Really? You want Timestamps for a 5 minute video? Sure, why not. 0:59 - Gymnastic Rings vs Suspension Trainers 1:35 - Benefit #1 to Gymnastic Rings 2:26 - Benefit #2 to Gymnastic Rings 2:55 - The Most Overlooked Aspect of Gymnastic Ring Training - IMPORTANT! 4:05 - My Training Recommendations for Gymnastic Ring Training 4:35 - SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON!
eugene teo who asked for this? 😂 ADHD society man, those smartphones are making our attention span worse than a goldfish’s. Good ring info. My dad introduced me to rings from an early age, most versatile piece of tool ever! Have a good one mate! Stay strong and healthy! Greetings from Greece!
As a gymnast I can confidentially say that the first time you try ring push ups, all of your confidence at being good at push ups is thrown out the window😂
Weirdly enough, I've never been good at regular puships but I love ring pushups and I'm way better at them. I can't feel my chest as hard in any other exercise.
Actually it wasn’t that bad for me. Sure, so shaking, but not that hard I’ve seen at other people. To this day, I just love rings, they are soo good, recommend it to everyone who wants to gain serious strength and quality-muscle
I remember how my ego went down after doing ringed pushups. I thought since I could rep out weighted and one arm pushups that the rings would be easy. First thing that happened was that I was shaking and had no stability and felt a ton of burn in the mucle. Gymnastic rings are no joke.
Video starts at 0:00 😎 Thanks coach! Tried rings for the very first time today - learned very quickly that dips aren’t the same 😂 Liking the challenge though! Would you ever consider doing a video on a ring specific workout we could do?
After lifting weights for decades I bought a set for my home gym during the COVID shutdown. Now that my gym is open I’ve been focusing mainly on the rings. Not only am I putting less stress on my joints, at 65 years old Ive never been this ripped.💪
I started using gymnastic rings again since this whole quarantine thing began. And I gotta say, that I think I already fell in love with them. Thanks for the video uncle Eugene
Started working out with rings a couple months ago, and could never figure out why certain parts of my upper back and shoulders took longer to recover. Now I know.
They are my favourite piece of exercise equipment for sure. I've been back on them recently focusing on back and front lever progressions as well as other things such as, tuck lever rows, l-sits, dips, etc. I love how impressive the skills look, it adds a huge sense of accomplishment to condition your connective tissues and increase your strength to achieve them.
This makes a lot of sense now. I weight lifted for 20 years. Just got into rings a few weeks ago and I will never go back, but I would feel myself getting almost nauseous halfway through the workouts. It felt like it did when I lifted too heavy with weights but I was confused how it was draining me so quickly on rings.
Best training equipment for the upper body if you only could pick one item - I have been doing the Fitness FAQ Body by ring program, highly recommend it. Great content Eugene, just subscribed
I have been using rings for a while exclusively. I absolutely love them. I vouch for everything in this video. Very well put. After years of weight training and dealing with joint pain all the time, the switch to rings was more about doing progressions to do an objective, as opposed to just aesthetics in general with weight lifting. For example , currently my goal is to do a ring muscle up and in order to achieve it, I am doing the progressions for obtaining that skill. Now in the meantime, the body is getting super tone, muscles are showing in all the right places , including abs, but the focus isn't on aesthetics, the focus is on accomplishing the goal of doing a ring muscle up.
Thanks for the video! I haven't used my rings forever since i "progressed" from calisthenics to heavier gym training and now feel motivated to dig them out. One question though: how would you program the ring training into standard weight training? Do you give the rings their own day e.g. as part of Push Pull Leg routine followed by an Ring upper body day?
Hey Eugene, ordered a pair of rings couple of days ago! Would really love a video covering some of your favourite exercises using the rings! Love from Ireland
Great video Eugene. I have never worked with the rings. I’ve always been a TRX guy for many years. I see the benefits though you mentioned in the video. Makes me want to try that now. Thanks for all your great work.
2:53 onward is so important and I'm glad you brought it up because other RU-vidrs often skip over this point. If you have hypermobile joints like me, your shoulders can start rattling in their sockets if you push through that fatigue. It's good for joint health if you're careful, but sets, reps, and rest schemes have to change!
Pretty new to training (36 yo, late bloomer) but am splitting a week with two rings workouts and two weights sessions... Love the pump after the rings!
Hey Eugene, thanks for the info. This video came at a funny time because just yesterday I tried out some shadow boxing for fun as light conditioning work. Today, I woke up and my back was extremely sore. This led me to think whether or not just boxing movements (not necessarily hitting something but just weaving back and forth and jabbing) could actually be an effective way to recruit high threshold motor units? When you punch and shift your body, i suppose your lats for example are not simply working as your arm extends but also just to stabilize your body in general. This is different than a typical Lat exercise in the gym where your body is more stable on a seat or against a pad. Yet, if you overdo your conditioning, you'll be so fatigue that trying to do anything else in the gym will be unproductive. This leads me to wonder if incorporating some inherent instability into a weighted exercise is a potential avenue for more gains, for any body part in general. Do you have any thoughts about this?
