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the only weight they lift is their own body- explain?
>> Anonymous
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he's asian

duh
>> Anonymous
the only weight they lift during performing, is their own weight.
>> Anonymous
Some shit, such as suporting one's body weight one-handed on the pommel horse, can be quite demanding of maximal strength. It isn't just doing push-ups out there.
>> Anonymous
yeah man, lifting your own body weight and doing all that they do is easy shit. one handed stands and all the other shit much be so easy even you could do it without working out amirte
>> Anonymous
dude doesnt have 20" guns or a 56" chest, he's just tone and fit. When you do most exercises other than compound lifts like rows, squats, bench, you don't lift body weight.

btw, anyone else see how skinny all the marathon runners are...eww
>> Anonymous
they are like 14" tall. low body fat + midget size = looks buff.
>> Anonymous
Gymnasts are ridiculously strong for their weight, the angles they perform the exercises at puts enormous strain on the muscles. Ever try a planche? It's the same thing as doing a push-up. Except with your feet off of the ground. Here's some excerpts from an article from a gymnastic coach:

"For strength to increase, the amount of resistance or load worked against must also increase over time. Hence the problem with bodyweight conditioning - as the resistance (weight of the body) is fixed, how to continue to increase strength? Surprisingly the answer is simple - by decreasing the amount of leverage it is possible to exert on an exercise, the resistance of an exercise becomes increasingly greater. For example, a hanging straight leg lift is much harder than a tucked leg lift."

"How strong is it possible to become with bodyweight exercises? Amazingly strong. In fact I would go so far as to say, done correctly, far stronger than someone who had trained for the same amount of time with free weights. Want some concrete examples? One of my former students, JJ Gregory (1993 Junior National Champion on the Still Rings) developed such a high degree of strength from my bodyweight conditioning program that on his first day in his high school weightlifting class he deadlifted 400lbs., and this at the scale breaking weight of 135 lbs. and a height of 5’3”."
>> Anonymous
>>276657
Lawl. If they made plastic action figures out of the Chinese gymnastics team, the figures would be taller than the athletes themselves. Fuckin' gooks. Haha.
>> Anonymous
>>276666

Oh yea, here's the link:

http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/229/