Georges St-Pierre is a Canadian mixed martial artist (MMA fighter) and the current Welterweight Champion of the UFC. GSP has been pushing the boundaries of his sport by incorporating gymnastics training into his fitness program. Recently he brought some well deserved recognition to gymnasts around the world with his explanation of why he has added gymnastics training to his fitness program:

Well said! 

His gymnastics training has included handstand walks as seen here, and here he is doing some seriously ugly press handstands on parallettes. And here's his version of gymnastics cardio training.

I think people often watch gymnastics and don't realize just how hard it really is. GSP is known as one of the best athletes and strongest guys in the world, but he still struggles when doing gymnastics.

This was the video that started all the rage about GSP and his gymnastics training: 



Now compare this to 37-year-old gymnast Jordan Jovtchev and his everyday rings training that I filmed in the back gym at World Championships:
 

Watch more video of 2010 World Gymnastics Championships on gymnastike.org

So thank you, Georges St-Pierre for reminding the world just how hard gymnastics really is.