
Gymnastics Strength Programming - Month #1
What does this document/ programming include? I took a long time to develop this programming - almost 30 years! I went and looked through the strength workouts that my gymnasts do and tailored them to the adult athlete. This programming consists of five workouts a week for four weeks. Each workout is broken into the Standard Workout and the Elite Workout. You can choose one workout or choose a combination of the two workouts since an exercise in either column can be used. In the appendix there are even more ways to scale each exercise. Most exercises have a link to a video, so you can see the proper technique. The appendix breaks down the less common exercises with a picture and important description.There is an area to keep notes (you need to open in Acrobat Reader on your phone/tablet if you want to take notes) and track your progress also. Here is a sample page from the programming: What if I don't know what each exercise is? Each exercise contains a video. Just click on th