CrossFit & Reebok

Reebok has been a major sponsor since 2010. The first 2min of this video are interesting. Reebok employees being introduced to the sport and activity of CrossFit.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Hard Body)

Men’s Jr Elite Level 10 prelims

USAG:

5280’s Yul Moldauer posted a 15.600 for this floor routine en route to the highest all-around total of the day (89.25) at Men’s Junior Olympic Nationals!

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See more videos on the USAG 2015 Men’s Junior Olympic Championships playlist.

ESPN’s Alan Brum on College Gymnastics

This interview with Greg Marsden backs-up Greg’s contention that a 4-team LIVE format would be best for future NCAA Championships.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

My concern for the future of NCAA Gymnastics by Greg Marsden:

… We may soon find ourselves in a battle for our continued existence. Since we can never win the sponsorship numbers game, we must find some other way to distinguish ourselves. The only way I can see to do that is to put more people in the stands and have higher television ratings than other sports. If we’re filling the stands and television wants us, we might have a chance. If television doesn’t care, we may not.

via @ArabianPF_blog

Lindenwood Nat Champions in 3rd year

Lindenwood University, a small school nestled by the Missouri River on the outskirts of St. Louis, did not even have a gymnastics program three years ago. Now, they are USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Champions.

This meteoric rise to a national title, led by Head Coach Jen Kesler who is just 25 years old, was punctuated at the USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships in Philadelphia by a resounding team score of 195.550, the second-highest in the program’s three short years. …

Lindenwood

read more – Lindenwood Lady Lions Come Roaring Out of the Gate

TABITHA YIM to Arizona

Stanford team member and former elite gymnast, Tabitha Yim, has been named as the Arizona Wildcats women’s gymnastics Head Coach, following the retirement of former head coach and successor, Bill Ryden. …

… The 29 year old has said β€œI’m excited to join the Arizona family and am looking forward to building off of the tradition of success that Coach Gault and Coach Ryden started here. …

Chatty Gymnast

Yim Arizona

Great call.

I still remember fondly the first time I visited Stanford. Everyone had forgotten I was coming. Tabitha Yim, a gymnast on the team at the time, was the one who came over to introduce herself and welcome a strange visitor.

She’s one impressive person. πŸ™‚

official announcement

upgrade your Tumbl Trak

Here’s something every WAG gym needs.

A Downhill Incline (on sale for $211.65 right now) …

Tumbl Trak downhill incline

… combined with a Quick Flex Bar-in-a-Bag ($254.15).

Bar in a Bag

Leave it on permanently. Kids can step over the soft rail. Or do a seat drop on it. πŸ™‚

Leave a comment if you have a permanent Quick Flex (Al Fong) Bar in your Gym already.