Who else thinks that the men’s gymnasts have proportionately large biceps for their total bodyweight? I have seen a lot of people throw guesstimates around about the max size of biceps per bodyweight but those guys have huge balls of bicep muscle even though they are pretty slender. How can you simulate gymnastics training other than doing rings work every day?
uhh lots of ring work and chinups ? LOTS of them
I was thinking the same thing.
Those guys are very short and are genetically predisposed for that activity. The shorter you are, the less lean body mass you actually have to carry to look extremely muscular. I doubt that guy’s biceps are much over 15-16" tops.
They also train for several HOURS a day relying mostly on upper body strength so unless you actually plan on getting into gymnastics full time and also plan on fitting a good 6 or 7 hours a day of training into your schedule, your attention could be placed better elsewhere.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Those guys are very short and are genetically predisposed for that activity. The shorter you are, the less lean body mass you actually have to carry to look extremely muscular. I doubt that guy’s biceps are much over 15-16" tops.
They also train for several HOURS a day relying mostly on upper body strength so unless you actually plan on getting into gymnastics full time and also plan on fitting a good 6 or 7 hours a day of training into your schedule, your attention could be placed better elsewhere.[/quote]
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lol for real when youre all of 4’8 and can suspend your own body horizontally it just kinda happens.
to be honest, i think that “all biceps/lats look” is a bit strange looking since its so oddly out of proportion anyways
[quote]brian.m wrote:
to be honest, i think that “all biceps/lats look” is a bit strange looking since its so oddly out of proportion anyways[/quote]
scratches head, looks at forum name, scratches again…
Aren’t those lumps on the pic above just gross?
[quote]brian.m wrote:
to be honest, i think that “all biceps/lats look” is a bit strange looking since its so oddly out of proportion anyways[/quote]
I think it looks great. I enjoy watching the olympics and seeing how the different bodytypes are suited to different sports. I don’t think people have to be proportioned to look good. That’s just my opinion though.
You would have to work with a high frequency and volume of Chins to create a similar effect.
Lots of curls?
I think a lot of women like the physique . . .
Women dont like guys who are 5’4.
Just saying.
They look jacked because they have very low body fat, and they are short, which compresses the muscle and makes them look larger with less mass.
Factor in excellent genetics for tone and shape, and bingo.
These guys arms probably aren’t that strong, most of them are very light, and holding your bodyweight on those rings is significantly less impressive when your 140 pounds with short arms for leverage.
[quote]Westclock wrote:
Women dont like guys who are 5’4.
Just saying.
They look jacked because they have very low body fat, and they are short, which compresses the muscle and makes them look larger with less mass.
Factor in excellent genetics for tone and shape, and bingo.
These guys arms probably aren’t that strong, most of them are very light, and holding your bodyweight on those rings is significantly less impressive when your 140 pounds with short arms for leverage. [/quote]
No and no.
I’m sure there are plenty of women who would like a 5’ 4" guy with an awesome physique.
Not that strong? You’re kidding right? That is rediculous. When you use the same muscle for hours at a time you better believe you get strong. I used to ride horses every day and I could have probably choked out a 200 lb man with my thighs back in the day.
No offense but you sound a little bit jealous.
strength relative to bodyweight is not the same thing as strength.
Those guys are probably weaker than most guys who just go to the gym and lift half assed on a steady diet of fast food, simply because of how small they are. Granted they are highly developed for their size, but thats like saying a jacked midget is impressive, hes still a midget.
this is mostly because the average male gymnast is 5’6" and 140. many are as low as 5’4 and 125 pounds. Thats a female like build to say the least.
For most women it would like dating a child.
I will never be jealous of a male smaller than my girl.
Ill take my extra 8 inches of height, and 90 pounds of muscle thank you very much.
to be honest, whenever i’ve asked…most girls seem to prefer tall and average build over short with great builds…like almost everytime (unfortunate since one you have control over, the other you do not, it doesnt seem fair but it is what it is)
[quote]Mr. Strong wrote:
You would have to work with a high frequency and volume of Chins to create a similar effect.[/quote]
Nope. Gymnasts don’t owe their biceps size to doing chins. They owe it primarily to doing straight arm holds/movements (iron cross, inverted cross, planche, maltese, etc…).
But like others have said, unless you actually plan on spending the time to develop those skills and get into gymnastics seriously, you’d be much better off devoting your time to weight training.
Exactly.
Taken from the article ‘Building an Olympic Body through Bodyweight Conditioning’ by Christopher Sommer, who has an article here at T-Nation and has been recognized as a top strength coach.
'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�??. ’
Link to the above article:
[quote]AmandaSC wrote:
Not that strong? You’re kidding right? That is rediculous. When you use the same muscle for hours at a time you better believe you get strong. I used to ride horses every day and I could have probably choked out a 200 lb man with my thighs back in the day.
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That sounds hot.
I know this Chainey Humphrey had some guns