This is what a GST athlete looks like. “If the best in the world are stretching their ass off in order to get strong, why aren’t you?” – Christopher Sommer If you loved the,, or episodes, you’ll love this one. My guest this episode is Christopher Sommer (GymnasticBodies on /), former US national team gymnastics coach. He is also the founder of, a training system that I’m currently testing (and have no affiliation with). As a world-renowned Olympic coach, Sommer is known for building his students into some of the strongest, most powerful athletes in the world. During his extensive 40-year coaching career, Coach Sommer took meticulous notes on his training techniques—his wins and failures—so that he could translate the best elements into a superior exercise system for both high-level and beginner athletes. His four decades of careful observation led to the birth of Gymnastics Strength Training™ (or GST).

In this episode, we cover A TON, including: • The 3-5 exercises everyone should be doing (you’ve never heard of some of them) • His opinions of kipping exercises, such as the kipping pull-ups common in CrossFit • What bodyweight goals non-gymnasts should target • Which exercises to remove from the gym entirely, at least in the first 6-12 months of training • How to optimize biceps strength and mass with straight-arm work • And much, much more I also asked Coach Sommer to gather some interesting stuff (samples, videos, etc.) at, so take a gander. I don’t get any compensation for any of it; I just want people to consider more bodyweight training. I’ve found it revelatory and mind-expanding. If you want some quick training tips, here are Coach Sommer’s Enjoy! Ep 55: The Science of Strength and Simplicity with Pavel Tsatsouline This episode is brought to you by, the world’s most popular meditation app (more than 4,000,000 users). It’s used in more than 150 countries, and many of my closest friends swear by it.

The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training (Coach Sommer’s last appearance on this show.) Gymnastic Strength Training Illustrated – Tim Ferriss & Christopher Sommer (Modern Frontier’s video demonstrations of exercises discussed during Coach Sommer’s last appearance.) Learn How to Use Gymnastics Rings – Iron Cross, GymnasticBodies. Sep 27, 2018  Foundation Coach Sommer PDF. Christopher Sommer is a professional gymnastics instructor with over 25 years experience and has coached numerous State.

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Please let me know. I first heard about gymnastic bodies and Coach Sommers via Robb Wolf’s awesome podcast. I bought foundation 1 and handstand 1 almost immediately. I have zero affilitation to GB except as a very satisfied and impressed customer. All I can say is the GB curriculum/system is INCREDIBLY well designed and was a hugely welcome change from the strict barbell work I had been doing.

Some amazing things about the system: 1) Clear and logical progressions that allow you to progress and learn in a reasonable way. One of my complaints about bw strength training prior to this was that so many of the movements seemed impossible and I had no way of knowing what the proper preparatory progressions/exercises were. I’m 5’11/~210lbs. Planches out of the gate were NOT in the cards. It’s amazing to achieve movements that you thought were IMPOSSIBLE at the beginning of the month. 2) My whole body just *felt good*.