Getting back on the apparatus after time away
However long it has been, and whatever stopped you, there is a route back that does not start in a beginners’ class and does not end in the same injury.
The pathway
Four phases, in order
01
Where you are now
Assessed honestly, on your apparatus if we can get to one. Not where you were, and not where you think you should be.02
Capacity
Grip and upper limb first, because it is the first thing to go and the first thing to fail when you get back on.03
Control and load tolerance
The part everyone skips. Being strong enough is not the same as being able to hold a shape under fatigue.04
Skill-specific return
Back to the move you stopped at, in steps, with the last step being the whole thing.
Three things people ask
What we measure
So you can see progress rather than being told you are progressing.
Honest on time
A range, and the reasons it varies. A refusal to estimate reads as evasion and helps nobody.
The first appointment
It is step one of the return, not a gate you have to pass. You do not need to be ready to come.
There is no download here, on purpose. People stop for very different reasons, surgery, travel, pregnancy, illness, and one document would fit none of them properly. Ask instead and you will get an answer about your own break.