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Mariainlv
At J's old gym, they went 4 hrs, 4 x a week for L5. 4hrs 3x a week for L4. Her new gym is 3hrs 4x a week for L5. At the old gym they spent 1 day a week solely working on conditioning as team. Climbing rope, V ups, etc. New gym does not. I have seen no real conditioning except for the optional TOPS conditioning that is offered after practice 30 minutes 3x a week and 1 hr on Sat. J does not want to do the TOPS, as theye seperate into 3 groups, TOPS A, TOPS B and develepmental. She falls into the last category and wants to be in the other group. As a result she decided not to do TOPS training. I have no desire for her to test TOPS, but I do wonder if the conditioning would be helpful to her?
As some background she just started gymnastics a little less than a year ago and has had some sucess so part of me wonders if she doesnt want to do it because it isnt fun? Her group works on strength exclusively,while the other groups work rope climbs, casts, and presses and thats what she wants to do. Being 7 I think she does not correlate getting stronger with working on that since at the old gym they all climbed rope, worked on casts, etc.
Thoughts?
As some background she just started gymnastics a little less than a year ago and has had some sucess so part of me wonders if she doesnt want to do it because it isnt fun? Her group works on strength exclusively,while the other groups work rope climbs, casts, and presses and thats what she wants to do. Being 7 I think she does not correlate getting stronger with working on that since at the old gym they all climbed rope, worked on casts, etc.
Thoughts?