The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training | Christopher Sommer | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

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  • @antipupsz2411
    @antipupsz2411 8 років тому +157

    Show Notes
    How to define Gymnastics Strength Training™ (GST) [7:54]
    Types of strength that most non-gymnasts will not have [12:55]
    Biggest mistakes made by those who self-teach handstands [16:30]
    Top exercises for identifying weaknesses in strength and mobility [22:12]
    The problem of focusing on muscular fatigue when training [35:07]
    What is a pike pulse and why does it matter [44:26]
    On kipping pull-ups [46:19]
    Identifying solutions to pain [54:08]
    The Jefferson curl [58:27]
    Why weighted mobility work needs to be approached with a different level of intensity than conditioning work [1:03:31]
    If someone is 35-years-old, a former athlete and never done gymnastics, what’s a good exercise and what should be avoided? [1:09:04]
    3-5 joint mobility exercises for getting strong [1:14:52]
    Preferred way to work on shoulder extension [1:21:37]
    A good goal for those seeking to improve mobility [1:27:30]
    Yoga handstands vs gymnastics handstands (aesthetics vs. gold medals) [1:30:34]
    Who are some of the coaches who have impressed you the most? [1:37:39]
    The story of Dmitry Bilozerchev and Alexander Alexandrov [1:38:01]
    Differentiating immature athletes and mature athletes [1:47:05]
    Training for success [1:50:34]
    Describing the systematic approach to gymnastics strength training [1:53:41]
    What exercises to avoid for the first 6 months of GST [2:02:11]
    Breaking down the muscle-up [2:05:34]
    Understanding the purpose of using various grips [2:10:27]
    How do you mentally prep your athletes for a big competition? [2:18:49]
    What questions would Coach Sommer ask a gymnastic coach before sending his/her children off to train with them
    [2:29:38]
    What questions would Coach Sommer ask a gymnastic coach who trains adults? [2:34:24]
    Balancing stretching and training time [2:37:19]
    When you think of the word successful, who is the first person to come to mind and why? [2:42:36]
    Most gifted books [2:48:56]
    Morning rituals [2:52:05]
    What would you put on a billboard? [2:56:41]
    An ask or a request for the audience [3:02:41]

  • @alexv6118
    @alexv6118 7 років тому +45

    Any podcast I have heard with Chris Sommer's is complete GOLD; love his no nonsense, straight foward approach.

  • @Ricky-Noll
    @Ricky-Noll 2 роки тому +2

    All time great podcast. One I come back to a lot

  • @kevinallen5246
    @kevinallen5246 3 роки тому +7

    Huge respect for Coach Sommer. A true champion of the unsexy fundamentals that build real, lifelong athleticism. Wish I had had his sort of guidance from the start of my athletic career. Thanks for the great interview, Tim!

  • @brandongreen4880
    @brandongreen4880 8 років тому +18

    As an aspiring Masters Olympic Lifter i have found these exercises invaluable.
    My joints certainly feel better. Great stuff.

  • @Billmaedahawaii
    @Billmaedahawaii 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you for this video and the work that Gymnastic Bodies does. I’ve linked this video to my channel to inspire my viewers on how this exercise is REALLY done.
    Aloha

  • @Anmeldn
    @Anmeldn 7 років тому +16

    starts at 07:20

  • @personalperspective
    @personalperspective 8 років тому +11

    42:30 A video would've been sooo useful as opposed to picturing in the mind based on verbal descriptions ... especially for a topic like this. Is there video available for this?

  • @EB-iz3rn
    @EB-iz3rn 8 років тому +6

    thanks to this podcast it is possible to improve bodybuilding training by introducing more straight arm work and by adding more volume to it which is what I intend to do.

  • @fitwithartin
    @fitwithartin 4 роки тому +9

    Hey! How about inviting him again. Please! I’ve listened to this already 3 times and I learn new things each time.

  • @bob1881
    @bob1881 6 років тому +1

    1:06:50 nutrition
    1:09:05 How to train
    1:18:11 Maintenence: what you don't use, you lose.

  • @toddescourt4996
    @toddescourt4996 5 років тому +6

    I just realized how little attention this video has compared to garbage on UA-cam. This is what’s wrong with society. Priorities are way off. This is gold and I would hang with either one of these guys any day 💯💪🏽

  • @vnusa1
    @vnusa1 8 років тому +2

    Tim - thanks for introducing coach Chris to my world. I've just joined his Fundamentals course. In just 1 week, the pain in my joints diminished greatly. Never learned about mobility and now that I am learning from this expert program, let's see what happens in 5 years....

