- Mar 23, 2009
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Just wondering really!
We change our 'mass' conditioning programme every 3 months or so. By 'mass' I mean all the squad gymnasts are doing the conditioning together at the beginning of the session. We sometimes do a big circuit, other times we do it all together, very regimented, or sometimes we split the gymnasts into random groups, regardless of age or ability and send them to condition for 10 minutes on floor, vault, bars or beam, doing some general and some skill specific conditioning. We have found changing the programme every 3 months gives the gymnasts time to get used to the exercises and to learn how to perform them correctly, and it also prevents them from getting bored!
Later in the session in our age groups we do more specific conditioning for individual skills - these 'warm ups' as we call them change when they get too easy for the individual gymnast. They each have a training diary to keep a note of how many reps they should do! Some move on more quickly than others!
How often do you review your gymnast's conditioning programme?
We change our 'mass' conditioning programme every 3 months or so. By 'mass' I mean all the squad gymnasts are doing the conditioning together at the beginning of the session. We sometimes do a big circuit, other times we do it all together, very regimented, or sometimes we split the gymnasts into random groups, regardless of age or ability and send them to condition for 10 minutes on floor, vault, bars or beam, doing some general and some skill specific conditioning. We have found changing the programme every 3 months gives the gymnasts time to get used to the exercises and to learn how to perform them correctly, and it also prevents them from getting bored!
Later in the session in our age groups we do more specific conditioning for individual skills - these 'warm ups' as we call them change when they get too easy for the individual gymnast. They each have a training diary to keep a note of how many reps they should do! Some move on more quickly than others!
How often do you review your gymnast's conditioning programme?