AMA Announcement: Lachlan Walker and Tyson Edwards will be here on Thursday June 29th to answer all your questions!
#When?
The AMA thread will be posted on Thursday June 29th at 00:00 UTC. Here's a handy dandy website to convert that to your time zone. If that seems like too much work for you, here's a super snazzy countdown. The AMA will be going on throughout the day. No, this doesn't mean they will be sitting at their computer all day waiting for new phones. They'll pop in throughout the day, at their leisure, to answer new questions that have popped up.
#Who?
Lachlan Walker is 6ft1 and capable of some of the most difficult strength skills in gymnastics - and he only started training at 18 years old. His passion for strength is infectious and his YouTube videos have helped tens of thousands of people develop their own strength. Lachlan has recently competed at the Australian National Gymnastics Championships and placed 2nd on Rings for his division (for the second year in a row). Lachlan found his passion for gymnastics at a late age where nearly everyone told him it was too late to start. He is also very tall - which makes most skills in gymnastics more difficult. He demonstrates that if you want something, you can achieve it despite what the naysayers think.
Tyson Edwards is an athlete and video content creator. He was born in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, is 26y/o, 5'10 (178cm) tall and weighs 82kg (180lbs). He has a history with strength/power based movements such as sprinting, tumbling, tricking, weightlifting and gymnastics. He is the Guinness World Record Holder for the highest standing backflip, a qualified gymnastics coach and represented his home state of NSW at a national level in Olympic weightlifting. Tyson's core philosophy is to train for skill acquisition, that is, train to make your body better at doing things.
"We all deserve to place a high value on our body's development —continually learning new skills to increase its worth will significantly enhance our experiences."
#Why?
Their latest body of work is a joint venture called STRONGER! Bodyweight Workout Series 2 (think 'Pumping Iron' meets Gymnastics). The series follows the boys on their own journey's in pursuit of FOUR epic bodyweight skills and the series climaxing with their goal attempts (did they do enough to achieve their training goals?) . In collaboration with elite British gymnast / Olympian Nile Wilson, they have developed a 12-week individualised training program and the series follows that training program from start to finish. Throughout the series the boys train across two countries, dozens of gyms (or lack of gyms!), have many special guests/experts and go to great lengths to be open about the experience such as what's working, what's not working and how the viewer could interpret what they are seeing for their own training. The series is unique with it's structure, motivation, entertainment value and use of the word "Nyes".
You can watch the series on Tyson's channel, or Lachlan's channel.
As usual, if you feel you can't make it to the AMA on time you're welcome to post any questions and our lovely Mod team will make sure to post them to the AMA thread.
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Posted Jun 26, 2017, 8:49 PM UTC · edited