    • @BoolDemon
      @BoolDemon 4 роки тому

      So? Better?

    • @Marco-pf3te
      @Marco-pf3te 4 роки тому

      How did it go?

    • @vnusa1
      @vnusa1 4 роки тому

      @@Marco-pf3te I'm in his Fundamentals program. Highly recommended - training videos are superb. Every time you finish a session, it records into your workout history. The UI is getting better each year. Go for it.

    • @UsernameUserName-User-Name
      @UsernameUserName-User-Name 4 роки тому

      @@vnusa1 where can i found his fundamental program ?

    • @vnusa1
      @vnusa1 4 роки тому

      @@UsernameUserName-User-Name Pls. go to gymnasticbodies.com.

  • @luisadelmaschio6719
    @luisadelmaschio6719 2 роки тому

    This is fantastic👏🏼

  • @ProfileboosterAustralia
    @ProfileboosterAustralia 8 років тому +2

    Another very inspiring episode. Nothing feels as good as healthy.

  • @wes4192
    @wes4192 5 років тому +3

    Shame to have no visuals, you guys should do another with demonstrations

  • @ant7936
    @ant7936 3 роки тому

    Good discussion with well informed guest.
    (Wasn't improved by the crude language and OMGs though).
    Thanks.

  • @willlancer7831
    @willlancer7831 4 роки тому +1

    Can you start putting your episode numbers in the description box please?

  • @topsysdad1
    @topsysdad1 8 років тому +4

    eye opening information. At 50 ive been killing my body for years, time gorgeous a new approach

    • @robertkacala
      @robertkacala 7 років тому +1

      best advise ..."slow down"

  • @jamescanjuggle
    @jamescanjuggle 5 років тому +2

    I need to find a guy like Chris around my area. Ive been doing kickboxing for a while but I want to train myself with more bodyweight stuff. Hard to do cause I'm in ireland but I'm going to find someone anyways 😁

  • @powertothepeople3832
    @powertothepeople3832 3 роки тому +1

    This is a goldmine.

  • @ElliottHinds
    @ElliottHinds 8 років тому +16

    Awesome podcast, this one would've been even better and more educational with video!

    • @CMOEProductions
      @CMOEProductions 2 роки тому

      Te re rrr e te estéreo r ser te re rete r rreque wede como real en en re re were r reque we te r te

  • @Primetime_dads
    @Primetime_dads 3 роки тому

    Can someone explain to me in his program he shows certain things exercises with certain equipment. Do we need all the equipment on the equipment list. Stall bar high bar, like with the stall bar, that’s like $300 plus I have no wear to install it at. Anybody use his program and figured this out. Thanks

    • @gigicreme
      @gigicreme 3 роки тому +1

      I do his course in the gym.
      If you don‘t have a gym or the tools necessary, you will have to skip a lot of progressions, which is not optimal.
      Stall bars are an absolute necessity, you would miss out on some of the most beneficial exercises

  • @cottonian337
    @cottonian337 5 років тому +1

    24 carat. Thank you so much!!

  • @mediathor7532
    @mediathor7532 4 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @boskoivic
    @boskoivic 8 років тому +5

    I just love this freaking podcast!

  • @robertkacala
    @robertkacala 7 років тому +7

    Best advise was to "SLOW DOWN".....if i know earlier i would avoid AC joint injury :/

  • @erikgreat
    @erikgreat 8 років тому +1

    Tim,
    Thanks for this podcast!
    It would be great to learn more about nutional reseach and how it differers from the althecic verse the medical worlds. How do you determine good experiments to persue?
    P.S. Going to try the cricket bars... maybe I will be able to jump now ;)

  • @lisinka3
    @lisinka3 8 років тому +1

    Should an active 22 gymgoer start with fundamentals or foundations 1? Also are the programs going to develop your legs adequately? Are the single leg squats from F1 enough for that?

    • @lenorayogaandmovement6037
      @lenorayogaandmovement6037 8 років тому +2

      I'd say foundations 1.

    • @lenorayogaandmovement6037
      @lenorayogaandmovement6037 8 років тому

      I recently started working out at the gym in Denver and I feel my legs get enough development. I'm not familiar with the on line program though.

