4 reasons why ring training finally makes you want to do long-term sports.

How many times have you set out to finally get fit and used training plans that promise your dream body in 12 weeks? Unfortunately, it always sounds too good to be true and sporting goals can usually only be achieved through long-term training. Breaking the existing routines or establishing new routines is not an easy matter and in order for your athletic self to persist for a long time, discipline is needed. But don’t worry, in the following article you won’t expect any familiar advice like “Just do it” or “Make a little bit every day”, because there are already enough good books on the market, such as the 1% method by James Clear. Instead, you will learn why exactly the rings have certain advantages that can lead to the long-term that you are always looking forward to training and you really get closer to your goals.

Ring training is curious! 

The first reason why you will have long-term fun in ring training is the learning effect. Training with your own body weight cannot be increased linearly, as with training with weights. On the rings you can not step up by grabbing a heavier dumbbell. The progressions in ring training depend on various factors. Mainly, you will set new training stimuli via successive movement patterns. For example, you learn your first pull-up primarily with rowing exercises, bicep curls and intensity-reduced variants of the pull-up. Within these methodological series, your posture in combination with gravity and leverage forces determines the intensity of the exercise. A simple example is raised push-ups and push-ups in a horizontal position. The body position of the two variants determines how much body weight your muscles need to move. Small steps in an upright position cause more body weight to be shifted to the feet and the exercise can be quickly simplified.

These methodological series are combined with other variables such as the set repetition scheme, break times or training frequency. This sounds complicated and daunting at first, but our goal is to provide you with the guidance for meaningful training so that you have to worry less about these factors. Nevertheless, you will always question why certain exercises are harder than others and how you can perform some exercises even nicer, cleaner and more effectively. The curiosity behind various movement elements and the training principles themselves, as well as the knowledge gained about training and your body will motivate you in the long term.

Acrobatic as in gymnastics

Accompanying the gaining of the training know-how, you will develop the desire to master certain elements over time. Be it your first pull-up, the muscle up or for professionals elements from the gymnastics such as the various hill scales (backlever, frontlever).

These skills not only look cool, but also make for an extremely strong upper body. The first element learned will trigger happiness in you and you will be amazed at what your body is capable of. The many exercises will feel like collected trophies in your training career, all of which you want to earn. Achieving these milestones will immediately motivate you to work towards the next hard element. The small stage goals will help you to maintain your training routine in the long term.

Playfully reaching the goal

When training on the gymnastics rings, you will quickly notice that many movements are new to you. You will rarely just perform linear movement patterns that could get boring in the long run. Instead, twists, jumps, swings, support variants and head-over situations will await you, which will make the training enormously varied. Children love this variety of movement and they live it on playgrounds and climbing parks without fatigue. The so-called primary needs are also enormously important for the physical development of a young person. Presumably, the urge for these physical experiences is also dormant in us adults and makes it easier for us to start training. Let’s be honest, a little child is still in each of us.

Short, crisp and enormously effective

The last aspect that makes you successful in the long term is the time efficiency and the flexibility of the training method. On the one hand, the framework conditions for establishing training in everyday life are very favorable. You decide when and where you want to go through your training sessions. Whether in the evening in the basement, in the morning in the garage or at noon in the park, you have the choice. The rings fit easily in the travel bag and you do not have to hope to find a suitable studio in the resort. On the other hand, you can set training stimuli on the rings in a very short time. Because in most exercises you will train many muscles at once. Since you form the resistance for your muscles with your body weight, your core muscles are involved in many exercises and do not have to be trained additionally. Furthermore, the instability of the rings asks you to activate more muscles for stabilization in the exercises. So a few good exercises are enough to challenge your body holistically and time-savingly.

Now you know the benefits of ring training, which can help you to finally do long-term and persistent sports. The only thing missing now is the first step. Grab your rings, start the DIE RINGE App and start your first training session!