Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

handstand lower through Manna

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Merci Bernard.

related – Manna to Diamidov

At Home workouts with Coach Dee

Gymnasts like Emma are stuck at home. No school. No Gym.

Coach Dee posted a maintenance conditioning program.

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related – Dave Tilley posted a much more elaborate training plan.

It’s FREE to download here.

  • 6 days of programming per week, for 1 month
  • 4 days of home strength workouts (minimal equipment and mostly body weight) with lower body, core, and upper body exercises
  • 2 days of cardio workouts that require no equipment
  • 2 days of flexibility and core circuits that require minimal equipment
  • Daily warm-up, soft tissue, and stretching programs

Tokyo Olympics should be postponed

Though — as of March 18 — FIG and IOC remain fully committed to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, they will most likely be postponed, I believe.

Best would be to postpone for one calendar year, despite many costs and complications.

Worst would be to cancel.

Round Lake in Russia is still open. But the USOTC just closed.

Some of the American men are training alone at Bart Conner Gymnastics which is shut down for regular classes.

It’s unfair to ask aspiring Olympians to put themselves at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read this Washington Post article (paywall) for a summary of options:

Cancel the Olympics? Postpone them? Every alternative has problems.

related – Japan’s Olympic Committee deputy head Kozo Tashima has contracted COVID-19 after recent travels to Britain, the United States and the Netherlands.

IOC rules out staging Tokyo Olympic Games behind closed doors.

 

Danusia Francis – back tuck sideways on Beam

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https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1239638426036699137

 

Amelia Hundley will volunteer coach at Florida

Attending a Florida meet this year, it was obvious Amelia is a great presence and leader on the floor.

She’s a natural for coaching.

… Coach Rowland, … excited to have her as a staff member.

“She’s going to be a fantastic force for the team and a great benefit to student athletes.”

Rowland praises Hundley’s consistency in her kind-heartedness and willingness to do anything for her teammates, and her growth in her sport, as she has taken ownership of herself and learned to value what’s in front of her. …

Amelia Hundley: Staying with Gymnastics

Jaeger to mixed – Cécile Canqueteau-Landi

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