# Front limber

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{{Short description|Gymnastics skill}}

A '''front limber''' is a [gymnastics](/source/gymnastics) skill where the [gymnast](/source/gymnast) performs a [handstand](/source/handstand), carries the momentum forward, landing in a [bridge](/source/bridge_(exercise)), and then pulls their upper body upwards, ending in a standing position.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Gymnastics: Selected Coaching Articles Officiating Techniques |date=May 1989 |publisher=American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance |isbn=0883144018 |editor-last=Niccollai |editor-first=René |location=Virginia |pages=39 |language=en|url=https://archive.org/details/gymnasticsselect0000unse}}</ref>  It is related to a [front walkover](/source/front_walkover), 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:

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

Tips: Look at hands throughout
#Land with feet about a foot apart
#Stretch back before doing a front limber
#If doing for the first time, do on to a raised surface (sofa, mat) as the back does not have to arch as much.

==Similar gymnastic skills==
*Back limber 
*[Front walkover](/source/Front_walkover), [Back walkover](/source/Back_walkover)
*[Front or back handsprings](/source/Handspring_(gymnastics))

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.gymnasticsrevolution.com/GymInteractive-Floor-Frontlimber.htm Animation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526081627/http://www.gymnasticsrevolution.com/GymInteractive-Floor-Frontlimber.htm |date=2006-05-26 }}

Category:Gymnastics elements

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