Welcome to the GitFit Guys, quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy. And in this episode, which is part one of a series on a unique new workout style that combines gymnastics and weight training, you're going to learn how to get a strong and shredded

body with a unique combination of strength in cardio and gymnastics. Now, you may know if you

read my article recently on Quick and Dirty Tips.com called How to Get the Body of a Gymnist

that I've been doing a unique mashup of gymnastics and

high intensity interval training to get some strength, some cardio, some bulging biceps and

rippling abs and beyond. Well, based on my work with this gymnast named Stephen McCain,

two times a week I throw in the exact program I'm about to highlight to you, which is this

hybrid combo of interval training and gymnastics and some weight training complexes.

Now, in this special two-part episode series, I'm going to outline exactly what I've been doing

and also fill you in on some of what Olympic gymnast Stephen McCain has taught me.

So I'm going to give this over to Stephen to take it away, and here's what he has to say.

Thanks, Ben. Almost every gymnast I've ever met got started in gymnastics because they were climbing the walls as a kid.

You have never seen a happier kid than I was while sprinting to the monkey bars during recess in elementary school.

And it didn't stop at school. When I yanked the chandelier out of the ceiling at home, my mom decided it was time to put me into gymnastics.

After two decades of hard work, I perfected those monkey bars. So when you asked me to help you put together a Spartan race training plan that incorporated body weight and high intensity gymnastics training, I was excited to help. Now, this makes perfect sense because the sport and practice of gymnastics is really just one giant obstacle course, with the only caveat being that gymnasts have to make it

look really easy and artistic. So he says, I believe using an obstacle course training program

that includes gymnastic strength elements, will prepare you for the rigors of the many types

of obstacles you will encounter during a Spartan race. Now, if you're listening in and you don't

plan on doing a Spartan race or an obstacle race anytime soon, that's fine

because this specific routine that you're going to learn in this episode series is perfect

athletic training and exercise training for everything from a better body to being better at any

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