Adult Gymnastics

Adult Gymnastics Training Tips for Bars – Home or Gym

Bars is the women’s gymnastics events that requires the most specialized strength. After all, it’s the only event where the upper body is doing that much work! Many athletes spend more time training on bars than they do any of the other events for that reason. If you are limited on the amount of timeContinue reading “Adult Gymnastics Training Tips for Bars – Home or Gym”

Part 2 of Lori Vollkommer’s gymnastics story is up on the TrainLikeAGymnast blog.

It was November 16, 1983. The conference championships were held at Copiague High School. I was warming up uneven bars. In those days, it was the “belly beats”. Each athlete had their own setting, but for warm-ups they put the bars on the farthest and highest setting. This meant accommodating for the distance in transitioningContinue reading “Part 2 of Lori Vollkommer’s gymnastics story is up on the TrainLikeAGymnast blog.”