heinrich Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 In his latest newsletter (Issue #185) Pavel Tsatsouline recommends Coach Sommer's book "Building the Gymnastic Body" Comrade, Building the Gymnastic Body stands out against the majority of bodyweight training books by its focus on strength. What makes it really unique is a wealth of unique exercises which develop exceptional tightness—the foundation of great strength. The range of progressions is broad enough to cover anyone, from a 98-pound weakling to a superman. Get Christopher Sommer's book.He surely knows what he's talking about 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weib Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 The product stands by itself - if anyone wanted to learn bodyweight exercises picked it up and read through it, they would have bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviec.54 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Right on !!! Great book coach has made available to us. Pavel's endorsement is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cccp21 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Right on !!! Great book coach has made available to us. Pavel's endorsement is awesome.********** In his endorsement(Pavels) what does exceptional "tightness" mean?Brandon Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Henigin Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I'm the proverbial 97-pound weakling :oops: I'm 37 years old, 155 pounds, 6'3" tall, skinny as all get-out. I bought the book, the personal story from Coach Sommer was really inspiring, and read through the progressions, they look great.Then I got stuck wondering how the heck to program this. The sort-of offhand section at the end about programming wasn't enough for me.I've just started up my own strength workouts. Two different programs alternated, 3 days/week.Warm up:( jump rope, assisted chins, assisted dips, squats ) * 2Burgener warm up (24 pound bar)"A" program:Warm up5 x 5 deadlift5 x 2 muscle up (from my knees, working on raising the rings about every second workout)"B" program:Warm up5 x 5 squat5 x 5 pressSo I'm at the gym around 2.5 hours/week.The reason I mention my current program is to set a baseline. My personal criteria for any strength program:- 3 workouts/week- no more than 1 hour at the gym each time- whole bodyI've got home-made parallettes, and I bought rings online, but other than that I don't have access to a gym so I don't have stall bars or pads or anything otherwise specialized.Could someone here give me a pointer to how I would program BtGB to improve upon what I'm doing?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairbob Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Ed, there is something to be said that the forum is kind of like the online support system of the program. Without it, it makes the program a lot harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobrep Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 ********** In his endorsement(Pavels) what does exceptional "tightness" mean?Brandon GreenI believe he is referring to muscle tightness because many of the progressions require full or near full body muscle contraction, requiring the body to be "tight". I am interested if this is incorrect or could be elaborated on.Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Lee Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 ********** In his endorsement(Pavels) what does exceptional "tightness" mean?Brandon GreenI believe he is referring to muscle tightness because many of the progressions require full or near full body muscle contraction, requiring the body to be "tight". I am interested if this is incorrect or could be elaborated on.Regards.You're correct. Pavel writes a lot about learning how to tense your body because tension = contraction or force or something like that. It's been a while since I've read Naked Warrior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Van Bockxmeer Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I'm the proverbial 97-pound weakling :oops: I'm 37 years old, 155 pounds, 6'3" tall, skinny as all get-out. I'm 160 pounds, 6' 2. Arm span is about 6'4.I'm making good progress, nothing amazing yet but definite increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Henigin Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I'm making good progress, nothing amazing yet but definite increases.What is your BtGB workout routine?I bet I'm posting this question in the wrong forum. What's the right forum to be asking this question?Where do DIY beginners go to get workout templates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Van Bockxmeer Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 well I don't really have a strictly templated routine as such, but here are the main things I'm working on:ring supports, sets of 5-10 secpull ups and dips, sets of 3 (i'm a bit of a weakling, but my ROM and timing is fairly strict)tuck front and back levers - i've really noticed an improvment here as my tuck is starting to open up heapshanging leg lifts on stall barsassisted single leg squats and jumping squats 5-10 repsstanding leg raiseswall handstands, wall handstand pushups (a few inches to go before i can get head to floor)swings on parallel bars horizontal to horizontalpress shoulderstand, press V sit on parallel barsif you want help ask in the 'getting started' sub forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heinrich Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hey guys!Coach Sommer mentioned several times that he really likes killroy70's routine and as you can see, his routine is producing great results (at least for him).You'll find it here:viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1957&p=12897#p12897Good luck with your training! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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