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Of all athletes, Rhythmic girls have some of the most extreme body types. The general public assumes disordered eating.

Here’s a recently published study.

BODY COMPOSITION PROFILE OF ELITE GROUP RHYTHMIC GYMNASTS
Carvalho L.A., Klentrou P., da Luz Palomero M., Lebre E.

84 RG group gymnasts from the 2009 and 2010 World Cup were evaluated. Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated using standard procedures. Relative body fat (%BF), fat mass and lean body mass were estimated from skinfold thickness …

An increase on the age of the gymnasts participating in high level competitions seems to affect the new body appearance profile. Gymnasts are taller and with higher body mass than in the past. …

A few of the interesting statistics from that study:

• collected during the 2009 and 2010 RG World Cups in Portimão, Portugal.

• Chronological age = 18.59yrs-old (15.27-25.04)

• Body mass (Kg) = 53.05kg or 117lbs (41.10-63.10kg)

• Height (cm) = average 168.13 or 5ft 5in

• Body Fat = 16.74% average

• menarche = 15.92yrs-old average

• started Rhythmic training age-6.46

• training = 40.50hrs / week average

The more successful gymnasts began earlier …, had more years of practice, train more hours a day and had more weekly training volume. The Elite group RG gymnasts had a later onset of menarche than normal population. …

Read the entire paper (PDF) from Vol. 4 Issue 1: Science of Gymnastics Journal.

I don’t know enough about Rhythmic to offer much comment. But do RG girls really need to train more hours / week than Artistic?

That’s surprising.

Delayed menarche seems to be related to low percentage body fat, though the study does not weigh in on that.

The photo is Amina Zaripova who was considered thin even by RG standards.

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Another excellent MAG conditioning video from Gymnastics Planet. Thank Adam Paterson.

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related – Gymnastic Bodies

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Ivan Zubkevych is a circus acrobat most recently performing in Germany and Switzerland.

He’s got some planche variations I’ve never seen before.

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I’ve always considered Paul O’Neill the strongest planche man I’ve ever seen. But Ivan is up there with the best.

Who else could contend for the greatest planche all-time?

(Thanks Mia)

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Can your gymnast do this?

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Looks real. Leave a comment if you know FACTS about this young man. Here’s a reversed .GIF from the same session.

(via John Howard on Facebook)

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Adam Paterson:

… Here is another exercise from our Straight arm circuit – currently used by our Junior National team.

A fairly simple exercise to use which links nicely to straight arm Ring work – Azarian etc …

… a very useful exercise to develop the muscle groups needed for “senior” rings work, very early on in the gymnasts career!

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details – Gymnastics Planet

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UPDATE: Video was removed at request of the “owner”.

If it’s restored I’ll link again.
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Diana can still do kip on Bars. She’s age eligible for all sorts of discounts … if you know what I mean.

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If you know of an ‘elderer‘ gymnast who can do kip, leave a comment. (We’ll need video proof as well as a copy of birth certificate.)

(via Rec Gymnastics)

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Only extremely fit women make the cover of Oxygen.

… a student at Eastern Illinois University, she was known for her lightning speed on the racetrack, setting records in the 400- and 600-meter sprints.

After graduating from college in 2005, a friend introduced her to the world of Figure, and the girl hasn’t looked back. With a sixth-place finish in last year’s Olympia and first-place win at IFBB’s Ft. Lauderdale Cup, the former track star is still turning heads.

Meet Alicia Harris (VIDEO)

(via Hardy Body)

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Welsh Rugby star Shane Williams was always considered too small for the sport. Turns out he did gymnastics as a child. No wonder he’s so agile.

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(via Gymnation Wales on Facebook)

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Competing Rings without skin is cheating. Do you know how much skin weighs!

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For Lady Gaga and anatomy students … Muscle leggings.

Buy yours instantly from Black Milk.

I saw these on Full Twist.

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Adam Paterson:

… a basic roll routine used on a daily basis with our gymnasts.

Many coaches have their own variations of this routine but these routines generally include many back extension rolls to handstand, with 1/2 turn and full turns.

Depending on the age and ability of the gymnast these rolls can be simplified …

GymnasticsPlanet.co.uk

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New tag line for this new MAG site:

… News, Techniques & Discussions from the World of Gymnastics

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I like it.

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Click over to Gymnastics Planet to comment – New Floor Skill from Kieran Behan (IRE)

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