Gymnastics/Tumbling

Gymnastics coach Jeff Tucker and assistant Jason Malutich take us through the importance of goal setting and progression in gymnastic movement.

They begin by emphasizing the importance of body position. Gymnasts use hollow body positions and constantly contract to achieve midline stability. Tucker and Jason then move on to the kipping pull up and scaling muscle up transitions.

Tucker said, “We’re going to teach you a kipping swing that is a… Continue Reading

This is the 3rd episode of the Weekend Edition of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm PDT on Saturday, April 4th, 2009.

Dave Young interviews Mark Toorock, founder of American Parkour and owner/coach of Primal Fitness in Washington DC.

Mark reveals a lot about the history of Parkour, and what it means to fully embrace Parkour concepts, including being a responsible citizen and a disciplined practitioner. Mark also talks about his… Continue Reading

Jeff Tucker is the Coach for the CrossFit Gymnastics Cert. He and his team recently traveled to Sydney Australia with Andrew Cattermole of CrossFit Sydney.

This video from the CrossFit Again Faster crew is the third part of this series. Tucker talks about how GSX, his affiliate, came about. GSX is a blend of gymnastics and cheerleading instruction, and now with a full blown CrossFit box.

In the beginning, Tucker… Continue Reading

Jeff Tucker is the Coach for the CrossFit Gymnastics Cert. He and his team recently traveled to Sydney Australia with Andrew Cattermole of CrossFit Sydney.

This video from the CrossFit Again Faster crew is the second part of this series. Tucker talks about the role of gymnastics in the general capabilities of a CrossFitter.

Core strength developed in gymnastics applies to all functional movements, including the overhead squat. There are so many progressions that… Continue Reading

Jeff Tucker is the Coach for the CrossFit Gymnastics Cert. He and his team recently traveled to Sydney Australia with Andrew Cattermole of CrossFit Sydney.

This video from the CrossFit Again Faster crew is an introduction to the seminar. Tucker talks about how the seminar came about and what it was like taking it to Sydney.

He explains that the purpose is not to make gymnasts or gymnastics coaches out of the participants… Continue Reading

Jeff Tucker from GSX Athletics presents his muscle-up training progression. Jeff is the coach for the CrossFit Gymnastics certification seminar.

The first step is to have competency in a stable environment, such as with a bar dip. Then you should be able to hold a stable support on the rings. Next is the ring dip. Only when this can be performed comfortably should the rest of the muscle-up progression… Continue Reading

This is the 25th episode of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm PST on January 26th, 2009.

0:00 Intro
2:00 Jeff Tucker from GSX Athletics
51:00 Call out to newbies
54:00 Comment of the week from Bingo

Jeff talked about his background and how he went from football to bull riding to gymnastics, and how he found CrossFit. They discussed what to expect at a gymnastics cert and why, including the fundamental gymnastic… Continue Reading

CrossFit Live was Dave Young’s version of CrossFit Radio from 2005 and 2006. This is the fifth episode from July 10th, 2005 with Roger Harrell of CrossFit Marin. Pictured are Roger and Nicole Carroll from the gymnastics seminar mentioned in the show on August 14, 2005.

Roger talks about his background and the problem of USA Gymnastics being focused primarily on super-elite performance. Instead, Roger promotes an “Everyman’s Gymnastics” that… Continue Reading