I went to a show while in aruba that featured some gynastic guys grabbing onto a pole and hanging from it horizontally like a flag. Is something like I just described and the iron cross something that a person without any gynastics background could learn in a few months or does it takes years of practice? To be clear, I am not talking about learning a full routine and vaulting techniques, but just some isolated strength displays and maybe some basic tumbling.
It should not take to long if you have the right build. You can most likely do the flag pole trick now, as for staying in that position and doing movement from it, that will take practice.
The iron cross is another matter. A good men’s gymnastics book will show you the progressions. One of the things I did when I was learning was to install four pulleys in an overhead beam, run two ropes attached to some rings througth the pulleys too sand bags. Then I would do reps. I slowly increased the amount of sand in the bags and finally one day I could do iron crosses.
Best O’Luck.
I have no idea how to do most gymnastics stuff. The only thing i can do are a back tuck and a back handspring. im working on a backhandspring back tuck. we had a guy on the squat last year that could do the sideways poll thing. i dont think i could ever do that. my upper body strength would have to be unreal as my lower body is quite large.
Thanks for the replies so far. Does anyone here know what my best bet would be if I wanted to learn some basic gymnastic strength moves and possibly basic tumbling? Would a gymnastics school be the way to go or are those really just for young kids? (I am 28.)
Did you notice any physique changes due to your gynastics endeavors? If so, what movements/skills seemed to be the most effective from a physique enhancing standpoint? Also, did you also participate in weight training during the gymnastic training period, and if so, did you find that you needed to avoid any lifts or body parts due to overtraining?
As my pen name states I have been around for awhile. When I was competing weight training of any store was forbidden by my coach, but I did it anyway. It was a four day split done on M, W, and F. Finishing on the follwoing Monday and starting over on Wednesday. I worked each muscle group for 12 sets.
However, today weight training is integrated into gymnastics, so it would be best for you to check out some current books, magazines and websites.
Your body type is very important to gymnastics, I outgrew the sport, most male gymnasts are about 5’6". Best of Luck.