I’ve noticed Kirsty Grosart’s achivements and extreme skills for years online. It was a ton of fun to get her on the GiryaGirl.com podcast! Admittedly, I’m being super-self-serving by trying to get a whole bunch of tips to improve my handstand skills, but since I’m sharing it with you, that makes it ok, right?
This super fun episode is linked below for online listening via iTunes, Stitcher, and now fancy slideshow version on Youtube! (Which do you enjoy most? Please tell me in the comments section at the bottom of this post) I even made you show notes again. And again, let me know if that’s something you enjoy or not (it’s a lot of work, so if you don’t care, please tell me!)
Listen to this episode of the GiryaGirl Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or directly on the GiryaGirl Podcast website.
Show Notes Below!
Special Guest: Kirsty Grosart, GMB Lead Instructor, Bodyweight Exercise Expert
- 0:52 Kirsty’s Background as a competitive gymnast and how she came back from injury
- 2:16 Converted her garage to a primitive gym (and ideas for you) for kettlebells and bodyweight.
- 3:00 How she got started with GMB (Gold Medal Bodies) and coaching in general
- 4:12 The “fear factor” with adults learning gymnastics, being upside down, and falling
- 5:30 How Kirsty gets people past the fear of being upside down. What and how to start…
- 6:20 What Kirsty ALWAYS recommends that people do when learning the handstand!
- 6:34 The hard part about hand-balancing is…
- 6:50 The CRUCIAL first thing Kirsty teaches anyone learning the handstand…
- 8:30 How does this fit with strength calisthenics, Convict Conditioning, PCC?
- 9:20 The details of Kirsty’s awesome press to handstand ON gymnastic rings video! And the key cue from Ryan Hurst that made it happen. WOW!
- 11:10 More about gymnastic equipment…
- 12:10 How and why Adrienne added gymnastic rings to her training… Shout out to Mike Gillette and his awesome book, Rings of Power!
- 12:40 The versatility of gymnastic rings for all fitness levels… with examples from Kirsty’s fitness classes…
- 13:27 I still love the TRX, but you can’t beat the price of gymnastic rings…
- 13:50 Traveling rings discussion 🙂 🙂
- 15:03 Kirsty’s experience at Santa Monica’s world famous Muscle Beach!
- 15:47 Instances and extreme inspiration from older people absolutely rocking advanced calisthenics moves…
- 16:50 What Kirsty is working on right now on calisthenics, strength moves.
- 18:05 That darned shrimp squat.
- 19:33 The pistol as tested in the RKC-II, and the phenomenon of adding a little weight vs adding a lot of weight!
- 20:20 Kirsty going to Scotland to teach (with Gail, InvertedG on Instagram) and vacation.
- 22:30 Building strength with the basics to THEN be able to do the fancy stuff
- 23:51 What Kirsty likes best about bodyweight training more than any other kind of training.
- 24:50 Special advantages of bodyweight training that crossover into all types of physical activities
- 25:05 World record holding powerlifter gets a bench press PR from handstands?! Body awareness power!
- 26:30 You might be stronger than you think
Learn more about Kirsty at her website: https://garagegymgirl.com
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