How To Get an Olympic Gymnasts' Body!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 6:31AM With the Olympics days away, many of you who watched the Olympic trials are wondering How in the world the Male gymnasts get so stinking ripped. So, I made a list of 3 things gymnasts do to get so ripped, and maybe you can be inspired to apply some of it to your life!
1. Put your time in! Work out 6 days a week, sometimes twice a day. I know this is a foreign concept to many out there, but 6 days of training, 4 to 6 hours a day is what these guys have been doing for the past... oh 15 to 20 +... years. Yes, years.
2. Do Really Hard Stuff! You won’t see them in front of the mirror doing biceps curls to get those guns, Gymnasts are ripped because they do a bunch of really hard exercises like Rope climbs, Handstand Pushups, planches, crosses on the Rings, sprints, plyometrics, and more - and they do them daily. That whole 48 hour rest period between working on soar body parts doesn’t apply to these physical specimens. Not to mention that during pre-season and during season competitive gymnasts do routines - one to five of them on all six events, or sometimes they break it up into 3 routines on 3 events, 2 on 4 or some combination of whatever makes sense for that individual, at that point in their training.
3. Don’t Eat Bad Food! On top of all the training things gymnasts do to get all ripped, they also tend to eat pretty dang well. You won’t see them chowing down on tex mex and cheesecake. Gymnasts don’t typically eat tons of food since they want to stay as light as possible so they can lift their own body weight with as much ease as possible. They would rather sacrifice putting on extra bulky muscle for keeping their weight down. So typically they eat balanced meals heavy in vegetables, fruit, and lean protein.
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Reader Comments (1)
Have to confess to laughing at the kids who did gymnastics when I was younger. It wasn't the macho thing to do but with the physiques they have, I'm thinking they're having the last laugh. Even GSP started training Gymnastics for his last UFC bout. Me, I'm just about to grab some rings and (hope) to one day to the iron cross. One day eh?!