Category: physical preparation

bar muscle-ups

This kid is only age-7.

Follow her on Instagram.

amazing Playground Gymnastics

No grips. 

Conditioning at the end of a long swing routine.

Savina Gabriella, from Brazil, calls this a “Street Workout“.

They have competitions called Street Workout Ultimate Battles.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

1-arm chin-ups

I’ve never seen LIVE any female do a true 1-arm pull-up.

How about climber Dinara Fakhritdinova from Russia? She started as a gymnast. Switched to climbing at age-10. Born 1992.

sprint like Coline

Coline Devillard is a vault specialist who trains sprint with Ladji Doucouré (French specialist in hurdles).

coaches should not require weigh-ins

The last time I saw a scale in a Gym was 2003. I asked that it be removed.

Unless there is some specific reason — scientific research in training, for example — there’s no need for weigh-ins at training. And there are some risks, as we’ve seen in the past.

I prefer gymnasts weigh in at home in private. Or under instructions from medical staff.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. This is the new policy of British Gymnastics.

The Teenage Brain

Recommended for coaches is a 2016 book looking at the latest research in brain development.

The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults – by Frances E Jensen & Amy Ellis Nutt 

For those of us who have forgotten 😀, teenagers are capable of incredibly bad decisions.

There’s a reason for that.

The teenage brain is not yet fully developed.

Click PLAY or watch an interview with one of the authors on YouTube.