As a gymnast, rings were always my favorite and best event, but now as a fitness nut they're also the best tool for mxing up workouts. I confess I spent a too many years following a classic bodybuilding regemin and diet with limited results. I still love the weight room and egg whites, but the last 2 years I've really been focusing more on functional fitness, in part because my role as karate instructor requires applying power in more ways than a decent squat. Hence the rings.
The to advantage training with rings is twofold: (1) it forces all the muscle to recruit all the other fibers missed in ordinary weight training because your body needs more to balance a constantly moving load; and (2) it mixes up the workout.
I suppose the third advantage is a weird conversation piece. I met more curious bodybuilders in the gym when I'd bring in chains for powerlifting and the rings are no different. It's a good way to meet large people that can help the next time you need to move a piano.
Check out Elite Rings.
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- ninjattorney
- After going to law school far, far from home, I came back and litigate in a public intersest job. I love the law about as much as I have opinions about it (what lawyer doesn't?), but my real passion is fitness and self-development.
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