How do olympic gymnasts train?
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Most truly competitive gymnasts start at age three to five or so and keep training until they peek between 12 and 17 years of age.  Few young women make it past 21 in competitive gymnastics.  Men can start a little later in life and still excel well into their young twenties.  Most men's events take a good measure of strength and they mature later than girls do.  But consistent training with a good coach and constantly challenging themselves to learn new tricks keeps an angile gymnast growing and maturing in the sport.  It can take well over a year to master a floor, bars or ring routine for competition.  It takes lots and lots of practice and lots of pads.
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Begin by listing goals and objectives based upon age and ability.\n\nIf there are common stances and stunts that everyone will need to perform, begin by teaching that to everyone.  Then expand by listing their physical skill range and ability by individual.\n\nSet goals for each in accordance with age and ability.  Challenge everyone in the program to do something new before exiting the program.\n\nMost cheerleading programs are 5 days to 1 week in duration.  It will be important to organize the information for each participant in such a way as to enable you to appoint a skill or stunt in accordance with a progressive ability chart.  In other words, it may be safer to teach stretches before teaching splits.  Their physical well-being will be left to you to provide for.  That is a very serious responsibility.  Injuries sustained should be seen to immediately.  First Aid protocol needs to be established and adhered to.  \n\nMeals, if provided, or snacks should be healthy and suitable to build strong bones and muscle.  \n\nTo write a proposal for a cheerleading program:\n\nObjective:  To establish a cheerleading program for girls ages 5 to 12.\n\nGoals:  To enable each participant to learn new skills and proficiencies within the field of cheerleading.  New cheers, as well as, formations are placed.\n\nDay 1:  Each participant will demonstrate abilities.  Ability level will be accessed based upon fluidity of movement and agility.  New cheers will be distributed for memorization.  The postures will be established on Day 2.\n\nDay 2:  Assemble each person into groups of same or similar skill ability.  Focus on one cheer per group for this exercise.  Allow opportunity to practice informally, then formally.  Show them how it is to look either in photograph form or video.  Give them instructions on performing the next level of skill or stunt so that they may practice it at their leisure before dismissing.\n\nDay 3:  Assemble and divide.  Repeat Day 2 as needed.\n\n...\n\nDay 5:  Assemble.  Practice and perform skills and stunts in accordance with age and ability levels.  Focus on upcoming exhibition for parents, coaches, and players.  Invite anyone who is involved with sport activities in which cheerleading will be appropriate (always include principals...whether they actually attend or not).  Congratulate, distribute awards in a formal setting, and pat yourself on the back for a job well done.
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I am not a swimmer or into gymnastics but i have been a figure skater for 10 years. I am 14 now. Some sports is different timing. But ice skating takes so much time to learn everything to be in the Olympics. Also all of the sports that you have put in your question seem like sports that you have to be young and in shape to be good. So start them young with there sports. But if you want to jump into it right now it may work depending on how much effort you give.
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I know that these take along time, I took longer on these than I did things like back handsprings and back tucks! Back bend kick overs are one of the most important things to know in gymnastics.\nMake sure you have a"spotter" to arch your back correctly and so you don't fall.\nGet in your back bend.\nStart to rock a little bit, that warms up your muscles. \nPush off the ground with the foot you AREN'T kicking over, have your spotter support the leg and help push it over.\nYou need strong arms and back to be able to do a back bend kick over, not so much with the legs. \nGood luck.
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you should keep training as hard as you can and keep up your dreams of wanting to make the olympics. you should always have goals to reach and good luck.
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Okay, I'm a gymnast and I have a perfect thing for you to do. Take a hot bath, it has to be a bath and it has to be hot, and stay in there for 30minutes. After that, get into comfortable clothes and begin to stretch.\n\nSplits: This is what you do. Go into a straddle sit and then touch your face to the ground stretching your arms out as far as you can without pain. Hold this for thirty seconds or longer if you like. Holding it for thirty seconds, though, makes your body get use to it. If you don't like this one, or you want to do another, sit on the floor and have your legs out straight with your toes pointed, reach your arms out as far as you can and have your face as close to your knees as possible. Hold for thirty seconds. If you just want to do a quick excercise stand up with your legs out, not a split, and lean from one side to the other with your hand rested on that knee, start out looking forward and then after a few times doing it turn in the direction you're strecthing. Next go lower, and do the same thing. After that do a split, but have one of your knees tucked in under you body reach for the floor and hold for thirty seconds then do it with the opposite leg. After that do your splits and hold them for thirty seconds or longer. Do not strain!
