Outside the weight room and off the track

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Outside the weight room and off the track

Unread postby pvtechie » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:24 am

What do you do? (Rope Drills, Bar Drills, Gymnastics, Yoga, Pool Workouts, etc...)
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Unread postby bjvando » Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:43 pm

ICE ICE ICE

an occasional surf session :P

Bar drills for sure, and gymnastics when we can get into the room.. but other than that I just ICE big time, and REST as much as i can....
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Unread postby wurster490 » Sat Dec 24, 2005 2:39 am

My group has a gymnastic practice on fridays, we do floor stuff, rope, bar(hip circle to handstand, kips, cast to handstand etc.) parallel bars(kips, getting into handstand), rings(swing to handstand, haven't quite got the full handstand yet though).
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Unread postby BrownVolvo » Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:23 am

i do alot of step ups, and standing long jumps. I also like doing handstand push ups.
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Unread postby Hawkeye » Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:35 pm

If you have the availability, use gymnastics as much as you can. Make the drills vault specific in strength and exercise. Become stronger and more coordinated. If you can't get into a gymnastics center, do pool vaulting underwater, rope drills, tumbling, backrolls to handstands, etc.
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Unread postby saraf » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:58 pm

gymnastics is fun and I find it to be the most helpful thing to do. I do it all the time
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Unread postby LHSpolevault » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:51 pm

are there gymnastics specific things you can do on a pullup bar thats attached to a power rack?
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