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How to Improve Your Body Levers

Body levers, also known in the calisthenics community as dragon flags, are one of the best exercises around to strengthen your entire core. Done properly, body

Through the Goggles of Roland Schoeman

Train Dead Hangs for Shoulder Mobility and Posture

Consider training dead hangs for shoulder mobility and improved posture. Your body will feel great when hanging around opens your shoulder girdle and decompress

Building Your Arsenal: 5 Exercises for Bulletproof Knees

Let’s face it—injuries suck! There’s nothing worse than being limited to the things you can and can’t do by your own body. It’s frustrating and straight-up anno

How Gymnastic Strength Training Propelled Weightlifting Champion Jonathan Wong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg-N602046w What exactly has weightlifting champion, Jonathan Wong, done that has yielded such grand results? According to him,

3 Simple Moves for Healthy and Strong Hip-Flexors

Imagine that you no longer feel tightness in your lower back and you can participate in sports, intense training, and all the life pleasures more fully. Very of

Change Your Exercise Tempo to Speed Your Gains

Have you hit a plateau with your strength training? Adjusting your exercise tempo may be all you need to accelerate your muscle growth and make old exercises st

Strength Training Equipment to Level Up Your Workout

Advanced calisthenics or Gymnastics Strength Training (GST) often utilizes strength training equipment that can provide a tremendous boost in strength and mobil

Use L-Sits to Sculpt Your Body from the Ground Up

These days, social media is filled with pictures and videos of people performing impressive stunts and mind-blowing body maneuvers of all sorts. Sometimes, it s

Life as A Junior Olympic Athlete: Living the GB Philosophy

As GymnasticBodies has grown in popularity, more and more people have questioned what it was like to be one of Coach Sommer’s original athletes. The truth is, a

Sculpt Your Arms With Bodyweight Tricep Training

When working to develop a super strong upper body, don’t overlook the triceps! We wrote a previous article about bicep training, and this bodyweight tricep trai

Gymnastics for Climbing Strength—Your Competitive Edge

Climbers! If you're serious about training, you are missing out if you haven't been using gymnastics for climbing strength. Even John Gill, the father of modern