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Mastering Gymnastics for Fitness Athletes

Live training on Thursday, June 19th at 2pm MT

For more information, visit:

https://www.paulbweber.com/mastering-gymnastics-for-fitness-athletes

In this live training, you will learn: 

• Gymnastic Strength
  • Why gymnastic strength is specific for fitness athletes
  • Movement patterns of gymnastic strength and progressions for each
  • How I program gymnastic strength for fitness athletes
    • Sets and Reps
    • Frequency
    • Cycle Length and Deloads
  • Gymnastic Strength Standards to master for Fitness Athletes
  • Use Cases: When to train gymnastic strength
  • Accessories for addressing weak points in core movements and keeping structural balance
• Movement Efficiency
  • Fatigue and Error Sensitivity
  • Session design for improving movement efficiency
  • Progressions and key drills for the Ring Muscle Up, Handstand Walk and Double Unders
  • Mobility - How to assess and fix common limitations by movement with daily stretching and loaded mobility
    • Handstand Walk - Shoulder Flexion and Thoracic Extension
    • Pistol - Hip, Knee, Ankle Flexion and Hip Internal Rotation
    • Toes to Bar, Rope Climb, L-Sit (Compression or "Pike Position") - Hip Flexion and Posterior Chain Flexibility
    • Ring Dip - Shoulder Extension and Internal Rotation
• Volume, Density, and Intensity
  • A system for progressing the Rx movements and peaking competition readiness
  • Volume - key volume landmarks for each movement to hit consistently in training
  • Density - set sizes to overcome for each movement to separate yourself from the competition
  • Intensity - putting it all together, doing it all with heavy breathing
• Gymnastic Conditioning (GC)
  • A system for conditioning the burpee and box jump over
  • Mechanical Loading: Why we don't train these movements like endurance athletes
  • The goal of GC: Extending time to exhaustion at race-relevant paces
  • Endurance modalities and general adaptations
• BONUS: Optimizing Body Composition for the Fitness Athlete
  • Optimal body composition ranges for fitness athletes based on clinical data
  • Best practices for bulking and cutting
  • Preserving blood sugar balance, insulin sensitivity and gut health
  • Food Quality, Quantity, and Variety
  • Meal Frequency
  • Fiber and Common Allergens
  • Monitoring Digestion and Bowel Movements
  • How to interpret weigh-ins, body scans and training performance
  • Rate of weight loss and weight gain

We’ll address the beliefs:

“You don’t have to be that strong to be good at gymnastics.”

“If I stop doing metcons, I’ll lose my edge.”

“I’ve tried everything - I can’t fix my mobility.”

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