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Former Rhythmic gymnast Elizabeth Vasileva from Bulgaria.

Amazing stuff.

Click PLAY or watch some floor training on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch some Beam training on YouTube.

related – Elizabeth Vasileva – Beam

The year Kyle Shewfelt won Floor at the Athens Olympics.

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A “show” after the competition. Looks like FUN. 🙂

And this guy, Gabriel Beauchamp, is good.

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Charles Beauchamp has more videos including this one of Gabriel’s gymnastics story.

The gymnasts of Quebec are training towards 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles.

Special Olympics were founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

… Designed by coaches, The Colt is the exact shape of a Pommel Horse at half the length …

… 3 handle placement locations: center and both ends (regulation width apart).

… light enough to be easily moved (40 pounds without pommel handles) …

Manufacturer: DGS

Price: From $440.00 to $745.00

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If you move guys too quickly from mushroom to full-size horse, technique may suffer. This looks a great intermediate step.

And may even cause less wrist pain.

Lachlan Walker is one of the founders of Ring Fraternity, a site providing strength training tutorials.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

NOW. Start working on the feet. 🙂

With Cab Calloway.

Fayard and Harold Nicholas were a fantastic set of flash-dancers who performed as the Nicholas Brothers. Born seven years apart, the brothers performed for decades on stage and screen, later teaching dance to Michael and Janet Jackson, among many others.

In the performance below from Stormy Weather, many of their trademark moves are on display — jumping down stairs into splits, sliding up from splits without using hands …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Fred Astaire once called this performance “the greatest dance number ever filmed.” Mikhail Baryshnikov said, “Those guys are perfect examples of pure genius.” …

Fluff piece from 1992.

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Trent was the 1992 Olympic H Bar Champion. Lance made the 1988 and 1992 Olympic teams.

Click PLAY or watch Trent’s Gold Medal routine on YouTube.

Lance has a book I’ve never seen.

It’s Not Just Gymnastics; It’s Life by Lance Ringnald and Stacey Lake (2012)

Leave a comment if you’ve read it. Lance was a very likeable gymnast.

Thanks Emilio.

On Swing Big:

A: My official title is Team Coach at Twin City Twisters. I currently coach L7-elite. I do mostly UB and V, but jump in if needed anywhere. Mike, Rich and I share the spotting duties around the gym.

Q: How would you describe your coaching philosophy and how has it changed from when you started?

Gymnastics is a blessed gift. When people ask me what I do for a living I tell them I’m in the business of saving lives and building champions. I love winning in the gym, but gymnastics is much more than that. I don’t feel that there is any other sport that challenges someone physically, mentally and emotionally like gymnastics can. …

Everyone’s goal is to win gold, but not everyone will be an Olympic champion, an NCAA gymnast or even a L10 athlete. A medal is great, but did you learn along the way? That is the real truth behind the madness. …

Eddie Umphrey Interview Part #1

Eddie Umphrey Interview Part #2

Great coach. Great philosophy.

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You try not to watch warm-ups because there’s no point in premature scrutiny, but the signs are unavoidable: flat approach. Oh-so-slow repulsion off the table. Heavily taped feet. The coach heaving over a stack of mats and flipping the girl, who lands on her knees.

Your ankles are already cringing.

The scary Tsuk is frighteningly ubiquitous at any given Level 8 meet, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. “Let’s go!” the coach yells, clapping, and the teammates chime in. …

Couch Gymnast – The Secret Lives of Judges

Lachlan Walker teaches non-gymnasts how to do a handstand.

There are better handstand tutorials, but none have better graphics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

He’s posted that on Ring Fraternity, a bodyweight strength training site for the general public.