Apr ’26 Gymnastics Skill Work
Apr ’26 Gymnastics Skill Work: Strict HSPU Progressions – Piked HSPU by Coach Jackie Why It’s Important Working on Piked HSPU is important for developing your strict HSPU because it teaches the proper movement pattern without requiring the full strength (yet) to complete the full movement. This allows you to be intentional with hand placement, […]
Mar ’26 Gymnastics Skill Work
Mar ’26 Gymnastics Skill Work: Hollow Hold by Coach Jackie Why It’s Important Hollow holds are one of my favorite skills because they improve almost all of your gymnastics movements. The reason is simple: they teach you how to brace and maintain the position required for things like muscle-ups, handstand walking, and really any type […]
Feb ’26 Gymnastics Skill Work
Feb ’26 Gymnastics Skill Work: Support Holds by Coach Jackie Why It’s Important: Support holds are important because they require stability and control. We often want to jump straight into high-skill movements and skip over the foundation, but that would be a huge disservice. To do these fun skills, we need to make sure we […]
Jan ’26 Gymnastics Skill Work
Jan ’26 Gymnastics Skill Work: Kip Drill by Coach Jackie One of the most important factors in all of your gymnastics movements is lat strength — and your ability to fire those muscles when it counts. So often, when someone is struggling to get a toes-to-bar, link pull-ups, or hit their first muscle-up, it’s because they’re not engaging one of […]
Dec ’25 Gymnastics Skill Work
Dec ’25 Gymnastics Skill Work: Handstand Holds by Coach Jackie Handstand holds might be one of my all-time favorite skills to work on. Not just because they’re fun (which they are), but because they’re a total cheat code for improving so many other movements in CrossFit. They help dial in your overhead positioning, which translates to everything […]
Nov ’25 Gymnastics Skill Work
Nov ’25 Gymnastics Skill Work: Piked Leg Lifts by Coach Jackie Why it’s important:Speaking from a gymnastics perspective, piked leg lifts are important because they teach you compression and develop core/hip flexor strength which is what is required if you want to achieve a toes-to-bar or even being able to do a press-to-handstand, which is a […]
