Insanely strong wonder tot Giuliano Stroe in Romania continues to beast up.
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Yep. That Cross was WAY LOW. … Cheater. 🙂
(via – All Things Gym)
His wimpy little brother Claudio is only doing Straddle L Sit 1 Arm Press series. 🙂
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Coach Sommer of GymnasticBodies.com responds:
… … “The iron cross is quite damaging for physically immature prepubescent athletes to train seriously.
Allan Bower’s younger brother Alex was also capable of holding an iron cross at 8 years old. However he was only allowed to “play” with it occasionally. Yes, he was talented enough that he could have competed both an iron cross and a maltese, however this short term glory would have been at the expense of the rest of his career.
Premature exposure to iron cross training will significantly damage growth plates in the elbow and greatly decrease the mobility of the ligaments in the shoulder girdle. Especially problematic here is that the damage to the elbow will often not manifest itself as pain until the athlete begins their adolescent growth spurt. The shoulder girdle mobility problem will also be further exacerbated during the athlete’s pubescent growth spurt resulting in a substantial loss of ROM.
The solution? While prepubescent, the athlete should focus on flexibility, mastering the basic FBEs (fundamental bodyweight exercises) and then increasing strength endurance. In terms of ring specific strength, the primary focus should be on ring handstands, lock arm press handstands and planche development until the athlete has either completed puberty or is approximately 16 years old.” …
That’s from a thread on the Gymnastic Bodies forum.
This is a father pushing kids harder for strength than I’ve ever seen before. Seems inevitable that something will go wrong, sooner or later.
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