Gymnastic Classes

” We are obliged to Hippocrates’ and others from the past for reminding us that fitness and health is not just a new and passing phenomenon and neither are the ways to achieve and maintain good health. The fundamentals of good health, known and proven for so long, are available to anyone who decides they want to fully enjoy the enormous benefits of healthy living. The reality of this lesson is brought home in the compelling story from over a century ago of an American boy, sickly and weakened by childhood diseases, who sought a refuge from his physical handicaps in a love of books and reading. As time went on, just as his mind grew strong from his studies, his body continued to fail. His concerned father at last told his 12-year old son, “You have the mind but not the body, and without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. You must make your body know you will do it!” And the wise father then gave the boy weights and other gymnastic equipment and worked with him …

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Gymnastics (The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Sports, 14) (The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for … Guide to Weight Training for Sports, 14) The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Gymnastics is the most comprehensive and up-to-date gymnastics-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round gymnastics-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.

No other gymnastics book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book will have gymnasts increasing flexibility, strength, and agility enabling the highest level of performance. By following this program you will improve everything from compositions to releases with better overall execution.

Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!

As an added bonus, this book also contains links to free record keeping charts which normally sell separately for $20.
Customer Review: A general weightlifting text
This book is nothing special in my opinion. I bought it expecting a discussion of how weight training can benefit gymnastics training. Unfortunately all I got was a general discussion of how to lift weights. There was little on programming, a decent discussion on periodization, and a good discussion of general lifting exercises…but why do you need general lifting exercises? There’s nothing special here. It gives a decent, but not great, overview of how to lift for general conditioning and strength training. Basic questions such as:
How to incorporate weight training with gymnastic training
What lifts will help you power through sticking points in which gymnastic techniques
No discussion of appropriate volume.

The fundamentals of good health, known and proven for so long, are available to anyone who decides they want to fully enjoy the enormous benefits of healthy living. The reality of this lesson is brought home in the compelling story from over a century ago of an American boy, sickly and weakened by childhood diseases, who sought a refuge from his physical handicaps in a love of books and reading. As time went on, just as his mind grew strong from his studies, his body continued to fail. His concerned father at last told his 12-year old son, “You have the mind but not the body, and without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. You must make your body know you will do it!” And the wise father then gave the boy weights and other gymnastic equipment and worked with him to strengthen his frail young body. Well, this story has a remarkably happy ending. The boy heeded his father’s encouragement, and not only worked hard to rebuild his health, but became a superior athl …

Stamina Crystal Edge Premium Exercise Ball (55 cm) This premium ball is durable, burst-resistant, and latex free. Use the Crystal Edge Premium Exercise Ball to improve core strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and muscle tone. This premium ball is made for tough workouts especially those with weights. Just sitting on the Crystal Edge Premium Exercise Ball forces you to balance which strengthens the stabilizing muscles. Your body alignment immediately becomes more correct making your workout more effective with less risk of injury. The detailed, easy-to-follow workout chart demonstrates exercises for the arms, torso, abdominals, obliques, buttocks, and legs. The Crystal Edge Ball 30 minute workout DVD is recommended. The included foot pump makes inflation easy and quick. The Crystal Edge Premium Exercise Ball is your secret weapon in strengthening your core and more.
Customer Review: Excellent ball
This ball is good quality. It doesnt blow up if you dont overpump it with air. I am happy with the purchase and recommend it.
Customer Review: It works
Very happy with the ball. Good construction. A quality ball. It should last for years.

Floor Saver Mats-1 Pair Protects floor and weights. Each mat measures 18″ x 24″ x 3/8″ and weighs 6.5 lbs.

Stamina Crystal Edge Premium Exercise Ball (65 cm) This premium ball is durable, burst-resistant, and latex free. Use the Crystal Edge Premium Exercise Ball to improve core strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and muscle tone. This premium ball is made for tough workouts especially those with weights. Just sitting on the Crystal Edge Premium Exercise Ball forces you to balance which strengthens the stabilizing muscles. Your body alignment immediately becomes more correct making your workout more effective with less risk of injury. The detailed, easy-to-follow workout chart demonstrates exercises for the arms, torso, abdominals, obliques, buttocks, and legs. The Crystal Edge Ball 30 minute workout DVD is recommended. The included foot pump makes inflation easy and quick. The Crystal Edge Premium Exercise Ball is your secret weapon in strengthening your core and more.
Customer Review: Pleased
Strong, solid, easy to inflate with pump, no smell. Makes a great chair for ‘active sitting’!
Customer Review: Not quite right
My husband bought this ball to sit on at his desk to help with posture. Unfortunately at 6 feet tall and 175 lbs the ball wasn’t tall enough. On the bright side our 3 year old was able to pump it all the way up. We did use the measuring strip that came with it to ensure it had proper inflation. Prior research indicated a 65 cm ball would be adequate. Apparently a 75 cm ball would have been a better choice.