A perfect gymnast is one who is willing to put in the work. It takes dedication and is not easy, in order to successfully be a gymnast you must train and prepare the body for vigorous work. Conditioning builds the strength and power needed to pursue anything in gymnastics. This includes tons of conditioning to be physically fit and have the strength to follow out a stunt. There are three main components of the body in terms of conditioning that are most important, which are the abdomen, arms and legs. Having strong abs, arms, and legs is vital for performance in any part of gymnastics. These three components are the most used during gymnastics, in order to do vault you must be strong in all three aspects because it is a lot of fast and hard movements. Vault consist of sprints and using upper body muscles to do any kind of flip onto the vault or jumps. Having a strong abdomen for vault is helpful because in order to complete any flip, it includes using stomach muscles. Bars need extremely strong arms and abs to be able to lift oneself up and hold some sort of stunt. If a person has strong enough arms and core, they can easily lift themselves up on the bar and swing off into a flip. Along with floor, it is necessary to be strong in all three components because floor uses all parts of the body.
To become strong in these three components, conditioning must take place. A great workout for
upper body strength is wide push-ups. Wide push-ups is a great start to getting upper body strength and also using the bars to do pull-ups is great as well. V sits is an amazing and easy way to work the core. Doing a V sit will help with not only strong abs but good balance. Lastly, an easy and particularly fun workout is calf raises. Using the edge of small beam to do calf raises will be a great way to build up muscle.
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