SGC wednesday adult gym

11/10/2017

Hi all, anyone who wants to enter the Porstmouth gym club comp, here is the link
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4q6UnMTxsemTEc0Sjh0RW41UTQ

16/10/2016

Great results for all my adult gymnasts at the comp today - it is a privilege and a pleasure to coach such talented and lovely people! Look forward to many more such occasions!

21/08/2016

06/07/2016

Ok guys been thinking about gala and I am getting some ideas - got one group balance partly sorted !

29/06/2016

Do any of you guys who are doing the Gala have any circus skills we don't know about? i.e. juggling or riding a unicycle?

16/06/2016

To the adults who are doing the gala, what about circus by Britney Spears?

29/05/2016

Anyone interested in maybe joining me in this? theres one in Surrey in November

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23/05/2016

Emily, Anna and Amanda with the medals they won at the club competition on Sunday!

18/05/2016

By popular demand , be ready for conditioning at the end of the session tonight!

13/05/2016

My woonderful trio with their medals from the Sutton competition!

24/04/2016

Well done to Amillie- sub 2 hour half marathon today!!

19/04/2016

14/03/2016

Stretching is something not enough of us do, but its importance is critical. But it’s hard to see which muscle you’re stretching, because your skin is in the way of viewing your muscular structure underneath!

20/02/2016

Kelianne Stankus and Kailey Maurer from Los Angeles produced the impressive video. The 19-year-olds dance, do splits, and climb on top of each other to do handstands on top of the moving gadgets.

19/02/2016

ok something like last week - two good sessions again - I am so lucky to coach so many really nice people

12/02/2016

I have just spent two days caoching adult gym - thank you to all my gymnasts - you are a big part of what I live for!

19/12/2015

For all my gymnasts this is a very good site which shows just about every move there is on all artistic areas for women and men, plus animations and videos (I couldn't see the animations because it needs a plug in that I don't have but I could watch the videos). there is also stuff about conditioning and stretching!
http://www.drillsandskills.com/skills/index

The complete list of skills found on DrillsAndSkills. List broken down by event.

26/10/2015

Ok Just wondering how many of you will be in this Wednesday, and how many on Thursday too?

06/10/2015

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06/10/2015

Buy tickets for Southampton Gymnastics 47th Annual Gala at O2 Guildhall Southampton, Southampton, on 06/12/2015 at www.livenation.co.uk. Search for United Kingdom and international concert times, tour dates and venue in your area with Live Nation

22/09/2015

Get ready to be blown away by the beautiful Siobhan Johnstone as she demonstrates her stunning Aerial Skills at The Secret Circus Show on 3rd October 2015.

Don't miss out, book your tickets at http://secretcircus.co.uk/booking/

22/09/2015

Until recently there were very few similarities between West Acton and Southampton, one is coastal the other is in West London…………….however they both now share one common characteristic…………US.

05/03/2015

Ok here is a link to a gymnastics news group I follow - info on various topics, this is about stretching.
https://dub131.mail.live.com/?tid=cmjrxLsNjB5BGF-NidZ19F2g2&fid=flinbox

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21/02/2015

Ok just for a laugh, this is a description of a workout I read in a book recently (it's fiction and the main character is very famous).
See what you think and try to guess who the character is!

'There was only one way to deal with boredom - kick oneself out of it. _____ went down on his hands and knees and did twenty slow press-ups, lingering over each one so that his muscles had no rest. When his arms could stand the pain no longer, he rolled over on his back and, with his hands at his sides, did the straight leg lift until his stomach muscles screamed. He got to his feet and, after touching his toes twenty times, went over to arm and chest exercises combined with deep breathing until he was dizzy. '

Really impressive wot?! Let me know who you think it is! (at least you know it's a male!)

14/02/2015

Ok we did a stretching session today for the parents at Sholing, so here are some of my thoughts - hope they are helpful!
First, frequency of stretching is the most important thing. If you can find 10 minutes to do some stretching every day you will improve much more than if you stretch a lot one or two days a week.
How long should you hold each stretch for? i would say at least 30 seconds for each stretch and do each stretch 3 times.
You should stretch your shoulders and do bridges (even if you are not good at it! -in fact especially if you are not good at it!)
Also left and right leg splits and box splits.
This effectively means you have 6 stretches to do 3 times each for 30 seconds each, which equals 9 minutes! Not too much out of a day, surely?
Do not forget that you only stretch until the muscle just starts to hurt, then you must hold completely still until the muscles relax - you can use pillows or cushions to help support you in position to manage this. As you become more flexible you can increase the time you hold the stretch for or push harder ( not both at the same time).
If you can stretch after a hot bath or shower this will help because the muscles will already be more relaxed.
What ever else you do make sure that you stretch after doing any workout, run, gymnastics session or what ever exercise you may do - if you don't then the muscles will tighten up and make you even more INflexible!
As I said I hope these suggestions help, and feel free to ask me if anything is not clear or if you want any other advice!