At Home Workouts For Tumbling

Looking for some at home workouts for tumbling?  It can be very difficult to find at home workouts for your tumbler or gymnast, while they aren’t in the gym.  It is very important to make sure that the at home workouts are safe and can be done in limited space. All at home workouts for tumbling should include the use of a mat to lower the risk of injuries.

One important body part to maintain through at home workouts for tumbling, is the core.  There are many different ab workouts that tumblers can do at home. The basics like crunches and sit ups, have many different variations that tumblers can do to keep it fresh and interesting.  Handstands are a great at home workout for tumling! Less advanced students can practice them at home up against the wall. Handstands strengthen the core, along with other important body parts.  Practicing handstands at home can also help tumblers feel more comfortable upside down, and they are a very important basic skill that leads to more advanced skills in the future.  

Tumbling requires spending a lot of time upside down.  At home workouts for tumbling should include exercises that include the upper body.  Push ups are an easy and safe at home workout for tumbling. If you have a pull up bar at home, that could also be a good at home workout for tumbling.  Handstands also work on your upper body strength as well as the core.  

Tumblers also need strong leg muscles to be able to jump high for many flips.  Doing at home leg workouts will help gain those muscles. There are a variety of squats and lunges for at home workouts for tumbling.  Another at home workout for tumbling that will give tumblers stronger legs are calf raises.  

Tumblers need to think about the risk of injury when performing at home workouts.  Do not perform skills at home that have a risk of any type of neck injury! Never try anything at home that requires a spotter, or is new to the tumbler, or have not been repetitively performed properly at the facility recently.  Make sure you have the space needed to perform skills, injuries can occur from accidentally colliding with furniture or walls. Remember the best and safest place to practice is alway at Challenge Athletics!