    • @a8lg6p
      @a8lg6p 3 роки тому

      Depends on what you mean by "adequate" I guess. I'm struggling to get past basic pushups and ring rows, which is like step 3 of Foundations Upper Body 1... I'm sure it will take me years to finish Foundations 4. But for lower body... I could already do one-legged squats, easily did max reps, which is like 5x10 or something... Now I'm no Foundations 4 Lower Body, which is weighted lunges. At 25% bodyweight added, that seems way easier than single leg squats. I'd finish Foundations 4 if it weren't for the fact that I don't have enough weights at home.
      If you can do 5x10 or 15 lunges while holding weights equal to your bodyweight, I'm sure your legs will be adequately developed, but it seems like a ludicrously easy goal compared to all the other parts of the program, and once achieve it, I'm not sure where you're supposed to go from there. Just keep adding weight? Doesn't seem to be anything calisthenic or gymnastic about it anyway, just normal free weight strength training, not that there's anything wrong with that.

  • @Primetime_dads
    @Primetime_dads 3 роки тому +1

    With his online program he’s got a list of stuff you need. But who is gonna have all that stuff

    • @joshi1391
      @joshi1391 3 роки тому

      😂 that’s what shops are for

  • @brandongreen5884
    @brandongreen5884 2 роки тому

    I believe it was the 1976 Olympic Games (Montreal) where she "fell apart". 72 (Munich) is where she "shockingly: defeated the "rest of the world". 72 she was a big "surprise". 76 she was a "disappointment".

  • @dahVEEDBBone
    @dahVEEDBBone 2 роки тому

    I returned this Kindle version of Building the Gymnastic Body: The Science of Gymnastics ..., as the kerning (space between letters) was horrible & made it exceedingly difficult to read/enjoy.
    The hard copies are way too expensive. The author should insist Amazon fix this!

  • @hobolobobolo
    @hobolobobolo 6 років тому +2

    Great Podcast [29:10] i know 1 exception. Saquon barkley. He Cleans 400+ pounds, always be afraid of the dude cleaning 400+ pounds :)

  • @likesgymnastics5767
    @likesgymnastics5767 7 років тому +1

    2:02:30

  • @letitflo1462
    @letitflo1462 2 роки тому

    Greens are not half priced by mentioning /tim

  • @loquevesesmio0
    @loquevesesmio0 3 роки тому

    alguien lo tradujo al español?

    • @dac283
      @dac283 3 роки тому

      🥰 love this info❤❤❤

  • @TumbleSensei
    @TumbleSensei 6 років тому

    A W E S O M E

  • @All.hail.calisthenics
    @All.hail.calisthenics 3 роки тому

    12:34

  • @founediteaissatoundaotraor4875
    @founediteaissatoundaotraor4875 7 років тому

    pourquoi pas de versions Française,cela permettrais une meilleure compréhension pour les Francophones

  • @00SILVERBACK
    @00SILVERBACK 6 років тому

    140 to 225 pure muscle is impossible come on now

  • @foreverxundefined
    @foreverxundefined 8 років тому

    I would love to see Elon & Susan Cain

  • @The-Homecook-0000
    @The-Homecook-0000 2 роки тому

    What was the name of that vitamin D he was taking..

  • @christianceja4085
    @christianceja4085 Рік тому

    @goldencricketprotein bars are better

  • @taysonfury835
    @taysonfury835 2 роки тому

    Why tom is talking that much???
    Shut up and let the expert talk, we not here to hear you.

  • @dylanl9532
    @dylanl9532 8 років тому

    Jefferson curl really really dangerous.

    • @MrWhite2277
      @MrWhite2277 7 років тому +7

      No, theyre not. Do a jefferson curl without any weight. Is that dangerous? You can do that? Then continue to do Jefferson curls and add a couple of kilos a month. Gradually and slowly build strength.

  • @elcrakerludian2981
    @elcrakerludian2981 3 роки тому

    DORAEMON INU IS THE FUTURE of THE ECONOMY 🥰😮

  • @toni4729
    @toni4729 2 роки тому

    You can't stop selling crap.

  • @lalithrockz
    @lalithrockz 3 роки тому

    Kotguy

  • @dcrun7
    @dcrun7 2 роки тому

    L

  • @cmxsprt
    @cmxsprt 2 роки тому

    Brought to you by “cricket” protein bars? Human beings don’t need to eat bugs, that’s quackery no thanks.

  • @dsamuels4373
    @dsamuels4373 4 роки тому

    thanks to this podcast it is possible to improve bodybuilding training by introducing more straight arm work and by adding more volume to it which is what I intend to do.