Parallel Bar Reflection

"This is the first week of starting my training program in the gym and practising the walk on the parallel bars. On my first attempt at the walk on the parallel bars I was able to make the whole length of the bar, but I found that my legs were wobbling too much and my elbows were collapsing to often. This meant that I needed to focus on my core exercises to lessen the wobbling of of my legs and I also needed to focus on my upper body strength to keep my elbows firm and locked, for the full length of the bar. I feel quite happy with my start and progress, I had no injuries because of the warm up at the start of each lesson. My recovery stretches really helped as my core in particular was quite sore after doing some extra planks.
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A successful shoulder stand needs to be well controlled on the way up and down.
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"Resistance Training:
I increased the plank time to 2 minutes as I wanted to focus on core leading up to the shoulder stand text next week which requires a lot of core strength.

Parallel Bars:
Attempted the forward roll for the first time. There are a lot skills involved in the forward roll, and can be quite difficult to master, because they have to be done while you your whole body is flipping. To perform a successful forward roll you need a tight tuck and your knees need to be kept together and you also need a clean and controlled landing."
"Resistance Training:
By this stage of the program I could really see a difference in the strength of my muscles, and still with all the increases of reps I have added to my exercises, I have completed my program with little strain, which means I have developed many skills through the process of the this training program.

Parallel Bars:
During the practise trials before the final testing for the walk and the swing a lot of control of muscle was needed to perform successful skills.