Charlie, 13, starts his morning with 40 press-ups; William, 15, spends an hour a day working out. But when does a healthy interest become a dangerous obsession? C harlie is working on two things in lockdown. A bit. His other work requires hours of dedication and is something Charlie has genuine enthusiasm for: working on his body.

In honor of one of our favorite events of the Summer Olympic Games, Teen Vogue has tapped the experts to put together a week of workouts inspired by gymnastics. This week, we're featuring workouts from fitness expert Nicole Chaplin that will help increase your strength, flexibility, balance, agility, endurance, and control, all important in the world of gymnastics. These moves target the quads, hamstrings, glutes, and calves while engaging the back muscles by acting as stabilizers. By strengthening the lower body, this helps with proper positioning and transitions from one movement to another. Having strong legs enables the gymnast to power through the routine and have enough force to explode especially on the floor and vault events.

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