@@zacharyshort384 Squats for lower body, of course. But then again you don’t need anything to do squats, only bodyweight (you can progress to pistol squats later). So yeah again, you don’t need anything else than rings.
Really helpful 🙏🏻💕 I went furniture free in my living room a few months ago and cannot begin to express the difference this has made, especially having rings hanging in the room. Its play time all the time and my strength and form have improved massively. So much fun, highly recommend it. Would love to see ideas of new exercises to try.
I do ring workouts 1-2x/week usually towards the beginning of the workout (skills usually) then move on to weights for isolating muscles I want to focus on that day :)
Great tips. They make a lot of sense. I workout by myself so I find warnings and encouragement to be of great value because unless I research, I don't get them.
Been working out on gymnastic rings for a while. Love them the same way when I first started using them: the rings are the truth! They helped me become stronger.
Would something like rack chins done on the rings be as stressful on connective tissues or can that be taken to moderate reps (8-10ish) without too much impact?
Would love a top 10 list of uncommon/novel exercises (not coronavirus) if you have time. Lots on archer style pushups and chins etc and standard stuff plus crappy cardio variations but not a lot of cool stuff like what’s on screen here.
eugene teo Playlist of moderately useful stuff I’ve collected since Monday. Most of it is quite low level or way too generic “fitness” or novelty focused. ru-vid.com/group/PLgzpCpPzuOP1Ri0Y1Jjr12eixVUTjDqy7 there’s quite a few channels that do decent bodybuilding techniques w/rings or straps but I’m thinking someone like you who goes in depth like you did with that weird Nordic curl/ glute ham hybrid exercise using the bench and smith machine, might have a valuable approach. Some I’ve been doing include: one arm cross body presses for pecs, hand from armpit to opposite shoulder. That works well to prepare or finish off the pecs. Tricep kickbacks work well too in the same way. The whole ATWYI exercises for back & delts are great too. One arm crucifix curls. Skater squats from the same starting position as the one arm crucifix curl, for glute. This ones a gem. that on top of the standard stuff you see like overhead tri ext. standard trx curls, push-up and row variations. Then there’s ham curls and assisted pistols etc. there’s lots to play with.
weighted ring push-ups is the one heavy contender with dumbbell bench press. I think ring push-ups are slightly better when our shoulder blades can move more freely, allowing better pushing engagement. The serious downfall is how can load yourself. Not many backpacks are capable of handling 120s or 160s, and they wear out pretty fast though expensive. But spending such a big money for that seems not a great investment. Belts or weighted vests carrying extra weights? Maybe.
I don't understand the recommendation to stay 4-5 reps from failure. Gymnasts don't do that, neither do calisthenics guys, neither do I using them for 8 years, no problems. 1-2 reps from failure is fine. Just follow gradual progressive overload like anything. In fact for pulling movements especially they're easier on the joints because they allow your hands to rotate throughout the range of motion.
Eugene, have you tried using any garments for better grip? I see that you use black rings, meaning they are full steel or ABS polymer covering the steel core, but they are all very slippery when sweat gets in. I recommend the wraps that are used in high-quality badminton rackets or tennis ones
Got lateral epicondylitis from them, my lady friend at the time as well. These babies are vicious. Took over two years for my forearms to heal. So better do your pervy grab and squeeze exercises beforehand.
I am working with rings for a while now, I used free-weights for more than an year and did get some good progress but now I'm going ring and calisthenic only. Might deadlift and squat sometimes though.
How come you can manage not to swear on RU-vid but on the ig lives it’s every couple of minutes or so. what the fucking fuck eugene! What the fucking fuck! 😂 keep up the great content and stuff 💪🏼
Yes and have for years. Just bought dual anchor point suspension straps, ie trx handles without the single anchor point. They’re a game changer for chins, Delt and upper back training as well as giving novel approaches to stimulating other areas. Currently only using these straps, can easily train whole body in the house with them.
Gym Rings are the best The best exercises Best chest pushing exercise - Gym Rings pushups with added weight Best rowing and pulling exercises for back - Gym Rings Rows and Pull-ups Best Unilateral Leg Strength exercise (glutes, quads, hams) - Bulgarian Split Squat with one foot in the ring Best Triceps exercise - Gym Rings elbow extensions Best Biceps exercise - Gym Rings Pelican curls Best Hip Thrust (glutes and hams) - Gym Rings Hip Thrust - Feet in the rings, foam roller behind your neck From beginner - Incline Push-ups to Olympic champion athlete - Victorian Cross Adjust the difficulty in seconds - change leverage (when you perform push-ups walk forward to make it easy, walk back to make it hard) Train anywhere - gym, outdoor, yard, park, bedroom, garage (in a box, and with a fox) Good rings cost $100, last for a lifetime And much more
