Entrada de Angel

## Description

### Introduction

The Entrada De Angel is a dynamic strength movement originating from Gimbarr (a largely Colombian and Russian bodyweight sport based on contortion and acrobatic moves on a high bar). The move is extremely complicated due to the multiple variables that play a part in its the execution, thus the description of this move will only include the most common movement pattern.

### Entry

To enter the Entrada De Angel, the shoulders are put in a dislocated position and the bar is gripped with a wide gap between the wrists. A false grip is typically used to avoid wrist discomfort later in the move and also to reduce the range of motion used in the skill and to and help with elbow positioning throughout the movement. The image below is included to help visualise the starting position for the Entrada De Angel.

### Movement execution

From the entry position, the athlete then performs a pull up with the bar behind the neck to the point at which a shoulder in-location with bent arms is comfortable as depicted in the image below.

The in-location of the shoulders brings the athlete to a bent arm german hang with the elbows beneath the bar. The elbows may be flared to mimic the top half of a wide Hefesto or they can remain tucked as shown below.

The athlete will then curl themselves upwards towards the bar and end in the bottom of a wide korean dip position.

The move is completed at this point but an optional wide korean dip to get the body above the bar is often done.

## History

The first youtube video containing only an Entrada De Angel execution was posted by Gimbarr practitioner Микита Расюк on August 25th, 2012. Comments indicate that the move was relatively common at the time and that multiple athletes had performed the skill off camera or in niche corners of the internet.

As the Entrada De Angel was originally a niche Gimbarr skill it is extremely hard to pinpoint an exact date of the first recorded performance of the skill.

Nowadays many freestyle athletes like Tony Gaste enjoy performing Entrada de Angel in their rounds to bring some variety in the strength moves.

## Prerequisites

### Hefesto

The Entrada De Angel is a biceps heavy, Hefesto-type movement and a good precursor to the Entrada. However, given that the Entrada is in part mobility based, an athlete only needs the top half of a wide, tucked Hefesto to complete the move if he can execute the dislocation as high as possible. While this is arguably easier than a full range of motion Hefesto, the Hefesto is still an easy method to guarantee or at least work towards the top half of the entrada.

### Shoulder inlocation mobility

To reduce pain while performing the Entrada De angel, one should have a comfortable grasp on the techniques used in shoulder in-locates . Stick in-locations with both straight and bent arms will help with understanding the move and getting the appropriate amount of mobility to perform the skill.

## Difficulty

The Entrada De Angel gets a 3,2 score on the Burningate code of points and is thus an advanced move.

The difficulty might depend on your shoulder mobility: the higher you initially pull, the shorter the curling part is, and thus, the easier the skill.

## Notable athletes

Michal Urbanik

Luo Xuan Cheng

Zoran Pesterac

Elias Page

While not all of these athletes have the best Entrada De Angel endurance or strength, their performance of the skill is iconic.