May 16, 2018

Daily score: 6 (legs so sore)

Workout:

Training with gymnastics coach


Glutes, adductors and quads are so so sore from Monday’s workout.  Time with Elaine was very productive and my hands held up just fine this time.  This is what we covered:

Handstands:
-keep working on holds.  Practice being tighter and using hands/fingers to control balance.  Kick up with the leading leg already very tight and pointed.

Strict muscle ups:
-work negatives
-continue working toe spot drill
-do ring strict pull ups to as low as possible
-stay tight/keep rings close

Killing muscle up:
-keep and tight hollow body throughout, NO ‘hip pop’
-pull earlier than I was
-never stop pushing down on the rings through the transition
-work kip swings with a pull to the hip pulling earlier than I had been
-work hollow body banded lat pull downs (she used rings attached to bands)

Butterfly:
-worked on timing
-learning to pull through and contact under the bar more for CTB
-recommended working just CTB butterfly because then chin over will be easy

She did think I showed a lot of improvement which was surprising to me because I feel like it’s slow. The CTB butterfly are the most frustrating for me but I guess I just have to keep trying and hope it starts to click.  Not as sore after this session as I was last time.  Last time we did more straight arm pull downs kipping on the bar while working on bar mu’s.  We didn’t have time for that this round.  Lot’s to work on!  Excited to even get to be learning this stuff!