active flexibility – pike straddle

An advanced conditioning exercise.

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Chin-up lifting sister πŸ˜€

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Thanks Doug.

Netflix – Physical: 100

I highly doubt I’ll end up watching this. But it is an interesting concept.

$240,000 for the person last standing of the 100 who started.

Some have complained that the contests favour male contestants over female.

Physical: 100 is a South KoreanΒ reality competition

The show’s premise is to find the idealΒ human physiqueΒ based on many tests of performance. …

Every participant has aΒ plaster castΒ of their torso on set; if they are eliminated after a quest, they have to destroy the cast with a sledgehammer.

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Press Elbow-stand challenge

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Thanks Doug.

2023 SHIFT Symposium in June

Β The SHIFT SymposiumΒ is a 3 day online gymnastics education event.

June 23-25, 2023.

… recording every lecture, collecting every handout, and uploading them all to the course website so that people can either see the recordings or purchase the course after the weekend takes place. …

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introducing Rope Climb

For more ideas, check out a VIDEO put together by a group of coaches in 2008.

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.

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.