These gymnastic challenges will allow you to create future goals to aim for and add unique new exercises into your training.
Gymnastic exercises are tough. They require skill and concentration, not to mention strength to be able to keep your body in certain positions.
Gymnastics are a core part of CrossFit and the skills learnt in gymnastics are applied to many WODs. Also known as bodyweight mechanics, gymnastic movements produce impressive strength gains without any external load.
KATRIN DAVIDSDOTTIR
A tough one to start. And one that made 2x Fittest Woman on Earth, Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir very proud.
SHE EVEN INSPIRED ONE OF HER BIGGEST FANS TO COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE!
Cory Sittner: “After hours session chasing the ones you look up to…”
Here’s a few tips to get started.
The Only 6 Muscle Up Progressions You Will Ever Need
WEIGHTED TOES TO BAR
Do these strict BEFORE you try the kipping version. These require exceptional core strength and control over your body.
If you are looking to get better at ordinary toes to bar, read this article:
5 Reasons Why Crossfitters struggle with Toes to Bar
THE STRICT MUSCLE UP
This is a very respectable milestone for any Crossfitter (as is a kipping muscle up as well). Try this article to find 6 progressions that will help you to scale the movement so that you will get there in the end:
GYMNASTIC CHALLENGES – HANDSTAND WALK SQUARE
This is an advanced form of the handstand walk as it tests your abilities in all different directions. Here is Sara Sigmundsdottir completing the square. If you want to spend more time wroking on your handstands first, this article will help you out:
Handstand Walks – The Five-Step Progression that Works
TOES TO HAND
This advanced and creative idea from Ates Boran of Turkey is a fun combination of these two exercises.
These complexes will help to build strength, technique and skill on the bar:
6 Pull Up Complexes that all Crossfitters Should Try
SARA SIGMUNDSDOTTIR PEG BOARD
Ascending the peg board requires strength, coordination and technique. If you’ve never tried them before, they are harder than they look! Here Sara Sigmundsdottir completes 10 in a row, but then not all of us are CrossFit Games Athletes. Concentrate on completing your first as the next milestone in improving the gymnastic element of your fitness.
Grip strength is vital for the peg board, as it is for all these gymnastic challenges:
How to Improve Your Grip Strength
L SIT MUSCLE UP
This is one of the famous gymnastic challenges out there for it is simple to do it (in terms of equipment needed), but difficult to accomplish as it involves core activation and phenomenal upper-body strength.
If you are still chasing muscle ups and want to try these gymnastic challenges, then this article will help you:
