benefits of Gymnastics

There are many.

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(via Tony Retrosi)

depth of USA Gymnastics

The USA will select their 2019 Worlds Team this weekend. That’s the toughest qualifying process anywhere.

MAKING Team USA is harder than competing at Worlds.

Caitlyn Hynes:

The United States is filled with over a thousand level ten gymnasts, along with anywhere from 30-80 gymnasts training at the elite level at any given moment, according to statistics from USA Gymnastics.  …

… gymnasts in the United States know that elite is not the be-all, end-all of their career … even if it’s not a coveted spot on the Olympic team.

The majority see the college scholarship as an end goal that is more tangible and realistic than the Olympics, a way to pay back their years of support and effort. …

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Lisa Simpson training Beam

With coach Lugash.

There are a lot of Gymnastics references in The Simpsons. Many of the writers had kids who did Gym.

Rhys hits a good one

The triple Russian machine.

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Paris Challenge Cup Results

Big crowd. Loud crowd.

Vault
1 Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan 14.300
2 Sara Peter Hungary 13.900
3 Franchesca Santi Chile 13.750

Bars
1 Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos France 14.650
2 Anastasia Agafonova Russia 14.600
3 Zsofia Kovacs Hungary 14.200

Beam
1 Anastasia Agafonova Russia 13.400
2 Anastasiia Bachynska Ukraine 13.300
3 Diana Varinska Ukraine 13.200

Floor
1 Diana Varinska Ukraine 13.450
2 Marine Boyer France 13.400
3 Aneta Holasova Czech Republic 13.100

Full results.

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related – BBS – PARIS WORLD CUP

Shaposh progression and spotting

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Even better is the Tumbl Trak Quick Flex Bar.

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practicing Gymnastics shapes

If you can’t do the stationary positions correctly, there’s not much chance you’ll move into-and-out-of those positions well.

See many more Gymnastics shapes.