hope i can use this video to learn the handstand.... School wants me to do either a handstand vault, a summersault or some sort of thing on the trapeze, so i decided to start with the handstand. One problem: after about 50 min practise at school i still cannot manage to reacht the wall. I'll try again tomorrow using this video...
Is this a realistic goal for the end of 2020 for someone who is not in shape? Thank you for posting this! Btw how long can you hold this pose?
How is it going?
Awesome!
When you're doing the one where you're facing the wall with your chest touching the wall, how do you safely dismount? My worry is falling backwards when I don't have enough strength yet to keep myself stable. And when I put my feet on the wall for support, and potentially pushes me backward and I risk falling flat on my back. Any suggestions?
I would try "walking down" the wall, similar to how she walked up to begin with. But I've never tried this and I'm nowhere near being able to do a handstand or trying one against a wall, but that's what I thought when I watched the video.
I know this is probably too late but if you lose your balance and start to fall forward tuck your head in and do a roll out of it that way you don't hurt yourself. it's definitely happened to me before 😂
How many sets would you recommend doing each progression?
More vídeos for beginners please!
How do you come down from the handstand, when you're up against the wall with your body with your face towards the wall?
Oh! You can either walk back down the wall or if you are comfortable and flexible enough to I lower my right foot to the floor and then my left one follows!
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You can also try to get into a bridge but don't do it too quickly or you will either fall on your back or your face will smash in the wall so do it slow and controled. Also you have to be flexible to do it
@@lucylismore When you walk back down the wall, do you move your arms away from the wall as well?
So cool 😎
Hi!
Thanks for the video. Question : for every step how many days should we practice them? Or can we make it at first day even if i do it wrong l. And is it OK to try to do it when I still overweight?
How long will it take you to do a handstand if we follow this? (Just an average estimation)
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I want to do handstands again did them as a child of 10/ 11.... 23 years ago. That's a long time but it will be fun to to learn ❤
Why I can t activate my core while doing a handstand ?
Yay. Thank you for this Video. 🥰❤😘
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I need a tutorial of how to come out from a chest to wall handstand... I've made it to be really close to the wall and keep the position for nearly a minute but then when I've tried to come out I slammed the floor with my hip and knees... Ouch
Oh nooo! I hope you’re ok! I made a video on handstands recently (How I taught myself handstands) and I show how to on there! I hope it helps 😁 good luck with you handstands xxx
@@lucylismore my hip is violet and my knees are bruised but nothing broken🥲 thank you! I'll watch it and try again when I will be a little bit recovered😅
Where are your camo leggings from?😍
This is giving me so much trouble I cannot get my back straight when doing a pike hold...
I love you
Thank you Lucy, lovely, I love calisthenics and definitely enjoy your tips and tutorials. You alone are a great motivation point! And if you are not dating, I would like to have a calisthenics date session with you 😉
Can I try this even if I’m not skinny lol
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7:55
I can do a handstand it's just that I am afraid of falling...
How tall are you ? You r beatiful and strong.
164cm thank you xx
Athletes trained from childhood teaching couch-potatoes...cute
Val Suto all you have to do is glance at the thumbnails of my other videos to see that I have never been an athlete.