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We workout everyday, whether it be in the weight room or actually doing gymnastics on the floor.\nWe eat healthy and have a rigorous work out and diet plan.\n\nTake up gymnastics and healthy eating habits and you'll have a good body!
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If your going to try out for team make sure you take some classes so you are ready (duh).  Do you have balance?  Do you have skills for bars?  There is a lot more than just tumbling in gymnastics.  It helps if you work out on your free days.  Some times a individual instructor like a gymnastics coach is good.  Make sure you stretch a lot too.  Splits are essential in gymnastics.\n(please vote me best answer)\nP.S.  You don't need a front tuck for level 5.\nLevel 4-bars, windmill,pull over, back hip circle. Floor, roundoff backhandspring, back extension roll to push up position.  Vault, handstand flat back onto mat.  Beam, handstand, dismout.\n\nLevel 5-bars,kip,front hip circle, high bar kip, squat on. Floor, roundoff 2 back handsprings, front handspring,150 degree split leap(side of your choice),dive forward roll.Vault, fronthandspring over standard vault. Beam, cartwheel, half turn, handstand, dismout, bigger than 90 degree split leap.\n\nLevel 6-bars, flyaway, clear hip, kips, baby giant. Floor, roundoff back handspring backtuck,front tuck,almost 180 split leap, front handspring step out into front handspring. Vault, fronthandspring over standard vault. Beam, backwalkover, full turn will arms up, bad leg half turn, handstand hold for 2 sec. into dismout.\n\nI don't know the rest because there are optional skills for 7,8,9 & 10.
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Olympic athletes spend most of their waking lives exercising, training and practicing their sport.
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Start doing   weight training.
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This is how I teach warmups:\nTuck jumps,\nStretch down to your feet with straight legs,\nStraddle legs reach down to each foot and middle,\nSlide into middle split with toes pointed,\nStretch to each foot and middle,\nSit up on knees,\nPut one leg out and reach down,\nBend knee and push forward,\nSlide down into split,\nRepeat on other side,\nBack bends.\n\nThat's how I teach warm up's for some of my gymnasts. If oyu have any questions, e-mail me at usagymnast_perfect10@yahoo.com
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A simple question and a simple answer. Attempt to be a gymnast, go find a coach learn it, attempting itself will make you reach somewhere. Like when i started Bodybuilding, i target was Arnold Schwarzenegger, though he is too big,(he was better when younger, leaner and better shape, later he become fat-like thing) My goal was Arnold, but i reach somewhere close to Fashion Models.\n\nTry all the gymnastic exercises!!!!!\n\nBut if you specifically want to do the Splits, than get ready for some japanese exercise.\n\nWear a tight undie when doing this, or the elbow(crotch-guard), should be tight, or else you might end up with testicle-related problems, but nothing harmful. Relax you will remain potent.\n\nExercise 1: Sit with your butt on the ground with your feet inwards, near the butt, and gradually try to touch the heels to the butt and slowly try to bring your knees to the ground, simultaneously try to touch your chin, nose or forehead to your toe-thumbs, gradually dont go fast. Try flapping the knees like a butterfly while touching it to the ground. Do this whole thing for 5-6 minutes, then try and spliting gradually while holding something, dont crunch down flat, you might get hurt and that'd scare you from splits for a year. Simply go slow.\nAnd never do it in the morning, or when you have just woke up, do it in the afternoon or sometime when you are completely awake, and warmed up, do it after some jogging or workout, Dont do it when your legs are tired, they should be warm but relaxed.\n\nExercise 2: Try touching the ground standing with straight legs, do not bend the knees, bend from the spine\n\nAnd stop doing leg curls, if u are, dont do any exercise that builds your hamstrings, at least until your flexible enough to do splits, later on go for hamstrings. Try leg extensions instead that'd help in keep the legs straight.\n\nIf any pain, immediately conslut a physician, dont thing 'its nothing'.\n\nThe Origin of this Exercise is from Kyo Kushun Kai Karate, its the toughest kind of Karate, its meant to kick higher.
