strength

Yesterday a new girl (13 years) came into the gym. She never did gymnastics, never did any hanging leg raises, V-Ups etc. All she did was normal crunches amd sit-ups and a lot of L-sits and V-sits at home, because her brother and father do them a lot on their parallettes and she trained with...

Title says pretty much everything. How many leg lifts pull ups push ups chin up pullovers can the average female level 10 gymnast do? other levels would be interesting as well! thanks!

How much of the bar work (kip, clear hip, cast handstand, giant) is strength and how much is technique? My son is really strong and a great tumbler, but was not allowed to work on p bars, rings and high bar due to an growth plate issue, but now he is allowed to! He is strong, he can do a press...

Just curious. My DD (new 5) is quite strong. She can cast to HS, Kip cast HS, (both either over the bar (with straight arms) or hold in HS on the bar), press HS etc. BUT bars has never come easily for her. Last season she did "okay" scoring low 9's. Technique (body position) is good...

If a child is told to do extra conditioning and body-weight type skill work (v-sit, press handstand, etc) at home in L5 ... Assuming 3 day a week training with either 1 or 2 days off between each workout. If doing extra, is it best to do extra conditioning (in excess of what the group is...

Hello! So my dd is a level 6 and trains 3x3 hours a week. Next month, my sister will move to our village. Her daughter is the same age as mine. She is a very shy girl and had a lot of problems in socializing and stuff. The only thing that she loved was doing Kung Fu and sometimes a CrossFit...

I am a girl and actually a dancer. I got the opportunity to go abroad and attend a dance and acro school but beside flexibility they have strength requirements! The following: 20 good-form hanging leg raises 10 pull-ups 5 pull-up pull-overs (Never tried those-Sound soo hard!) straddle press to...

I coach some girls on our squad that really seem to struggle with their core/stomach muscles, we do lots of conditioning, and I know most of them eat healthy etc, does anyone have any good exercises we can try? Does anyone else find this the hardest muscle for their gymnast to form?

Gymnast hat is on but I wanted coaches' responses. I need to up my conditioning at home since my coach has decided that we don't have time to do it at practice (4x4hrs) and should be conditioning at home. I was previously just supplementing what we do in the gym, but now have to build all...

Hi, So I got two questions. I am not from the US, I come from Austria and we have very very very poor possibilities to train gymnastics here. We only have 2 gyms in the whole country that have uneven bars and the 2 best gymnasts of Austria + are probably a Level 9 USAG! My little sister who...

So I was wondering how strong are the different level gymnasts. For example at each level, what can they do? Out of curiosity, I was trying to figure out if my daughter should work on more leg lifts and chin-ups at home. She is only in level 2, age 7, but virtually all conditioning stopped...

Last year both of my girls didn't do great at their state meets. Not like last place; but not too good. This year they have both had pretty darn good years. My younger DD has had a really good year. She has placed on beam at every meet, even at meets against the tough teams in our area (the...

Since having an informal chat with dd's coach about dd she mentioned dd's strengths and weakness, it was mentioned that dd was quite flexible (this must be naturally in her as they don't do conditioning in rec) and she was very elegant on the beam, I was told she behaves well on class and has...

Twice a year I like to do a strength and flexibility report for my team girls. Im looking for a few more ideas. So far I have... Chin-ups (Connected, without touching ground, backwards hands) - Pull ups (Connected, without touching ground, forward hands) - Connected chin up pull overs -...

Dd has been told that she needs to build up strength in her arms to help her with her bar routine as she cannot swing very much before her arms give way

Hello! I've been looking EVERYWHERE for an adult gymnastics or tumbling class, and there just aren't any within a 50 mile radius. You mentioned in the meantime to work strength and flexibility. Well, the local community college offers Yoga and Ballet classes. I know Yoga is good at working your...

Both of my ankles are bad and I wear braces on both of them for practice. The braces can get annoying and I would like to practice without them but I don't want to injure myself. I also wear tiger paws and I would like to practice without them too. Any tips on strengthening my wrists and ankles??

I often wondered when gymnasts reach their peak gymnastically and/or at what age can one determine the maximum potential of a gymnast. Studies have shown that the physical peak for most humans are 23-35 (average I got from various studies). Men peak a little later then women. This peak...

Hi, Im new here, so sorry i some one already made a post like this. Okay so I was wondering what other gymnasts strengths are so I'm making a list and if any one else does too that would be great. Thanks

Hey y'all! I have recently started coaching our pre-team classes (girls ages 5-9), but I'm struggling to make strength fun. We do races all the time for cardio, and some competitions for strength, but I can't think of anything else. I'm looking for some games or new ideas to make strength fun...