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The front lever is a gymnastic and calisthenic move - a static hold normally performed on the still rings or the pull-up bar. A front lever is performed by lowering from an inverted hang until the body is completely horizontal and straight with the front of the body facing upwards.
The crab is a body position sometimes seen in basic gymnastics, yoga, and breakdancing. The body is supinated so that the back turns to the ground, and only the feet and hands make contact with the ground.
Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive discipline of gymnastics where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform routines consisting of acrobatic skills, dance and tumbling, set to music. There are three types of routines; a 'balance' routine (at FIG level 5 and above) where the focus is on strength, poise and flexibility; a 'dynamic ...
L-sit performed on rings L-sits on parallettes. The L-sit is an acrobatic body position in which all body weight rests on the hands, with the torso held in a slightly forward-leaning orientation, with legs held horizontally so that each leg forms a nominal right-angle with the torso.
An image of a bridge position with straight legs. The body is pushed over the shoulders to enable straight vertical arms, stretching the shoulders and upper body. The bridge (also called gymnastic bridge [1]) is an exercise. Many variations of this exercise are employed throughout the world, most commonly the balancing of the body on the hands ...
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The three main types of isometric exercise are isometric presses, pulls, and holds. They may be included in a strength training regime in order to improve the body's ability to apply power from a static position or, in the case of isometric holds, improve the body's ability to maintain a position for a period of time.
The women of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics US Gymnastics teams are no longer the sweet-faced teens you watched on TV. Now in their 20s and beyond, these talented ladies are no longer competing on ...