Author: Rick Mc

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

Beam – Steingruber dismount

I actually like layout gainer and layout gainer full (Steingruber) dismounts off the end.

But they must stay stretched.

Click PLAY or watch Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska on YouTube.

“Don’t Silence Me” music video #MeToo

“My intention with this video is to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the sexual assault survivors who have spoken out,” she said. “If the Cosby survivors had not come forward, if the Weinstein survivors had not come forward then I would not have had the opportunity to heal. That’s the power of speaking out.”

CBS

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

related – Sen. Martha McSally, the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, revealed in an emotional Senate hearing that she was raped by a superior officer in the Air Force.

new books – “What is a Girl Worth?”

A memoir by Rachael Denhollander.

The memoir will have a children’s book companion.

You can pre-order the hard cover version from Amazon.

Handstand on elevated surfaces

Gymnasts will eventually need to do their handstands at height.

A great way to start is in a safe place with legs resting on a Bar.

Kids can concentrate on shape rather than worrying about falling.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Bermuda Gymnastics Association.

rules for transgender athletes

A number of prominent athletes have been speaking out on this issue of late.

Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe:

“Absolutely, any transgender men or women should be able to access sport – it just depends which category.

“We need to protect female sport but we also need to protect transgender women and their rights.

“For all this to advance fairly to everybody, we have to accept it might take a while, work together and stop attacking the other side.”

Paula Radcliffe says tighter transgender rules are needed to avoid ‘manipulation’

Certainly more research needs be done on this important but rarely problematic issue.

The current level of testosterone allowed by the IOC will drop from 10 nanomoles per litre to five for the 2020 Olympics.

MOSTLY this issue is a talking point for right wing extremists who jump on every opportunity to attack minorities. The rhetoric is similar to their attacks on transgender people using public bathrooms.

related – Transgender Minnesotan powerlifter JayCee Cooper was barred from competing at a state championship due to the International Olympics Committee’s ( IOC ) guidelines.

myth of the ‘self-made man’

Click PLAY or watch Arnold on Facebook.

“None of us can make it alone.”

– Arnold Schwarzenegger

related – Arnold Sports Festival