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age of gymnasts at 2017 Worlds

Montreal.

… 46% of (female) gymnasts competing at the 2017 World Championships were over the age of 18. And 27% were over the age of 20 …

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Ellie Black strength training

Click PLAY or watch some work in the weight room on Twitter.

When it comes to being an athlete, it's the work you put in behind the scenes that really matters. The everyday grind of multiple workouts, exercises treatments and recovery. Welcome to #TheGrind 💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/PBzAHKZMBa

— Ellie Black (@EllieBlack_) November 30, 2018

LOW rope climb conditioning

I’m always looking for rope challenges done at low height. It’s stupid to repeatedly put young kids WAY up high.

Kyle Shewfelt once fell, for example. Happily he was OK.

Some up-and-comer named Chellsie has one for us.

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New challenge for @thegympire This one took me awhile to even consider attempting…girls have been doing it for some time but my first attempt was this week. 4 pull ups-4 steps-4second hold-4 leg lifts-4 steps down-4 pull ups @mmgym_mike recommends 4 sets, 2 with each hand beginning a pull 💪🏻

A post shared by Chellsie Memmel (@cmemmel23) on Nov 30, 2018 at 8:49am PST

tumbling & acrobatics in West Africa

It’s amazing what people can do despite having no mats or equipment. The guys here laid out woodchips to soften the earth … a bit.

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have you seen speed climbing?

Sport Climbing will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 and will feature three disciplines: speed climbing, bouldering and lead climbing. …

Reza Alipour is the world’s fastest human … vertically.

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reverse planche strength

Gymnasts do not need to be THIS strong at that range of motion, but many are not as strong as they should be for Artistic Gymnastics. Condition it specifically and progressively.

I include it with handstand training.

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