As the father of a D1 female gymnast, I can say that while the training is extensive, so are injuries and fatigue. There is no off season for gymnasts and overtraining is built into the culture. Particularly among girls, they will hide their injuries so they don’t get pulled or disappoint a coach. They can also over develop certain muscle groups if they are not careful. For example, one of my daughters injuries was a mild hyperextended knee injury on floor. During rehab, the docs said this was because her quads were overdeveloped and gave her a bunch of hamstring exercises for balance. So, gymnasts bodies look great, but it comes at a cost. Very few make it to college mainly due to injuries over time.
Yes, but their method is more like greasing the groove....like he said in the video "They don't train until fatigue". I think greasing the groove and nucleus overload kinda go hand in hand to some extent.
A gym in Central Florida has a gymnastics class for adults. Any age, no experience required. It is pretty fun. I started at 46 and 3 years later I can say my mobility is better than even in my younger years.
Common sense answer in a nutshell: 1.) They started VERY young. 2.) They have been doing it for a VERY long time. Put those two together with good and consistent execution and it really shouldn't come as a surprise. Genetics play a role of course but not to the degree of good old fashioned hard work over many MANY years.
You need to remember that Gymnasts are really "Anaerobic Athletes". We are trained for 3 seconds up to just slightly over a minute. Vault takes 3 seconds. All the other events, Men's and Women's, include Pommel Horse, Rings, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Balance Beam, Uneven Parallel Bars have routines that are 50-70 seconds. Therefore this is NOT an aerobic sport, it's all ANAEROBIC. We very rarely do skills past 70 seconds.
I think this guy's confused ballet with gymnastics? When was it frowned upon for a young boy to do gymnastics? It's in many ways a patriotic right of passage for many entering manhood as it's molded through simular disciplinary methodologies as colonial and military systems. They also do max out through hypertrophy its just not all that they do. At the start of their season they will be stiff for the first week or two but they just go above and beyond, that's the difference
Can I assume you're not from the U.S.? In America, amateur youth gymnastics is almost exclusively for girls. When Americans think of gymnastics, they don't think of Yuri van Gelder demonstrating super-human feats of strength, they think of girls prancing on the floor in leotards.
@@ienjoyapples yeah you can assume that I'm not from the US since most of the world's population isnt hahahaha. I can see how that perspection has manifested and is common in the states but it doesn't reflect the global standard.
Nah that's not true, gymnastics have extremely strong legs which are engaged and actively almost constantly. Tumbling, floor, horse and vault all require leg strength
@@liammckivergan8131 isometric and some sprinting doesnt make strong functional and athletic strength. Most sports focus on exceling in something by neglecting something else. Many gymnast events focus on acting as if they have no legs and others like soccer require the players to act as if they had no arms. That doesnt mean they dont use it but playing soccer wont give them a 225 strict press.
@@tiagovazkez9356 you act like gymnasts can’t train legs, they can train them if they wanted to but their more focused on the skills in their sport rather than overloading their legs with heavy squats
@@fitnessaccount1358 training their legs would result in suboptimal performance in their sport since all that extra weight from leg hypertrophy would be at the wrong end of the body. Ssquat and deadlifts for them coulf change their placement from 1st to 100th
@@tiagovazkez9356 That’s one thing I prefer about women’s gymnastics (besides checking out the chicks). It is more balanced between lower and upper body strength. It is not optimal to have minimal lower body mass relative to upper body mass (particularly on balance beam) and vice versa.
There’s tall gymnast but they don’t make it as far , short is an advantage for gymnastics … just like there are short basketball players …but the taller ones typically make it further , it’s advantageous for their sport
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As the father of a D1 female gymnast, I can say that while the training is extensive, so are injuries and fatigue. There is no off season for gymnasts and overtraining is built into the culture. Particularly among girls, they will hide their injuries so they don’t get pulled or disappoint a coach.
They can also over develop certain muscle groups if they are not careful. For example, one of my daughters injuries was a mild hyperextended knee injury on floor. During rehab, the docs said this was because her quads were overdeveloped and gave her a bunch of hamstring exercises for balance. So, gymnasts bodies look great, but it comes at a cost. Very few make it to college mainly due to injuries over time.
