Today’s episode discusses some key concepts around training more advanced gymnastics skills.

Having a few basics is essential before you start chasing the more advanced skills. What are the basics? Once you've got the basics, what's next? A strong pull-up and dip often lead to the goal of muscle-ups.

After you achieve a muscle-up, you can move on to goals like forward and backward rolls.

Another common goal is the press to handstand. So, are the prerequisites? Some people are strong but not flexible. Others are flexible but not strong. Do you need both?

A lot of skills require a list of key attributes. Flexibility, strength, movement awareness, balance, coordination, etc... All of this can be very taxing on the mind. Instead of trying to master the skill and all of its attributes at once, can we find a clever way to remove certain attributes so we have less to focus on?

When aiming to build the strength required for skills, are eccentrics enough?

What about concentric and isometrics?Our experience with handstand push-ups and the one-arm chin-up.

The journey towards gymnastics skills is neverending; once we unlock a certain movement, it typically opens the door for a whole new level of skill.