Thoughts on gymnastic rings training vs weight training

This could be interesting . Best complete Fighter I ever saw, before taking up Boxing, was a Gymnast. For me its the way forward, with what ive seen.

 

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Head to head studies would be somewhat pointless unless you're looking at a certain are of training. It's like asking what's better, barbells or dumbbells? It depends what you're attempting to do.

I bought some Olympic rings a few years ago but never got round to using them. Will have to use them at some point.

This looks interesting for something new - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waO7TnvOk2U

 

Gymnastic movements = A different kind of strength.

Those guys have got to be the strongest/most explosive athletes on the planet.

Can't imagine how it wouldn't benefit you tbh...

 

Its whole body functional strength, which will be adaptable to the Touch and Feel of most athletic movement with speed of movement, and timing. But it needs a lot of stretching incorporated with it.

 

For what? For upper body strength they're good (although it's harder to overload and prescribe appropriate intensities than with weights) but gymnasts have poor lower body strength. Considering most athletic movements rely on the triple extension of the hips, knees, and ankles to generate power then gymnastic movements have little transfer to anything else. Upper body training in general has limited application to most sports unless you're talking about grappling/tackling sports.

 

Ah..no. High jumpers, sprinters, throwers, weightlifters and even basketball players are going to be far more powerful and explosive. You might think that gymnasts have great vertical leaps but look at what they're jumping off, and consider how small they generally are. Their upper body strength isn't going to be anywhere near a top powerlifter's, strongman or rugby player' either, their strength to weight ratio is important but I'm sure you'll find their absolute strength isn't as impressive as you'd think looking at the movements they can perform.

 

Its true that gymnasts have huge upper body strenght, they work out such a way that theyr stabilation etc.. muscles have to work as well so they work out every single muscle in body so there is no imbalance in strenght/muscle size which means less shoulder problems etc..

Gymnasts have very explosive legs as well, thei are running, flipping and doing backflips etc so I would think that lower body exposiveness would help alot with moving in the ring and move forward quick

 

I disagree.

Get them to swap roles and the Gymnast would be the most consistent, IMO.

 

What?

 

I don't understand what you're saying.

 

I'm guessing he's trying to say if you put a gymnast in each sport you listed the gymnast would be ok - decent in each, which is irrelevant.

 

Think what He is trying to say, is there intellectual awareness of touch and feel in motion, is greater.