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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

Manna to Handstand

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Have not posted a lot of gymnastics stuff lately. Here is an amazing combination, Manna to Handstand. Shoulder mobility anyone? via Gymnastics Coaching Update: Version without the “pop”, but with dislocation. WTF?

Chen Yibing Wall Handstands

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Saw this photo of Chen Yibing on the Gymnastic Bodies FB Page. Olympic Champion Chen Yibing is doing one of his twice weekly THIRTY minute wall handstands The reason I post this is because I remembered that I posted a video about Chinese Gymnastics training a while ago. And 30 minutes is actually not quite right. […]

Pelican Push Ups

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Jim from Beastskills makes progress on his way to the Reverse Muscle Up. Remember he also had this video where he does Reverse Muscle Ups on Boxes. Here he is doing Pelican Push Ups. These require not only a great deal of strength, but also good shoulder flexibility. In case you haven’t already seen it here is […]

Lat Flys for Shoulder Girdle Mobility

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Over at Gymnastic Bodies Christopher Sommer posted an interesting looking mobility exercise. Lat Flys … and like most gymnastics exercises these look deceptively easy. combines rotator cuff, scapular protraction and scapular retraction all within a single exercise. Recommended dose: 2 to 3 sets of 15-30 reps twice per week.