Category: physical preparation

Giada Grisetti – Bars

Wow.

A virtuoso at Stalder / Endo.

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related – Giada’s Instagram

hybrid strength & conditioning

A hybrid model of strength training that uses both general weight training and gymnastics specific body weight conditioning …

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range of motion for Handstand

Strength training at end range.

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Thanks Jeff.

Aerobics Worlds Highlights

Many of us never see FIG Aerobic Gymnastics.

Take the time now to check out extreme aerobic fitness — they never seem to breath hard — as well as unique flexibility elements.

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gymnasts on debilitating periods

Aly Raisman wrote about it.

Coach Veronique Sprenger has spent a lot of time in Africa. You might recall her study of acrobats in Kenya.

In a new post she talks about the challenges faced by girls and women in Ethiopia.

In the year that I have lived in Addis Ababa, I have never seen a tampon in a store.

I have talked to many women and most of them have told me that they always and only use pads and that they are scared of using internal products. That is okay, they do not have to use internal products if they don’t want to. But they should be well-informed about them and they should be available.

Moreover, if pads are not comfortable enough to do sports in, they must be offered an alternative that suits the context, such as period panties. …

Twisting Thoughts – Period
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJoEN_ZFTuy/

straight body cast hand drill

“Hollowback press” drills are standard Men’s conditioning. But NOT a staple of women’s artistic strength programs.

Variations of this — usually off a low height — are some of my favourite conditioning drills for straight body cast handstand on Bars.

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MUCH faster and easier than spotting kids with the faint hope that you’ll be able to withdraw the spot over time.

That’s from Chris Sommer on Gymnastic Bodies.

His strength training manual is now available as a digital edition.