What would you do?Body recomposition

[DareToBeGymnast]

So, i'm in my journey to finish foundation 2 by Christmas.I had pretty good pushing and pulling strength because of my calisthenics past(90 degree pushups and OAP), but i now want to perfect my gymnastics strength and my flexibility.

THe thing is that i think that i am a little bit heavy for gymnastics, and i want your opinion on that, as i am providing my physique in this post.Should i try to cut, or am i fine.Will a loss of 1-2 kilograms contribute to better control of my static holds, or should i stick to my current weight? Thank you in advance!

 

Age:23
Height:6'1"
Weight:190lbs

Edited October 30, 2015 by DareToBeGymnast

[Joshua Slocum]

So, i'm in my journey to finish foundation 2 by Christmas.I had pretty good pushing and pulling strength because of my calisthenics past(90 degree pushups and OAP), but i now want to perfect my gymnastics strength and my flexibility.

THe thing is that i think that i am a little bit heavy for gymnastics, and i want your opinion on that, as i am providing my physique in this post.Should i try to cut, or am i fine.Will a loss of 1-2 kilograms contribute to better control of my static holds, or should i stick to my current weight? Thank you in advance!

 

Age:23

Height:6'1"

Weight:190lbs

1-2kg will not make a huge difference. 

[Matthew Jefferys]

Height makes a bigger difference for levering than mass. Also, if you lose too much weight, it could affect your performance past the point of optimum relative strength. I'd say; just train. The stronger you get, the better. Forcing yourself to lose weight past a very normal 190lbs won't make a big difference.

[Blairbob]

I can't remember who told me this once but "If you can reach the Rings yourselves, you are too tall to be a Gymnast (especially a Rings specialist of any kind).

That being said, 1-2kg barely makes a noticeable difference. I drank about that much in a few hours after getting to the gym (though judging by my shirt, I did sweat quite a bit on the way there and while there).

I'm about 4-5kg lighter than I was in Summer and it's noticeable on the BW stuff. I had wanted to play on some ropes or rings when I was done under 80kg that day (I'm about 82 right now) and see what it felt like. It's also like night and day from what I look like in the mirror in the morning then and now (though it's similar once it's midday/evening after all the fluids and food I've eaten compared to fasted).

You're about as lean as most of the guys on Berkeley's team were (given that they were topless most of the time). Except they were all much shorter than you (Dan seemed around 5'9 or 10) though.

You really are fretting about nothing. Keep on training. Josh/Slizzardman is roughly your height though I think at his leanest was about #210 (don't quote on me that, he was 220-230 to being with I think).

If you really cared, you could try a really small defiicit. In the long run, i don't you'll have much you can lose before you are basically just running on fumes. A lot of this depends on how much you need to eat to maintain as I would guess you are roughly on a maitenance/eat healthy nothing fancy diet right now.

Edited November 1, 2015 by Blairbob

[DareToBeGymnast]

Thank you all for your concern and for your answers.I always thought of my height/weight as a drawback as far as gst is concerned, but i am starting to get through it, thinking of it now as a challenging gift.I will stay on my way to finishing f2, although i have some golfer's elbow issues which i am trying to get over with.I will slow the process in order to get healthy elbow again.

The main reason that happened is that i am on a stage when i have to perform these exercices in the same workout:Body levers,Half WsW and V to L HLLs. The load is tremendous....

[Wesley Tan]

For the elbow pain, make sure your not overly using the arms on the hanging stall bar elements. 

 

It's useful to think of relaxing the arms as much as much as possible without letting go of your grip. Sometimes elbow tendonitis issues have an element of 'over-gripping' as a contributing factor. Really lift the legs with minimum input form the arms. Make sure you stretch the hands/wrists/forearms also during those workouts, use the handstand stretch & wrist series elements.

 

You look in good shape to me. 6'1 is not that tall, i'm just under 6ft but naturally slim and so don't carry as much weight. Slowly gaining as I progress though without consciously trying.