I guess most people don't know about still rings, that build incredible strength! Static skills that require immense brute strength
My grandpa was a gymnast in his youth. (rings)
Not a pro, but a gymnast no less. He had a great physique especially shoulder, back and arms.
I best he had explosive power too huh
‘team 3D alphas’ Nucleus overload explains this pretty well
Yes, but their method is more like greasing the groove....like he said in the video "They don't train until fatigue".
I think greasing the groove and nucleus overload kinda go hand in hand to some extent.
A gym in Central Florida has a gymnastics class for adults. Any age, no experience required. It is pretty fun. I started at 46 and 3 years later I can say my mobility is better than even in my younger years.
Nucleus overload
Facts
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Common sense answer in a nutshell:
1.) They started VERY young.
2.) They have been doing it for a VERY long time.
Put those two together with good and consistent execution and it really shouldn't come as a surprise. Genetics play a role of course but not to the degree of good old fashioned hard work over many MANY years.
You need to remember that Gymnasts are really "Anaerobic Athletes". We are trained for 3 seconds up to just slightly over a minute. Vault takes 3 seconds. All the other events, Men's and Women's, include Pommel Horse, Rings, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Balance Beam, Uneven Parallel Bars have routines that are 50-70 seconds. Therefore this is NOT an aerobic sport, it's all ANAEROBIC. We very rarely do skills past 70 seconds.
So it's alot of type 2 fast twitch fiber?
@@LaCajunWash No, it's type 1 endurance fibers and 2A "pink" fibers.
People don't realise Gymnastics athletes are pound 4 pound the strongest athletes around.
Gymnasts do not rest. Overtraining is part of the culture, nearly 6+ hour workouts 6-7 days a week. Conditioning through incredibly painful DOMS.
I think this guy's confused ballet with gymnastics? When was it frowned upon for a young boy to do gymnastics? It's in many ways a patriotic right of passage for many entering manhood as it's molded through simular disciplinary methodologies as colonial and military systems. They also do max out through hypertrophy its just not all that they do. At the start of their season they will be stiff for the first week or two but they just go above and beyond, that's the difference
True my fellow Liam
Can I assume you're not from the U.S.? In America, amateur youth gymnastics is almost exclusively for girls. When Americans think of gymnastics, they don't think of Yuri van Gelder demonstrating super-human feats of strength, they think of girls prancing on the floor in leotards.
@@ienjoyapples yeah you can assume that I'm not from the US since most of the world's population isnt hahahaha. I can see how that perspection has manifested and is common in the states but it doesn't reflect the global standard.
Some of you may not be old enough, but back in the day some knuckleheads referred to Men’s Gymnastics as a “sissy sport”
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Yet they you have to work out to failure to build muscle. Obviously that's not true.
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They have no legs which is huge for true athletic and functional performance
Nah that's not true, gymnastics have extremely strong legs which are engaged and actively almost constantly. Tumbling, floor, horse and vault all require leg strength
@@liammckivergan8131 isometric and some sprinting doesnt make strong functional and athletic strength. Most sports focus on exceling in something by neglecting something else. Many gymnast events focus on acting as if they have no legs and others like soccer require the players to act as if they had no arms. That doesnt mean they dont use it but playing soccer wont give them a 225 strict press.
@@tiagovazkez9356 you act like gymnasts can’t train legs, they can train them if they wanted to but their more focused on the skills in their sport rather than overloading their legs with heavy squats
@@fitnessaccount1358 training their legs would result in suboptimal performance in their sport since all that extra weight from leg hypertrophy would be at the wrong end of the body. Ssquat and deadlifts for them coulf change their placement from 1st to 100th
@@tiagovazkez9356 That’s one thing I prefer about women’s gymnastics (besides checking out the chicks). It is more balanced between lower and upper body strength. It is not optimal to have minimal lower body mass relative to upper body mass (particularly on balance beam) and vice versa.
Why are gymnast so short? Both men and women?
Leverage
It’s because of genetics
the tall ones don't make it and quit at high levels
There’s tall gymnast but they don’t make it as far , short is an advantage for gymnastics … just like there are short basketball players …but the taller ones typically make it further , it’s advantageous for their sport
EVERY ELIT ATHLETE FROM EVERY FIELD TAKE STEROIDS every elite gymnast takes steroids
You need to shut up
Idiot…
Proof?
Go get us some proof
roids
XD
So anyone with muscle is on roids?