Programming Ideas to Think About

1.  Instead of pushing all seven elements simultaneously, focus on one to three and put others on maintenance.  It would be especially effective to focus on complementary elements.

2.  Alternate cycles between higher volume training at a level you are pretty comfortable with such as five days a week, and a relatively higher intensity at a level that is more of a challenge such as 3 days a week.

3.  Put foundation on maintenance.  Work at a lower volume, 3 to 4 days a week, at a level that you are comfortable. Pair this with a higher intensity regimine.

#1 is good for people with limited recovery, and you will probably find it more useful as the elements get harder.

#2 is good for people who tend to stagnate on one program too long and need variety.

#3 is good for people who are already quite strong and find current foundation elements to be quite easy.

Just wanted to share ideas that I had.  There were others that may come back to me later. 

- Unless you are already fairly advanced at GST; no.

- Selecting to only work a few of the fundamentals usually results in only training those movements we prefer and not the ones we need to.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

Coach Sommer said:

- Unless you are already fairly advanced at GST; no.

 

- Selecting to only work a few of the fundamentals usually results in only training those movements we prefer and not the ones we need to.

 

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

I agree with both of your points.  These are ideas for those who are advanced.  When I said maintenance, I didn't mean neglect.  I did not intend to suggest that you stop training the other movements if that is how it came across.

The problem becomes when people choose to decide they are advanced when they are are not even close.

A beginner using advanced techniques does not make them advance it limits their progress and increases their risk of injury and creates bad habits.

Fully appreciate what you're trying to discuss but so few are ready be mindful of giving ideas to those not ready who are easily distracted.

- While an interesting discussion; for the vast majority of people working F1 your proposed format would accomplish nothing other than a lack of progress.

Bottomline;   there is no one here who is capable of advanced GST ... at least not yet.  

- People who stagnate mentally and need variety as a crutch in order to limp haphazardly through their training need to decide if they truly want to make progress or they want to be 'entertained'.  There is a reason my athletes look and perform the way that they do and I can assure you that it had nothing to do with variety for the sake of variety.

- At this level we haven't done any GST that is difficult; either in terms of strength or iM.  This is only F1 afterall.  Even when someone completes F4, I would still only consider them an advanced beginner to intermediate GST student.  

The advanced work comes later.  

However in order to get there from here, it is necessary that we calmly and patiently put one foot in front of the other and master the GST Fundamentals first.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

Yes, in hindsight I realize that my original post was out of context. I apologize for posting this in the F1 forum.  Perhaps a much better discussion would be building work capacity. 

This thread made me remember there is a book on rings training coming after the foundation series eventually.... The fact that the average joe is going to have the knowledge and possibility of performing advanced gst on the rings is really really awesome. I can't wait for the next few years to come!

There is a time line t the training and the plans going forward. Focus on your foundation, build it and solidfy it. Don't worry about next right now, you will know in good time.