When I (Helena) started practicing the skin the cat (STC) years ago, at the beginning of my journey building bodyweight strength, I didn't know what I was going to get out of it.

All I knew was that it looked quite cool and was deceivingly hard to obtain.

It was in fact one of the very first movements I learnt on the rings.

At the time I didn't have a coach nor a training programme, which meant it took me way longer to learn the skill than it would have with guidance.

But, luckily I found a lot og Gymnastic Skill Seekers online who seemed to be going through the same struggles I was.