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Rings L-sit musculature
February 9th, 2012 — Gymnastics, humour, physical preparation, rings
Brandon Wynn – Rings 15.750
February 4th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, rings
You’ve got to count this guy one of the favourites for London. He’s no Rings Olympic finalist, but would certainly be top 3 for USA in team. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Score looks too high to me.
Best Ring men of the strong all-arounders: Horton, Maestas, Sender, Silverstein … who else?
Rings and Pommels are the weakest apparatus for USA.
GymnasticsPlanet.co.uk – Rings
January 28th, 2012 — Blogs, Gymnastics, rings
A new Men’s Artistic Gymnastics blog from Adam Paterson (Dynamo School of Gymnastics) and Lee Woolls (City of Birmingham Gymnastics Club).
The latest news, gossip from the World of Gymnastics!
Here’s a sample video tutorial from Lee. Teaching Ring swing. (using straps or — as Lee would call them — ”loops”)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (12min)
The goal is to swing to invert cross position as efficiently as possible. The kids need learn to keep the shoulders low.
See the interesting trench pit at 7min 30sec.
Great stuff. Exactly what Edouard Iarov, former Men’s National Coach of Canada, recommends. Delay the gymnasts going for handstand until they are able to keep arms relatively straight.
This site is must follow for all serious MAG coaches. Both coaches are on twitter.
Men’s qualification wrap-up video
January 11th, 2012 — bars, beam, floor (women), Gymnastics, Olympics, rings, vault
the God Jordan Jovtchev
January 11th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, rings
The prospect of competing at a record sixth successive Olympics is not the only thing spurring Jordan Jovtchev to battle through the pain barrier this week. If the 38-year-old Bulgarian dynamo books his ticket to the London Games in July, it will also ensure the survival of his federation. …
Universal – INTERVIEW: Bulgarian federation’s future rests on Jovtchev’s shoulders
The old man looks great.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Arthur ZANETTI (BRA) – Rings
January 10th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, rings
Respect. #FIGTest12
Though Brazil lost their biggest name — Diego Hypolito — to injury, they’ve fought passionately to qualify as a team.
Click PLAY or watch the Worlds 2011 Silver medalist on YouTube.
… just as I published Arthur sat down a tumbling line. Then over-rotated dismount out-of-bounds. They do miss Diego on Floor.
Danny PINHEIRO-RODRIGUES – Rings
January 10th, 2012 — Gymnastics, rings
Likely a finalist.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
15.000 (Difficulty : 6.500; Execution : 8.500).
Love that Victorian Cross. And I’m glad he’s only doing one of them, not two as he’s used in the past.
That’s from the FIG Olympic Qualifications London 2012 (Visa Gymnastics 2012) playlist on YouTube.
Shark Steam Mop for the gym
December 27th, 2011 — bars, Gymnastics, horizontal bar, parallel bars, product endorsements, rings
Did you get one of these for Christmas?
Jay Soucy, of Evergreen Gymnastics in Lisbon, NH recommends this product for cleaning chalky mats. It’s intended for hardwood floors and other flat, smooth surfaces.
The Shark Steam Mop and replacement Cleaning Pads.
Keeping a gym clean is one of the biggest challenges for any manager.
(via gymmomentum – A NEW WAY TO CLEAN CHALK!)
Gymnastics Bodies – Miami
November 30th, 2011 — Gymnastics, physical preparation, rings
Strength guru Chris Sommer of Gymnastics Bodies is offering his popular introductory course in the Sunshine State.
“Building the Gymnastic Body” (see right hand navigation) is the reference text.
Sun Jan 22nd, 2012
Carlson Gracie Jujitsu
Miami, Florida
… for all those who wish to obtain the benefits of gymnastics strength training including fitness enthusiasts, MMA, crossfit, parkour, free running, yoga, climbing and gymnastics professionals. Beginners are absolutely welcome …
Click PLAY or watch one of his 9yr-old demonstrators on YouTube.
