yucky honey in the gym

Aussie gymnast Luke Wiwatowski has a blog:

… Almost without fail every gymnast that will ever compete in a senior event will apply honey to the parallel bars. …

… one may find rows of honey bottles splayed across any given competition podium for parallel bars. …

… uses maple syrup but the concept is much the same. …

Gymnasts and Honey

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I don’t like honey in the gym. It’s messy. And unsanitary.

Instead, microwave sugar water, boiling it for some seconds. Use that supersaturated solution to apply chalk. It works as well or better, and is much cleaner.