11/17/11 Thanks Arjun!!

-Written by KC

AllStar Arjun Clarry!

A special thanks goes out to Coach Arjun for making AllStar 3 pairs of Parallettes a couple of weeks ago. We've been getting a ton of use out of them, doing L-sits, Parallette Handstands, Tucks (and the kids seem to like using them for hurdles). These peices of equipment are invaluable for teaching and practicing many gymnastics skills. For very little money and a trip to the hardware store they are actually fairly simple to make. He had 3 pairs made in about an hour!

Parallette Plans:

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Coach Glassman explains in CF Journal Sep. 2003: "Parallettes training is fun and highly developmental. Without gymnastics training we opt out of the most potent neurological training (coordination, accuracy, agility, and balance) available to an athlete, and parallettes training is essential to your gymnastics development.
We hope our fervor for parallettes training specifically and gymnastics training generally will inspire all of you to get hold of a pair of parallettes and begin your gymnastics training in earnest.

Workout of the Day

Warm Up:
Run 800m
10-15 GOOD Shoulder Dislocates (led by coach, feet together, hollow core, active shoulders)
Every min. on the top of min. for 8 min.
8 Box Jump
6 Burpee
4 Sit Up

Skill:
3x Freestanding Handstand w/ 2 spotters (teach how to spot), kick up with dom & non-dominant leg as least once

WOD:

"Fran"
21-15-9

Thruster (95/65)

Pull Up

(Today is our short day at the gym, no morning classes. Due to the growing number of members we hope to offer more Thursday daytime classes really soon! Thanks for your patience.)