leg strength - gymnastics conditioning

[dacoconut10]

I USED TO GO HERE!!!! it was really fun..but i quit gymnastics 2 years ago

[urbanflow101]

better off squatting and deadlifting than pushing mats.

[sh9683]

@urbanflow101 that is where your wrong! this kind of training beats weatlifting any day, bodyweight and cardio are the best, 

[urbanflow101]

@sh9683 actually the posterior chain is pushed and strengthened best under heavy stress loads. the squat and the deadlift focus on the strongest chain of muscle groups in the body.

upper body however is best developed under body weight exercises for the most part. without doing high impact things that really require a lot of effort, the lower body stays mostly untapped. the way these girls curve their lumbar is terrible too, just sayin man.

[urbanflow101]

@sh9683 theres a reason olympic athletes use these exercises, theres also a reason you can lift 500+ pounds in these stances....

[littlemaninblack]

at 20yrs and just under 5 feet, these little cuties can benchpress me. they are smiling and giggling while pushing this heavy mat, too heavy for me!

[CheerChik231]

we have to do this in cheerleadin

[63viera]

We have to do that at our gym but the coaches sit on the mat and you push them.

[sh9683]

kids i coach at altadore hate this conditioning!

@mscottness its not supposed to be fun its conditioning and these guys are competitive,

[gymnast4life04]

not that hanrd

[jazziigymnast]

we do this for conditioning at our gym :) and we have races too, between teams.  it's not exactly the most fun thing but it's not that bad either.

[AlmightyOwl]

its harder than it looks, but we have to use spotting blocks sometimes with little ones sitting on top :S

[Jasgym77]

Altadore gymnastics club, Calgary Alberta. I used to train and teach there.

[ekhrsekhrs]

Cute kids

[mscottness]

That doesn't look very fun...unless you're the one riding on the box!

[randomsupastarr1986]

that is one ride i'd pay 20 bucks to ride!!! fun, isnt??!!

[cheekycatlover47]

@mscottness Its not soppost to be fun its conditioning

[mscottness]

@cheekycatlover47 well ya but u say its fun in ur description!

[elong10]

Better than having a rubber tire attached to you like Nastia does!

[CrazySJGymnast]

@elong10  OMFG I have to do that . . i flippin HATE IT .

[gymnastx0931]

@elong10 my coach almost made my team do that

[amigozz4l]

@gymnastx0931 especially when they had to move mats right?

[edwardfans796017501]

I hate this conditioning

[CookyG2000]

cool, it's given me ideas as well

[gymnastgp5]

haha. we do that except we push them across our valt runways. and to condion on floor....we set 4 pannel mats at each corner and push them back in forth three times. it hurts your legs so bad!

[AndrewTraceur]

HAHA, this video and another I just watched is giving me ideas for parkour training!

[gymgirly1]

lol