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When people guesstimate the weight of female College gymnasts, they always guess low. Young women who have been doing Gymnastics for years have dense bones. Muscle is heavier denser than fat.
Fitness blogger and new Mom Kelsey Wells wanted to lose weight after she gave birth to her son. That didn’t happen.
Gymnasts try the new obstacles at Bounce Gymnastics, Michigan.
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Zari Goldmann posted a few ideas.
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When I’m putting together programs I generally schedule about 70% plyometrics (pounding) and 30% non-plyometrics.
If due to injury or growth pain gymnasts cannot do plyometric training, I’ll take them out of their conditioning program.
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General conditioning is great, especially at the end of the workout when the gymnast is tired.
But more important is the specific conditioning prescribed by the coach for the most important target skills.
Many gymnasts do too much general, not enough specific.
Johanna just competed the Deutches Turnfest in Berlin, likely the largest sporting festival and competition in the world with an attendance this year of 80,000 competitors aged 4-94.
… Today, it appears she plans to keep competing until she can’t, which may be a while because she says it’s precisely her competing that keeps her young.
‘My face is old but my heart is young’: World’s oldest gymnast still has moves at 91
I’m always looking for drills for kids who can’t yet do Press alone.
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