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Canada’s Food Guide

Canada’s Food Guide was updated and released to the general public in January 2019.

Unlike previous food guides’ emphasis on food groups and recommended servings, the 2019 revision from Health Canada recommends eating “plenty of vegetables and fruits, whole grain foods and protein foods.

Choose protein foods that come from plants more often. …

The Dairy lobby lost out as milk is now included in the protein section rather than having it’s own designation.

The U.S. version still includes a Dairy section.

 

SAFE Gymnastics training without a Gym

If your clubs is STILL closed for COVID-19, check this very comprehensive presentation by clinician extraordinaire Andres Gerardino.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The technical section starts here.

Denver’s LYNNZEE BROWN

Lynnzee posted her story:

This One Is For You, Mom

In future, she’d like to represent Haiti as an Elite.

Gymnastics branded masks from TEN-O

I’ve yet to hear of any gymnasts trying to train in a mask, but many coaches are wearing them during the COVID-19 reopening. And many Gyms require athletes to wear them when arriving and departing.

$9.50.

Free shipping in the USA.

British Gymnastics wants to reopen Gyms

Those Gyms around the world that have cautiously started to open after COVID-19 are reporting that it works.

So far, so good.

Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers can open from 4 July. …

“I really think for the mental health of the young children and their physical activity, it’s something that would be so important to the government.

“They need us back. A lot of our clubs are the hubs of the community.” …

Gymnastics boss calls on government to reopen indoor facilities

Athlete A – now on Netflix

June 24th.

Netflix now has the documentary on the USA Gymnastics criminal doctor. 

Athlete A is Maggie Nichols.

First, we all need thank Maggie, Sarah Jantzi and Maggie’s parents.

And we all need thank Rachael Denhollander and Jamie Dantzscher.

Now that the criminal doctor is in prison for up to 175 years, it’s easy to forget how difficult were those early accusations.

It’s easy to forget how many very smart people were fooled by the conman. Jamie — at the time — felt he was the only nice adult associated with USA Gymnastics.

The documentary is well done.  Recommend it to your non-Gymnastics friends. We can reduce medical malpractice and abuse in future. Protect athletes.

Revisit, too, the selection process for the Rio Olympic team. Certainly Maggie should have been one of the alternates.

An August 2016 article in the Indianapolis Star about USA Gymnastics protecting coaches accused of abuse leads to the explosive revelation that the USAG women’s team doctor, Larry Nassar, had been abusing athletes for over two decades.

This film follows the IndyStar reporters as they reveal the extensive cover-up that allowed abuse to thrive within elite-level gymnastics for more than two decades, the attorney who is fighting the institutions that failed these athletes, and most importantly, the brave whistle-blowers who refuse to be silenced.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

In addition to watching the documentary, be sure to listen to an excellent interview with Jennifer Sey on Gymnastic.

Sey is the producer.

Jennifer’s 2008 book Chalked Up is available in digital format with a new forward.

1995 Gymnastics documentary – For The Love of the Game

The late 1990s were the bad old days in my opinion.

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes was published 1995.

A Canadian documentary includes 3 National Team members:

Lisa Simes, 1994 Commonwealth Games medalist and All-American captain for Michigan.

Jackie Bender, the best Artistic gymnast all time at 1-arm handstand work on Beam.

And Sarah Rainey who is very eloquent and outspoken about why she left the sport. Today Sarah is Head Coach of East York Gymnastics in Toronto.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (24min)

Trampoline Park injuries

Are the drop-in Trampoline facilities in your area open?  😕

Graphic video showing accidents.

Click PLAY or watch a TV News report from 2019 on YouTube.

Concussion first responders

“50% of concussions go unreported.”

What to do if you suspect a concussion

In all suspected cases of concussion, the person should stop the activity right away. Continuing increases their risk of more severe, longer-lasting concussion symptoms, as well as increases their risk of other injury.

Anyone with a suspected concussion should be checked out by a medical doctor.

Red flags

  • Neck pain or tenderness
  • Double vision
  • Weakness or tingling in arms or legs
  • Severe or increasing headache
  • Seizure or convulsion
  • Loss of consciousness (knocked out)
  • Deteriorating conscious state
  • Vomiting more than once
  • Increasingly restless, agitated or combative
  • Growing confusion

If any red flag symptoms are present, call an ambulance right away. These may be signs of a more serious injury.

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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.