Olympian Kylie Stone.
Category: psychology
“beauty sickness”
Teach Girls to Think About What Their Bodies Do Instead of How They Look
Psychology researcher Renee Engeln:
… 34% of five-year-old girls deliberately restrict what they eat at least “sometimes.” And 28% of these girls say they want their bodies to look like the women in films and on TV. …
Samir Aït Saïd gunning for Worlds
The French gymnast had a horrific injury in Rio. (Close your eyes during the video.)
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Miss Val on success
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on courage and honour
Heart this graphic on Tumblr.
Lilly Lippeatt interview
Audio is not great. But the message is awesome.
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coach Victoria Moors
The best article I’ve seen on Victoria’s life after elite Gymnastics is posted in Grand Magazine. She gets to do a little modelling in the feature, as well.
Other Side of Sport
Olympian Victoria Moors finds her way back to the gym …
mind of a Bar worker
Alyssa Al-Ashari is awesome. We can all learn something from her mental approach.
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Leave a comment if you know what Alyssa is thinking about the NCAA.
Hard Way To Success – Andreas Toba
Worst case scenario. Injured during your most important meet.
Andreas tore his ACL on Floor in Rio. Then hobbled to Pommel Horse because Team Germany needed it to qualify for the final.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. One of the best Hard Way documentaries yet.
Nabieva: I will stay in Gymnastics until I die
Many have been celebrating the planned return of Tatiana Nabieva to competition. But has she ever really retired?
When asked till what age she plans to continue, she answered: “Until I die”. Her actual plan is to compete until a serious injury or until she realized she can’t perform at a high level anymore. When she retires, she plans to focus on coaching full time. She dreams of opening her own gym in Dagestan. …
When asked whether she regrets not making the 2012 Olympic team:
“That’s a very painful topic for me. Yes, of course, I regret it very much. If I had the opportunity, I would turn back the time and change everything, I’d do everything I could to make the team and even more.” …
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