conditioning

Random question: Is the conditioning included in practice usually adequate for what gymnasts need to be succesful, or are most doing additional conditioning at home (whether coach-assigned or self-assigned)? Obviously this would depend on the program/gym, but just wondering generally speaking...

I made my son a mushroom to go at home. He also has a bar (for pull ups, pullovers, etc.), rings, parallets and a rope. He uses these things for basic conditioning and basic skills. He is working now to move to level 5 and needs to get a kip. Any ideas of home equipment and conditioning drills...

Which conditioning exercises that specifically help bars that I can do at home? I need extreme help with bars, and I think some of it is strength and not a very good understanding of the positions I need.

I wanted to ask a question from parents of gymnasts. Are your children given conditioning or stretching home work? How do you handle it? Do you like it or would you like to leave gym in the gym and not worry about it during off days? During Christmas Holidays my team had almost 3 weeks off (I...

Not many of the gymnasts like to do 'just conditioning' are there Creative Conditioning ideas or songs that tell the gymnasts what to do. What does you gym do? Thanks!

Hi all, I have a question regarding the structure of conditioning programmes. I coach MAG up to level 7 currently, and been playing withe different structures for our conditioning programme over the last few years. What I do What I have mostly done is work with a linear periodized programme...

When conditioning do you gain more strength by doing many at once, doing the same amount but in sets, or is it equal? For example is it better to do 30 push-ups, 2 sets of 15, or is it equal?

Does anyone condition before practice? DD's HC just changed the format to do conditioning before practice, has anyone heard of this? I think maybe too many girls leaving early for homework etc. I saw my DD working floor and looked like she was tumbling in sand. I asked her about it she said...

We just today had strength testing with my girls and I'm happy they all have increased their maximum numbers but at the same time I'm a little worried. How should I organize the conditioning when the strength level of this groups varies A LOT? These are their results just to give you an idea...

How many coaches out there set home conditioning/gymmies required to do home condititioning? I've been wondering whether to set my squad gymnasts (6-7 years old) some home conditioning.. they only train twice a week, on 2 consecutive days. They have to show all 3 splits (none have all 3 yet but...

One of my gymnasts is coming in today after spraining her ankle. She can't stay away from the gym. Does anyone have a conditioning routine I can hand her to do while she is off her ankle?

Hello, Just starting the kidos off. They're 6 & 3 year old boys. I plan on having them do scaled versions of the gymnastics workouts from breakingmuscle.com, and throwing in some crossfit kids games to keep the kids engaged. Are there any other resources available for this sort of thing...

Well, I can now put to rest my questions about how much conditioning is too much and what is appropriate. 25% a week should be spent on conditioning regardless how many hrs a week a gymnast trains. 4 hrs of conditioning at one time is excessive and not benefiting anyone and opens the door to...

I know there's already a thread about this , but how much time do you really need for conditioning at practice. For the past 5 years we have had conditioning for 45 minutes ever day but now we have to condition for 2 hours out of a 4 hour practice and not just once a week every day. I really...

Hi all! My 7-year-old DD is finishing up her L2 season and moving to L3 in a few weeks. She initially started off the L2 season with a mediocre vault--getting in the mid-8s at meets. She ended the season with a 9.3 at States (and state champ in vault-something we never thought we'd see)! Now...

Let me first apologize if this topic has been beat into the ground. I did many searches before asking the question. I'm trying to see what the avg amount of a 4 hour practice 5 days a week is spent only on conditioning. How many coaches spend the same amount of conditioning each practice. Or...

I just read this in the Coach Forum but I can't reply there so I decided to open a new thread here! http://thegymnasticscoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Gedderts-Phase-Conditioning-Book-Bonus.pdf This Conditioning looks great! But it says there are 3x10 pull-ups for a Level1 and 3x20 for a...

I have a new pre-team group, girls ages 7-12 who are fresh from rec. classes. Quite a few of them have very good natural strength, but it is overall an area where they are lacking as a group. In an effort to encourage conditioning while still making it fun and helping them to see their progress...

My dd is required to do daily conditioning and has been given a book with a chart of conditioning exercies and a list of days that need to be checked off with space underneath for comments. My dd has been given the following - Splits - Right 90 secs Splits - Left 90 secs Box Splist 90 secs...

Are there any conditioning exercises that can help a young child with an overly flexible back and in general overly flexible joints? I first started reading about the spondylosis info when I joined the message board, and I worry esp as I watched DD do a series of very bendy-like back...