More Gymnastic Bodies videos on YouTube.
CHN Men’s Nat medalists
November 20th, 2011 — floor (men), Gymnastics, horizontal bar, Olympics, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings, vault
Chinese Individual Championships Apparatus Finals competition Hong Kong.
FX
Fang Hailiang 15.075(6.3)
Zhou Shixiong 14.625(6.1)
Du Wei 14.025(5.7)PH
Zhang Hongtao 15.975(6.6)
Lu Chenxi 15.45(6.4)
Fu Yu 14.9(6.4)SR
Luo Xuan 15.5(6.9)
Liu Yang 15.45(6.6)
Jian Lei 15.25(6.8)Chinese Gymnastics Blog – MAG Event Finals Results – Day 1
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Zhang Zhongbo 16.575(6.4) /15.975(7.0) – 16.275
Qu Ruiyang 15.725(7.0)/15.975(7.0) – 15.85
Huang Xi 15.85(7.0)/15.50(6.6) – 15.675PB
Dong Zhendong 15.175(6.7)
Deng Shudi 15.125(6.4)
Wang Peng 14.925(6.2)HB
1 Zhou Shixiong 15.15(6.6)
2 Deng Shudi 15.0(6.8)
3 Lu Le 14.9(6.7)Click PLAY or watch Zhang Zhongbo’s Vaults on YouTube.
Chinese Gymnastics Blog – MAG Event Finals Results – Day 2
See more results & routines via those links.
Though the Vault champion did Dragalescu, there weren’t many in the competition. And surprisingly few Yurchenko vaults. (I heard that there had been in the past several of the top gymnasts injured on Yurchenko vault landings. Some coaches don’t like that family.)
Almost every Chinese gymnast in the meet did either Kasamatsu or Handspring vault. Or both if they were trying for Finals. It’s difficult to tell the difference as Chinese coaches teach the vault from “Tinsica” (handspring with 1 hand in advance of the other). … I don’t like it. A vault should be either Tsuk or Handspring — anything in-between should be significantly deducted.
Horizontal Bar was the “weakest” apparatus. Check out the winning routine.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I saw perhaps 90% of the HBar prelim routines, counting only 1 double somersault over the Bar. No Kolman. No Pegan. …
If FIG devalues some of the skills used by Zou Kai and most Chinese, they’ll need scramble to learn new elements. A Chinese official is responsible for Horizontal Bar on the MTC, however. Let’s wait and see what happens with the next Code.
Japan could beat China in a Team Final, 3-up 3-count. But I’d still call China the favourite to win the London Olympics.
Their biggest weakness is lack of a strong AA. Ono suggests that Zhang Chenglong could get on the podium if he improved his Rings. Strategic thinkers, I’ll bet China concedes the AA medals to others, and trys to win Team and as many apparatus medals as possible.
With the smaller team size it’s not likely we’ll see Zou Kai defend his Olympic Floor and H Bar titles … but never say never. He keeps surprising me.
Videos come from Alar’s piibunina YouTube channel and results via GymChina: News on Facebook.
Alar has been flying back and forth between Europe and China following domestic competitions this year.
MAG Chinese Championships Finals
November 19th, 2011 — floor (men), Gymnastics, Olympics, pommel horse, rings
Results day 1 via GymChina: News on Facebook.
They credit piibunia.
The MAG competition was far stronger than the WAG. And deeper.
With the National team absent, they still had 90+ strong gymnasts competing. And I was told there are perhaps another 150 seniors training who did not qualify.
China is far deeper than Japan, by comparison. Deeper even than USA.
Their B and C teams could contend for Olympic team medals.
7yr-old Giuliano Iron Cross
November 18th, 2011 — Gymnastics, physical preparation, rings
Insanely strong wonder tot Giuliano Stroe in Romania continues to beast up.
Click the image below or watch it on YouTube.
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.
Rings – 1/2 twisting Guzcoghy
October 29th, 2011 — Gymnastics, rings
