Went to watch my son's first gymnastics festival today. He has been going for about 5 months now in school term time and is really enjoying it. It's good to see the progressions he and his class mates are making. There was also a demonstration from the teen/young adult class which was fantastic to see. The total body control and kinaesthetic awareness was incredible. If you have kids, I can't recommend enrolling them in a gymnastics class enough - has to be better than sitting in front of the XBOX or PS3 all day right?
The conditioning routine is stolen uinashamedly from the European CrossFit Games qualifiers held at CrossFit Northern Ireland this past weekend. Check out their main page to see the results of the competition to see how you stack up.
Strength
Back Squat: 3x5
All: Work up to your best effort, even if that is just a PVC bar. Concentrate on maintaing the correct form all the way down and up.
Conditioning
15-12-9
Clean and Jerk: Men 60Kg/Women 35Kg
Handstand push-ups
Unlike the CFG qualifiers though, I want a good clean and jerk using the correct form. I will take a power clean and Jerk, but a thruster up will not be counted! You have been warned!!!
Optio: M: 30Kg F: 15Kg
Legionary: M: 20Kg F: Sand filled PVC Pipe)
Civilian: PVC pipe (M: Sand filled F: PVC Pipe)
Skill
Planche progressions - forg stands>straight arm frog stand>frog stand on parallettes.
As always post weights and times to comments or start an FK.UK training log.
Vires et Honestas
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