kaiowas Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hey guys, I'm Kai, and am an adult recreational male gymnast. I've bee practicing for about 5 months now, mostly with tumbling work, as I got into gymnastics after practicing parkour at the local gymnasium. I'm currently healing from some soft tissue damage in my left ankle (after taking a month off before this with soft tissue damage in my right ankle) then being too hasty with my recovery and going back to tumbling with very little strength work on my ankles. Aside from being very accident and injury prone due to a lack of prevention work (which I now take very seriously) I'm looking at developing further strength and flexibility to help me with my gymnastics training. I've been reading posts on the site for a little while now and for the life of me I have not been able to find a list of acronyms or commonly used words that noobs such as myself don't understand. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it, and any exercises relating to ankle strength and flexibility would very much be appreciated also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Launchbury Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hi Kai,There is a thread regarding Ankle Prehab here:> http://gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=670And a useful list of gymnastics terms on DrillsAndSkills, here:> http://www.drillsandskills.com/definitionsCan't think of one for acronyms off the top of my head, so unless anyone else finds one please post any that you are currently pondering over and I'll try and help out.Cheers,George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiowas Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 Ah excellent thanks George. One of the acronyms I see a lot is HSPU? and there are a few others around, which I'll try and pickup when I see them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Launchbury Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Here's a few:HSPU - Hand Stand Push UpOAC - One Armed Chin(up)PPP - Pseudo Planche PushupGTG - Grease The Groove (Google that phrase)FL - Front LeverSLS - Single Leg Squat (a.k.a. Pistols)...hmmm, they're surprisingly hard to think of - so keep them coming if you have more!George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJ Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Just a couple more that came to mind.GHR - Glute-Ham RaiseHLL - Hanging Leg Lift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 another one:HBWBPTEPBF = Half Bodyweight Bench Press To Extreme Puke-Bucket Failure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiowas Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 another one:HBWBPTEPBF = Half Bodyweight Bench Press To Extreme Puke-Bucket Failure! :shock: Well thanks for the above acronyms, it should help me follow what you guys are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 HeSPU doesn't mean Handstand Pushup however, it means Headstand push-up. For a real handstand push-up you need your hands elevated, so you can go deeper then just till your head reaches hand level.. ;-)And for HLL, some people say HLR > Hanging Leg Raises. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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