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Summary: Weight training can be performed in gymnastics by increasing the difficulty of the skill or stretch. Weight train for gymnastics with tips from a professional gymnastics coach in this free video on gymnastics.
Yin Eloy Alvarez is a professional gymnastics coach who opened Universal Gymnastics located in Miami, Florida in 1995 with the intent of training internationally competitive gymnasts....read more
"Weight training in gymnastics. And personally me, I don't do so many weights in gymnastics. Maybe other coaches do it. The way I use the weight in gymnastics is to complicate the skill, make the skill a little harder, but we're not using weight like weight lifting. For example this skill, this is a regular sit up I using the weight to make it more difficult the skill and giving to her more stretch. And here on bars, for the same reason making the skill a little harder. That's it."
eHow Article: Gymnastics Weight Training