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By winning this contest:

As the official water supplier to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Strathmore has teamed up with three Team Scotland hopefuls in the lead up to the Games. …

In Glasgow, Dan will coach the winners through the different gymnastics activities that he competes in. From the pommel and the rings to basic gymnastics techniques for beginners, he will explain the best way to approach the exercises …

… winners will also be given a session on healthy hydration and nutrition and taken through the all-important warm up and cool down stages specific to their sport. There will also be a chance to ask Dan and Libby questions on their journey to qualify for the Games and they will sign autographs. …

Win a chance to train with Commonwealth hopefuls Libby Clegg and Dan Keatings

July 20th – August 3rd, 2014

Click PLAY or watch a Commonwealth Games promo on YouTube.

Very impressive.

… 24th Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships – Levallois (FRA), July 10 – 12, 2014. China (Zhou Yi, Wang Lei, Tang Jian, Wu Yeqiuyin). Men’s Groups Dynamic, Qualification …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via GymCastic)

Good luck to my man Muhammad (MK) Khaalid, the MAG competitor for South Africa.

Here’s an idea long overdue.

A Gymnastics blog for parents.

“How was gym today?” is a question every gym parent wants to ask their kid on the car ride home.

Unfortunately this age-old, open-ended question loses it’s importance when the word “fine” become the oh-so common answer.

Here is a list of 25 questions to ask your athlete (not all in the same day of course), that will provide some welcome variety to you and your athlete!

4. What compliment do you remember most today?

9. If you could have worked only one skill today, what would it have been?

14. Pick one word to describe your attitude during workout.

23. What do you want to do different tomorrow?

Gym Gab – 25 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR GYMNAST

Click through to read the rest.

The New Zealand “Black Flips” are all in. Looking for a best ever Team result and some Apparatus finals.

The girls trained together at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics. Here’s just one story of dedication towards this goal.

… This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is THOR. This is the THOR of the Marvel Universe. …

Slate XX

The very last exercise in this compilation I’ve never seen before. Planche push-ups in series clapping behind the back on each.

Thanks Bede.

Vlasios was World H Bar Champion in 2001 and 2002.

She’ll certainly be one of the favourites, especially with no American competitor.

Gym Blog Brazil posted video from a recent training camp verification.

Click PLAY or watch Rebeca on YouTube. (fall on Beam)

Click here to watch Jade Barbosa, Flavia Saraiva and others. (Portuguese)

Other podium contenders include Yan Wang (CHN), Elissa Downie (GBR), Sae Miyakawa (JPN), Laura Jurca (ROU), Silk Tutkhalyan (RUS) and Sydney Townsend (CAN).

The other young Brazilian, Flavia Saraiva, could win YOGs if Rebeca was not, for some reason, able to compete.

Thanks Cedrick.