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Toes-to-bar, muscle-ups and handstands: guides to understanding your practice, choosing progressions and exploring NQ Gymnastics.

NQ / 01

How to link toes-to-bar: what to look at after the first rep

You get your feet to the bar, come down and suddenly the next rep feels miles away. You are swinging, but you are no longer sure when to start. Getting one repetition and linking several are related challenges, but they are not quite the same. First you need to reach the target; then you need to organise the return so you can begin again.

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NQ / 02

Your first bar muscle-up: how to break the goal into parts

You stand under the bar, build a swing, pull and end up underneath it again. From the outside, it can look as though all you need is a harder pull. But the bar muscle-up is not simply a higher pull-up: it connects a swing, a pull, a transition and support above the bar. When one part is unclear, repeating the entire attempt can make it harder to understand what to practise.

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NQ / 03

Handstand push-ups and walks: where to start with inverted skills

Being upside down changes how you orient yourself. Your hands become your base, your shoulders work in a different position and suddenly even staying still can take all your attention. Before thinking about handstand push-up reps or metres walked on your hands, it is worth asking which part of the position you can control now.

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NQ / 04

How to choose a gymnastics plan for CrossFit based on your starting point

Some days the WOD seems to decide for you. You see toes-to-bar, muscle-ups or handstand push-ups on the board and already know you will need to adapt part of it. Or perhaps you can do the movements, but the rhythm falls apart when you link them and you are unsure what to practise between classes.

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