Year: 2010

In my experience, gymnasts and acrobats are at lower risk of anorexia nervosa than the general population.

Though it’s possible to be a “functioning anorexic“, it’s not easy in Artistic Gymnastics.

Females are treated medically at something like a 10 to 1 ratio to males. Yet the only competitive gymnast I’ve ever had hospitalized, was male.

In that teenager’s very specific case it was triggered by him trying to meet a weight class in rowing. (He was doing both sports simultaneously.)

Here’s another detailed case study of male anorexia nervosa, Eric Ostendorf:

… Eric’s anorexic habits began when he was 10.

And more children like him are developing eating disorders early, researchers warned this week in a report in the journal Pediatrics. …

The perception that eating disorders affect only females is wrong, especially for younger kids. …

When Eric’s parents noticed his fixation on exercise and diet, they initially thought it was part of his obsessive-compulsive disorder. He had always been particular with his food, said his mother, Becky Ostendorf.

“He was very compulsive with exercise and of course losing weight,” she said.

Eating disorders give kids a sense of control that’s related to their anxiety, Weltzin said.

“There are rigid perfection obsessive-compulsive characteristics,” he said. “They get locked into a behavior in a compulsive way.” …

CNN Health – Inside one boy’s anorexia: ‘How can I burn the most calories?’

Eric is over it. At age-17, 145lbs, he can now see that he had a serious problem.

There are a lot of skinny boys compulsively doing sports. Let’s stay alert to this rare psychological disorder.

Their astonishingly great gymnasts are helping keep down the average weight.

Yet British men weigh 7.7kg (16.9lb) more than they did 15yrs ago.

British women are up 5.4kg (11.9lb).

(via BBC)

After reading the high praise on Aunt Joyce, I had to check out the pre-Christmas Intrasquad.

I was keen to see what NCAA Floor Champion Brittani McCullough was doing this year. She ups the bar from her awesome routine of last season. Huge tumbling. Entertaining choreography.

Click PLAY or click here to jump to Elyse Hopfner Hibbs and Brittani, the final 2 routines.

YouTube does not do justice to College Floor. It’s not easy to tell from watching this what routines will SELL with an audience. McCullough‘s was by far my favourite routine LIVE last season. And it’s looking like she’s the routine to beat in 2011.

From Finland.

Race Horse Company is … Petri Tuominen, Rauli Kosonen and Kalle Lehto. …

Click PLAY or watch a trailer for their 70min show called Petit Mal on YouTube.

… The show has no story or plot, and not much sense to speak of. It does not tell a story, but certainly has its fair share of action. …

Cirko

Looks great. The last tour has finished. Hopefully it will eventually be scheduled elsewhere in Europe.

Thanks kinesthesist for sending us the link.

Gimnasia Peru on Facebook linked a cartoon video.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Bernard … is a series of animated shorts centered on the fictional polar bear and main character of the same name. It is a Korean-Spanish-French co-production.

Each three-minute episode focuses on the bear’s curiosity …

Another great edit Tolworth Gym Club, London.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

These kids are as impressive as any young gymnasts anywhere. Congratulations to the coaching staff.

Thanks tye.

Posted by TROY MAGINO Director/Choreographer.

DISCLAIMER: Those appearing in this video are not necessarily of the gay persuasion, (not that there’s anything wrong with that), they just play one on TV…

🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Mary.

On a serious note, shout out for those politicians who voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Especially the Republicans with the guts to do the right thing.

Also the 13 Republicans who defied their party’s leadership to vote for the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).

Those two votes almost restored my faith in the American political system. Almost.

If you’re watching gymnastics video on Christmas day … you’ll actually probably appreciate this.

… Sleigh Ride, including footage from competitions throughout 2006 …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Gymtage)

… is to see if Dave Durante can still do double leg circles on a mushroom.

But these tall supermodels keep getting in the way.

Click PLAY or watch the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on YouTube.

David Durante, Morgan Hamm, John Macready, Stephen McCain, Sasha Artemev, Alexei Bilozertchev, Chris Brooks, Wes Haagensen and Derek Shepard. …

It was organized by Shane Geraghty, a former high school gymnast, who now runs a production and event-management company in New York City called Acroback.

Gymnastike

Thanks Shawn Bryant.

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John Roethlisberger wasn’t there on stage, but was in the audience. He’s taken, girls. Meaghan Ruppert and John just announced their engagement.

(via Inside Gymnastics on Facebook)

What the what?

Mark Kurmey posted this on Facebook.