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I am not a coach or anything, \nand I don't know if these links will help you GymnasticsBabe, but here is what I found:\n\nhttp://www.usag-fl.org/Newsletters/Sept02/w-optreqchart02.pdf#search='level%207%20bars%20elements%20usag'\n\nand this page seems to be written by a coach and has some interesting points to consider:\n\nhttp://experts.about.com/q/Gymnastics-2245/Level-7-Bars-Level.htm\n\nor this one:\nhttp://www.usa-gymnastics.org/publications/usa-gymnastics/1997/3/coaching-corner.html\n\nand I took that address and deleted alot of the suffix off of it and it took me to a page with alot of links that might help you, here:\nhttp://www.usa-gymnastics.org/publications/usa-gymnastics/\n\nAfter doing some searches, this might be the best place to start and just cruise around their site.\nhttp://www.usa-gymnastics.org/
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It depends what rules you are looking for.  There are many rules for gymnastics.  The international governing body (FIG) sets the initial rules.  Then each federation may modify them for the lower level/younger athletes.  You can find the code of points at www.fig-gymnastics.com and the US rules at www.usa-gymnastics.org.  USA Gymnastics sells their Junior Olympic rule book, but you can updates for free on the site for which ever discipline you are interested in.
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do some weights \nPower Clean \nPower Snatch \nBench Press \nBack Squats \nSit Ups \nDeadlift \nShoulder Press \nChest Press \nLat Pull downs \nLower Back Extensions \nTricep Press \nStanding one leg Calf Raise \nBicep Curls \nStanding Leg Curls \nSeated leg extensions\nLeg Press \n\n 75-85% of max lift\n sets of 3-5 repetitions. \nHigh Jump Drills\n2 × 20m walking - lifting the heel and stretching the ankle quickly. Walk back to recover. \n2 × 20m bouncing ankle extension \n2 × 20m bounding arm drill \n5 × 3 or 5 stride vertical jump drill (ankle extension, free knee drive, arm action) \nThree stride practice jumps, concentrating on specific body parts (5 to 10 jumps). \n\nand maybe this workout\n\n Monday \nCore(Upper body,abs, back) stability work\n3 x 30m sprint drills\nHigh Jump drills\n3 x 300m\nWeight training \n\nTuesday \nCore Stability work.\n3 x 30m sprint drills\n3 x 3 x (100m, 50m, 100m) tempo runs \n\nWed\nRest\n\nThursday \nCore Stability work\n3 x 30m sprint drills\nHigh Jump drills\n6 x 50m \nWeight training \n\nFriday \nCore Stability work\n3 x 30m sprint drills\nHigh Jump drills\n6 x 200m \n\nSaturday \nCore Stability work\n10 x 150m\nWeight training \n\n Sun\nRest\n\n\nDynamic Warm up\n- Med balls and Plyometrics \n Conditioning Circuits\n- Short Hills\n- Weight training \n1-2 Approach Drills\n- 3-6 Scissors approaches\n- Jump from 5 steps or jog in 5 step
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You don't need a class...\n\n - sprint training - you can only convert the energy of your body in motion (forward) into your body in motion (upwards) iff your body is in motion;-) [faster equals higher in most cases for novices]\n - endurance - you need to be able to sprint down the runway quite a few times - let's say fifteen or more.\n - strength - abdomen and upper body for the pole work and body motion.\n - head work - most other track events require you to run fast or exert force - vaulting takes speed, strength, skill and guts...\n\nWork on them all and spend more time with the one that is lagging behind.
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By stretching.  It's only one way to learn.  My daughter takes gymnastics.  All you do is try to go down as far as you can.  And do this every day.  After about a month, you'll be doing a perfect split. I gaurantee it.