6 must do exercises to prepare your wrists for Handstands

6 must do exercises to prepare your wrists for Handstands

6 must do exercises to prepare your wrists for Handstands We’ve designed this sequence of wrist drills to warm up and strengthen your wrists. They are also a must before any handstand, arm balancing and crawling workouts. The more time you invest in preparing and...
Protect Your Knees With Wall Lean Calf Raises

Protect Your Knees With Wall Lean Calf Raises

Gymnasts do calf raises by the hundred, they know how important it is to have strong calves. This is a calf raise with a difference, because you are leaning forwards against a wall, it stretches the calf and ankle much more, plus it creates more mobility through your...
Protect Your Knees With Soleus Raises

Protect Your Knees With Soleus Raises

Protect Your Knees With Soleus Raises The Soleus Raise is a key exercise for strengthening your lower legs including your knees, calves and improving your balance. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to do the Soleus Raise properly so that you can get the most...
Protect Your Knees With Reverse Step Ups

Protect Your Knees With Reverse Step Ups

Now that we have built strength and mobility in the lower legs, it is time to move up above the knees and strengthen our quads, just above the knees in a muscle called the Vastus Medialis Oblique (VMO – one of the 4 quadricep muscles). The full version of the...