Video: The 1-minute gymnast's rings workout

By forcing your stabilizer muscles to fire, this movement builds chest, shoulder & abdominal strength that free weights and machines don't.

This is a still photo from the video, which is below.

Greetings—from my garage. Here’s the video (scroll down ￬) for paid subscribers that I promised in my most recent Saturday Coffee. Because so many of you asked for it, I decided to send it to all paying subscribers.

Perhaps the greatest benefit of working with rings is that they force your gym body to adapt to new forms of instability, to keep your weight centered and balanced on the rings. Thus, this workout builds muscles that regular gym weights and weight machines can’t. Talk about functional strength!

NOTE: This movement isn’t for everyone and requires some shoulder and triceps strength as well as some equipment, which I discuss in the video. But if you’re interested in developing upper-body strength in just one minute of daily movement, this simple rings movement works. It also builds six-pack abs in short order, I’ve found.

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