backward uprise on P Bars strength

Great drill for beginners.

Scott Burns from California Sport Center shows a drill to develop this unique strength.

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record 26 muscle-ups

via TKO

Extreme feat of strength.

OFFICIAL World Muscle-Up record on 4th Jan 2010. All the necessarry officials witnessed it, and a small crowd, the video was officially evaluated & APPROVED by Guinness on 13 March 2010. …

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marcusbondi.com

Note: I tried to check on this record on the Guinness site. No results for the search “Marcus Bondi”. Leave a comment if you can verify. It’s more likely under the name of the athlete.

Here is the Guinness link:

The most consecutive muscle ups performed is 25 by Jarryd Rubinstein (Australia) at Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 4 January 2010.

Blokes. Get out and beat that record. … No “kippiing”.

Is the record 25 or 26?

free Tammy Biggs gymnastics seminar

From Alison Arnold via email:

FREE sample of our LIVE ONLINE coaches seminar with Tammy Biggs teaching “Training For Speed and Cardio” on Tuesday, July 13th at 6pm PST/9pm EST.

To get a personal invite for yourself, all you need to do is email andrea@docaliarnold.com

If you like that FREE session, consider registering for the next Session on USAproject2012.com

Belenky – Stutz drill

From the 2008 Jr MAG Tirrenia training camp, hosted by the European Union of Gymnastics held in Italy every year.

Clinician Valery Belenky.

Click PLAY or watch a clinic excerpt on YouTube.

See more videos like this on the excellent Gym Press YouTube channel.

best new gymnastics manuals

by site editor Rick McCharles

Here I am promoting the 2 best new gymnastics coaching manuals published in many years.

coaching manuals

Building the Gymnastic Body by Christopher Sommer

Championship Gymnastics by Gerald S. George, Ph.D.

I can wholeheartedly endorse both.

gymnast Jayd Lukenchuk – training

Jayd trains at Taiso, Saskatoon with coach Markos Baikas. He’s one of the young Seniors Canada is counting on in the future.

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Thanks Dean Kalyan.

UPDATE: Matthew Sparks, head coach of the Cirque show in Orlando, notes that many circus artists performing on Rope (Spanish Web/Cordes Lisse) have done this skill …Including another Canadian Gymnast, Jonathan Morin.

House of Air – trampoline gym

The Presidio of San Francisco is the fantastic urban park just across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Presidio.gov announced a great new attraction opening this summer:

… an indoor trampoline park, opens in an historic former airplane hangar.

House of Air provides aerial and physical training on trampolines, as well as trampoline dodgeball, fitness classes, and open jump time. Its grand opening, expected to be in August, …

The idea for House of Air was developed seven years ago by Dave Schaeffer and Paul McGeehan during one of many long drives back from snowboarding in Lake Tahoe. Its mission of “giving flight to the flightless,” embodied in its mascot, a penguin wearing a jetpack, is a fitting reuse for building 926, which once helped launch De Havilland DH-48 biplanes …

official website – House of Air SF

Thanks SportsGirlsPlay.com for the link.