… Sodas, juice, sugary breakfast cereals, fast food and most processed snack foods are bad for us, their proliferation corresponding historically with the national weight gain.
Fresh food costs more than junk food, which puts the poor more at risk. Children are surrounded by the siren call of unhealthful food, fad diets don’t work and real change takes time. …
… sugary soft drinks are the no. 1 source of calories in our diets,” said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “We get more calories from sodas and sugary drinks than any other individual food — cake, cookies, pizza, anything.” …
… To progressively ease into the challenge of Russian Leg Lifts, the descent may also be performed in a tuck, flat tuck, straddle or half lay in addition to the layout or straight body demonstrated in the video clip below. You may also want to consider using the same position during the ascent …
… So, we have all complained over time about the lack of natural grace to be found among the Romanians. They may be very polished and even regal, but they are rarely what we would called naturally balletic. …
At Gymnastics Adventure in Saskatchewan, kids looking for their clothes that have been left “lying around” sometimes find their missing duds hung from the top of the rope.
This is a REMINDER to put clothing away in the first place. AND is good exercise.
Go inside the training gym with the #1 ranked men’s gymnastics team in the country, University of Oklahoma.
See how they condition early in the morning and then perfect routines in the afternoon.
… Jake Dalton is the top ranked NCAA gymnast in the all around, floor, and parallel bars.
Also, last year’s Nissen Emery Award winner Steven Legendre has graduated from the team but still trains in Norman alongside his former Sooner teammates and coach Mark Williams. Both guys are training to make the 2012 US Olympic team. …
Arriving at a new gym, the very FIRST thing I did was put a handstand complex into the warm-up.
I’d say this is the most valuable 4-6min during our workout.
Tumbling Drills has a nice instructional on how to introduce wall handstand to beginners.
My go to source for physical preparation is Gymnastic Bodies. Coach Sommer literally wrote the book on the topic:
Wall handstands are your most valuable tool for learning a correct handstand. I recommend staying with them for a substantial period of time. …
To transition from wall handstands to free standing handstands, try the following drill: Perform a wall handstand with stomach to the wall. Place your wrists approximately 4-6? from the base of the wall. Keep one foot on the wall while pulling the other foot off the wall and extending that leg directly over your hips. At this time, your wrists, shoulders, hips and leg that is off the wall should be in one vertical line. Once you feel that you have achieved a strong stable position, slowly pull your supporting foot off the wall. When you lose your balance, simply catch yourself by replacing the foot on the wall and then continue on with the drill. …
Daniel Woods won the Men’s. Puccio has won every ABS Nationals comp since 2006 with the exception of 2009, when Alex Johnson won. Woods has won five of the last seven Nationals.
