meet fitness nut Tayler Mei

@littleTfitness on Instagram. Over 1 million followers.

Taylor started as a competitive gymnast and dancer in Ontario.

Graduated 2017 from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours BA, Kinesiology and Physical education degree. She seems to do a bit of everything now, including physical training.

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Tumbl Trak Portable Parallettes

Great for those who want to do their conditioning program while traveling.

Details.

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active hip / trunk flexibility

Artistic Preparation expert Julia Spivak recommends this drill.

Encouraging the gymnast to press forward with the hips rather than simply ARCH.

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gymnast in the library

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Photographer Albert Dessi.

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Forward Walkover progressions

A long and comprehensive video. Of course many are appropriate, as well, for Backward Walkover and combining the two.

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Andrew Vetter on Early Specialization Sport

A former gymnast, circus performer, former Gymnastics coach, today Andrew runs a business consulting strength and conditioning for athletes (mostly gymnasts).

He has some radical ideas:

Zero competitions until 10+ years of age.
FUNdations. Training with the goals of physical & motor development, but where Gymnastics routines are not the main goal.
Prioritize the “extras” (e.g. nutrition, hydration, rest, academics, and mental performance, …)
Have fun and enjoy the process over the progress

Read part 1 of his post on Medium: