conditioning

I am just wondering about how coaches develop their conditioning programs - do you consider muscle balance when planning your programs? And if so, how do you put your programs together to achieve balance? What exercises do you include for the various muscle groups? I am asking because my DD...

Spin off thread "gaining strength" Thought i would start a thread asking what you normally do in terms of strength and conditioning each training session Normally we do: Lower Body: Box Jumps (2 sets of 1 min and we must get over 55 in a minute or we do another set) Step down front saults (on...

Hi all! I'm a retired competitive swimmer (but still mostly in shape), 5'7"/138lb, and brand new to gymnastics. I'm taking an adult gym class that meets once a week, and I've noticed that whenever I go on bars, I have this awful tendency to bend my arms like crazy. I can keep them straight...

Well, my daughter injured her knee (most likely a fracture) and has been out for about 1 week with three more to go ( at least). She's a level 6. I'm trying to get ideas for what she can do for conditioning. I know..ask the coach. :rolleyes:....BUT... the first day she came in with her brace...

I'm specifically trying to get my shoulders stronger.. just to strengthen my planche conditioning. Since my coach does not condition me I have to condition myself, and figure out what to do. It is difficult to come up with new exercises. I'm in decent shape, and I'm looking to struggle a little...

I've been having some pretty bad wrist problems so I'm gonna get wrist supports. i don't want to have weak wrists like some people say, so does anyone know any good wrist conditioning??? (BTW: What does DD stand for) ;) thanks!:D

Just wondering if you guys have any techniques for conditioning at home. For example, one day I felt really motivated to do gymnastics but I couldn't do much with just a blue mat, so I did 50 of every strength I knew. Yes, 50. Push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, jumping jacks, v-sits, handstand holds...

Hey guys, I was just wondering if your coaches require you to do conditioning at home. We get a sheet that tells us what to do on which days. If so, let me know which exercises you do and how many reps or for how long. Hope to hear back from you (:

I just moved up to level 5 and I'm working on my kip. I can't get my toes all the way up to the bar. What are some conditioning exercises I can do?Thanks!

I knew we didn't go to the best gym, but I didn't really realize how bad it was until I took my daughter to a clinic at another gym the other day. The gym that I took her to is 3 hours a way so there is no chance that she will ever be able to go to that gym. The gym I took her to trains up...

Ordinarily I wouldn't be asking this as I am a developmental coach. However this is a specific case. I usually coach girls, this is for a grown man, an MMA fighter that expressed an interest in gym cross training. He got the idea from another fighter currently cross training and got workout...

I go to gym 3x a week. 3 hours each time. I used to work out at home but I just can't find the time. Do you think I need more conditioning? If yes, then how much/what kind of conditioning should I do? And should I do it on the days I already go to gym? Or just weekends? Or....? Thanks(:

I'm very curious by nature and love to know how everything works and the whys behind everything. At DD's old gym every level did a block of conditioning at the end of practice. It was the last 30 minutes of practice. DD's new gym does not do a block of conditioning, but spreads it out over...

I need to switch up my routine and add some new conditioning to my classes. I've been doing the same old original conditioning in every class and I'm sure my kids are getting tired of it. We don't have a whole lot of equiptment to use so I try to get creative but I have been having a lot of...

Hey guys about two months ago I had a petty bad fall off bars.. I rolled my left ankle out, I went to the doctor and they said it wasnt fractured, but I had dislocasted my ankle and they thought i had particaly tore two ligaments and one tendon I was put into a walking boot and therapy. I went...

Okay welll I asked this before those posts got deleted, but I was wondering what you/DD do for conditioning at home if you do so. I mostly understand doing push ups, V ups, sit ups, leg lifts, ect. But the thing is when people say like 50 push ups and 30 V ups do you take a break in between...

Just curious as to your thoughts... I have measured "hardness" as the amount of time the gymnast "feels the burn" during the exercise. I know 8 is a lot of poll options, but this is a wide spectrum :P

a few of my girls are having problems with opening up into the handstand. they almost always open up way too early and sometimes they open up late but it almost never happens that way. so are their any drills out there that help with the timing? and also is there any conditioning that they could...

Does any one have any specific conditioning routines that are for the glide kip. I remeber reading an post on here and someone was given a conditioning sheet by their coach for their DD and would be interested in knowing what was on it . i have a chin up bar btw. Thanks

I am wondering if there are any conditioning exercises that my dd could do on her own to help her with keeping straight arms and not arching so much on her FHS vault. She tends to arch and while I haven't noticed it, her coach said she sometimes bends her arms as well. She has a fast run, but...