Warm-Up Stretches for Beginner Gymnastics

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Part of the video series: Gymnastics Moves & Routines for Beginners

Summary: Learn the proper warm-up before you begin gymnastics exercises in order to avoid injury in this free online gymnastics lesson video.

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By Sibylle Walters
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Contact: www.flairsgymnastics.com

Sibylle Walters founded Flairs Gymnastics in 1990. She is a former German National Gymnastics Champion. Sibylle has coached thousands of students since 1984. Flairs Gymnastics has...read more

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on 8/2/2008 Thnks this works so well.

on 11/30/2008 Sibylle, you must understand the following things :

1 - "Warming-up" means "getting warm", that's to say increase the body's temperature. How do you expect your gymnasts to get warm if they spend their time sitting on the floor and stretching ?
Stretching is a very different activity, it has nothing to do with warming up, you can't mix everything together.

2 - The short term effect of long stretches (over 10 seconds) is that your muscles loose strength and power for about 1 hour (it has been clearly proved since ages).
That goes completely against the gymnastics performance.

3 - No study has never proved that stretching before gymnastics reduces the risk of injuries. You can perfectly start your training without stretching before, at the condition you are really warm.
And actually, that's about 10 years my gymnasts don't stretch before trainings, and they are never injured. But they stretch a lot after the training and at home, to benefit from the long term effects of stretching.

4 - From the 3 previous points, you can logically deduct that long stretches before the training are a complete nonsense and should be avoid from the warm-up.
Nevertheless, some fast stretches (

Video Transcript

"My name is Sibylle Walters. I’m the owner-director of Flairs Gymnastics located in Davie, Florida. You can find us on the web at www.flairsgymnastics.com. On behalf of ExpertVillage.com, I’d like to welcome you. And now we’re going to demonstrate the stretching part of the warm. Okay ladies stand up nice and tall; open your legs wide, put your hands out to the side, and stretch over to each side. Nice and long all the way. Put your arms way over your head and go to the other side. All the way over, all the way stretched. Go to the center please, ready bend over and put your through if you can. Very good, and stand back up. Put your hands on your hips; circle your head one way, and the other. Roll your shoulders backwards and forwards and sit down please. Okay put your arms way over your head and bend over, straighten your legs and touch your toes, nice and far. All the way, all the way, and flex your feet, hold on to your toes and stretch. Excellent. Very good. Sit in a straddle please, open your legs, arms out to the side and go to each side. One and back, and two and in the center. Nice and easy, right. All the way, point your toes. And we’ll be right back."

eHow Article: Warm-Up Stretches for Beginner Gymnastics