Up, up, up.
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
(via The Gym Press)
People Are Awesome
Click PLAY or watch People Are Awesome’s video on Facebook. (Feb 2016)
Thanks Melissa.
Simone Biles – Muscle Beach
California, baby. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on twitter.
why she quit doing handstands
crop tops for Gymnastics training
In some parts of the world – Australia, for example – separates are more popular than leotards for training.
But in North America they are the exception, not the norm. Crop tops are worn on very hot days in a few Gyms, for the most part.
Chalk Bucket has a thread on this topic right now. Comparing club policies.
Even odder for those in the general public not familiar with Gymnastics training is the tradition in Men’s Gymnastics of training shirtless.
Lauren Beers – 10.0 Vault
Yurchenko mat back salto challenge
new Nadia book
10.0: The Nadia Comaneci Story
February 24, 2016 by Ellen Aim (Author)
Growing up in Romania, Nadia Comaneci was just a five-year-old kid who performed cartwheels for fun. Nine years later, she tumbled her way into the history books when she became the first gymnast to earn a 10.0 at the Olympics. …
via Gymnastics – A Golden Era
Dipa Karmakar profile
Humble beginnings in a sport that has little financial backing in India mean her gymnastic achievements, the first Indian to medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games, are all the more remarkable. …
USA international assignments
Leslie King via email:
MyKayla Skinner of Gilbert, Ariz./Desert Lights Gymnastics, was chosen for the World Cup in Glasgow, Scotland, on March 12, with Amelia Hundley of Hamilton, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, heading to the World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 19.
With an eye toward the future, a young, talented group of four juniors were selected to compete in the upcoming Gymnix International in Montreal, Que., Canada. The team for Gymnix, along with the senior level assignments, is listed below.
Gymnix International, Montreal, Que. Canada, March 4-6
Jordan Chiles, Vancouver, Wash./Naydenov Gymnastics
Emma Malabuyo, Flower Mound, Texas/Texas Dreams
Gabby Perea, Geneva, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics
Deanne Soza, Orem, Utah/Arete Gymnastics
AT&T American Cup, Newark, N.J., March 5
Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va./Buckeye Gymnastics
Maggie Nichols, Little Canada, Minn./Twin City TwistersWorld Cup, Stuttgart, Germany, March 19
Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio/Cincinnati GymnasticsBased on performances at the training camp, Ashton Locklear of Hamlet, N.C./Everest Gymnastics, Hundley, Malabuyo, Perea and Soza were added to the national team.
I expect to attend the Calgary International Cup.
related – Akash Modi will represent USA at the Glasgow World Cup.
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