Want to build more Bar Muscle-Up Endurance but still stuck at singles when the clock is running and your breathing is taxed? Not sure where to begin? Our Bar Muscle-Up Endurance program focuses on three vital components of gymnastics movement progress; Building Strength, Building Work Capacity, and building Endurance. BUILDING STRENGTH: Let’s begin with building strength. It is one of …
Tired of doing singles or small sets of Bar Muscle-Ups in workouts and not sure how to build more endurance and technique? Then you need to check out this weeks episode of Performance Plus Programming podcast where Pamela Gagnon and Coach Johnny B detail our new Bar Muscle-Up Endurance program. Let’s goooooo! Topics Include -Why people are limited in doing many bar …
The dumbbell has long been a staple in the strength & conditioning world but was relatively underutilized in the cimmunity until 2017 when the dumbbell appeared in the first two Open workouts of that year. Since then, the dumbbell has become significantly more popular in programming as a whole. At Performance Plus, we specialize in building accessory programming to build …
Do you know what sucks? Being able to do 1 bar muscle-up but not string together more. Do you know what else sucks? That annoying little middle kip during sets of toes to bar. Good news, we know why!!! Bad news, it’s because you aren’t strong enough. MORE GOOD NEWS we can fix it. Tune into this very brief episode …
Are you smashing your head into the wall trying to learn how to handstand walk? Have you been practicing the handstand walk weekly or daily with no progress? Then you need to check out episode 10 of the Performance Plus Programming Podcast because gymnastics expert Pamela Gagnon sits down to explain why you (and I) can’t handstand walk and provide …
The Open is coming. We are less than two months away. So we thought it would be a good time for all three of us to jump on the podcast to discuss what you need to be doing to get ready for the Open. Topics Include: What movements do we think you should be working on How to properly triage …
Do you have a hard time getting off the assault bike and doing muscle-ups? Are sets of 25 toes to bar in a metcon a problem? If so then you need to check out Episode 8 of the Performance Plus Programming Podcast. On this episode Dr. Zach Long (DPT) and Coach Johnny B (MS, CFL3) sit down to talk about …
Want to be in the Games as an Open or Masters Athlete? Ever wonder what sort of gymnastics skills you need to possess to compete at that level? Tune into Episode 5 of the Performance Plus Programming Podcast Pamela Gagnon to learn what a former 3x Games athlete and Mayhem Gymnastics head coach says are the standards for anyone that …
On episode 3 of the Performance Plus Programming Podcast, gymnastics expert Pamela Gagnon joins Coach Johnny B to detail the strict strength pre-requisites for gymnastics movements. Here are the topics we covered in this episode: The 2 foundations of gymnastics movements How many reps of strict gymnastics do we need to have before progressing onto kipping? One of the best …