Gymnastics For Meatheads
Gymnastics For Meatheads
Gymnastics For Meatheads
still benefited immensely from the challenges that these movements provide. I believe
gymnastics training provides a wonderful compliment to traditional strength training. It gets
you strong in flexion, protraction, supination “straight arm strength”; positions that are often
neglected or undervalued in normal weight lifting activities.
I didn’t bother putting these into a “program”, the idea is that you fit them in with your current
programming as you see fit. I think they work really well in either warm up series or in your
accessory/tertiary exercise slots.
Having skill components to my training is an aspect of gymnastics that I also enjoy, if you
stick with these progressions for a few months, you might do something impressive
The Progressions:
Handstand against wall (2 ways)
Handstand plate walk
Partial kick up
Gymnastics push up
Planche
L sit
Front lever
Skin the cat
Straight arm curl in hollow