Gymnastics Programming 101 With Nick Sorrel
The Michael Caz Podcast
Michael Cazayoux
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2018
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Brute Strength Podcast I’m speaking with the gymnastics doctor, Nick Sorrel. In this episode we talk about the release of our newest program, Brute Gymnastics and the overarching philosophy behind Nick’s design. This is a great chance to hear more about the specifics of the program and an opportunity to get an inside look of a genius at work. We’ll be getting into program design, what to expect from the program, and the importance of body awareness and perfecting form. Be sure to check it out! Enjoy the show.
Topics:
05:29 - Brute gymnastics program design
13:30 - Body awareness and perfecting form
19:20 - Philosophy of mastering the basics
21:45 - Breaking down the Brute Gymnastics program
30:33 - Dissecting the program structure
38:15 - Common questions about the program
42:38 - Why more is not always better
50:15 - What to expect from the program
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Root Strength Podcast, bringing you worldwide experts from all areas of health and fitness. |
| 0:08.0 | We cover training, nutrition, coaching, and mindset. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome your host, Strength and Conditioning Coach, |
| 0:15.0 | 2012 and 2013 Prost Vic Games Champ, |
| 0:18.0 | Michael Kaju. |
| 0:19.0 | Mind, Body, Brute. |
| 0:29.0 | This is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the Brut Strength Podcast. Today, April 2nd, we have released our Brute Gym gymnastics only program. |
| 0:33.1 | Since we started in 2014, this has been hands down |
| 0:36.0 | the most popular and effective part of our training programs |
| 0:39.6 | for competitors. |
| 0:41.0 | One thing that I really love that the gymnastics Dr Nick Sorrell taught me and teaches all of our athletes is |
| 0:49.0 | We're trying to teach you how to build or how to be a carpenter rather than build a bird house. |
| 0:55.0 | On one hand we could give you the perfect directions on how to build a bird house and you could go out there and execute those plans. |
| 1:02.0 | If on the other hand we teach you how to be a carpenter then you |
| 1:06.2 | can build anything you want with precision. What a lot of people do is that they'll |
| 1:11.1 | teach you how to do a muscle up or a handstand push up. |
| 1:15.0 | But then when you have to walk on your hands, you have to do other skills, you have to do things under fatigue, |
| 1:21.0 | you can't do them as well because you don't have the underlying foundation, |
| 1:25.7 | the fundamentals down. |
| 1:27.2 | So in our training program, in our gymnastics program, we start by laying a very, very wide base. |
| 1:34.3 | We teach you the fundamentals of artistic gymnastics |
| 1:37.8 | as well as gymnastics for the sport of fitness |
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