what kind of twisted people are these? That’s absolutely sickening.
I went down to parallel and the strain on my knee and lower thigh was unbelievable. No idea how they balance that shit. Ankle flexion has to be crucial too. Nice little bw movement there =O[/quote]
That guys back is in a really shitty position, got a great pistol.
Work into them slowly and your joints (if reasonably healthy) will become conditioned. I don’t feel any stress on my knees when performing SLS.
And yeah they’ll make your lower legs pretty strong, especially if you do them barefoot.
[quote]FightingScott wrote:
Hanley wrote:
I think considering the knowledge and experience some countries have with traning gymnasts, if strength training made them better then they’d be doing it.
I’m pretty damn sure if external loading would help gymnasts, the Russians would have already figured it out 30 years ago. [/quote]
Some gymnasts actually do use weights to compliment their training.
My niece (competitive gymnast for 10ish years) says they use dumbells for extra shoulder work, some RDLs/squats, and use med balls.
I asked her if this was uncommon in gymnastics and she says no.
(she also says that some gyms use a lot more weight training than others, hers “didn’t use very much”)
