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I’ve pretty much given up on the series, myself.

But the new gymnastics TV show is a HIT.

… Halfway through its 10-episode freshman run, the drama series set in the world of competitive gymnastics has received an additional 10-episode order.

The second batch of 10 segments is slated to air in the first quarter of 2010.

Airing after ABC Family’s top-rated series, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Make It” ranks as the network’s second-highest-rated series ever. …

ABC Family doubles number of episodes for “Make It”

by site editor Rick McCharles

Traveling in Italy, I couldn’t help but notice how many skinny women are here.

Why?

Is it the super model diet? Caffeine, Nicotine, and ….

Or is it simply that Italians eat less than we do in North America. I never see them eating while moving. In a car. Or walking.

Eating is an event to be done sitting down. And normally only 3 times a day.

Here’s our newest innovations in fast food.

New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less

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Taco Bell’s New Green Menu Takes No Ingredients From Nature

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For the second Summer in a row, I missed camp in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada.

Judging from some of the Facebook photos, looks like the girls had too much FUN this year. Energy drinks? At night?

From Tom & Reiko Beach of GymSmarts:

… two new DVDs this month!! Punch Front for Balance Beam from Mary Lee Tracy, and another great one from Tony Retrosi, Combination Tumbling.

GymSmarts will be at:

National Congress Aug 13-15 in Dallas, TX

Region 1: August 21-23 Santa Clara, CA

GAT – Gymnastics Association of Texas, Austin, TX Sep 4-6

Region 5, Sep 18-20, Schaumburg, IL

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Whew.

GymSmarts has been BUSY.

The best starting point is their home page: GymSmarts.com

Download the high resolution PDF version from Rik Feeney’s Gymnastics Training Tips.

Makuhari Messe, Chiba on July 18 – 19. A small but very strong field of competitors.

International Gymnast has some great photos from the meet:

Japanese Men, Chinese Women won the Team Competition

In the women’s competition, Huang (Qiushuang) scored 58.900 to take the gold over Russian juniors Aliya Mustafina (58.250) and Tatiana Nabiyeva (57.450). …

In the men’s competition, Japanese star Uchimura defeated Germany’s Fabian Hambüchen for the title. Japan’s Kazuhito Tanaka won the bronze. …

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He confirmed it on his blog:

The MRI I took yesterday told me that I tore my ACL after the high bar landing at the Japan Cup. Right now we’re in the process of scheduling a day to get it surgically repaired (hopefully sometime next week). While I’m definitely bummed about getting hurt, I’ve never thought to myself that going through all the injuries is not worth it. Gymnastics is a constant battle between pain and injuries and I do this sport because of that drive I have inside me to one day make the Olympic team.

For some reason, I see this injury as an opportunity in disguise. …

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His club, Stanford University, made history this past season by becoming the first NCAA team to win the national academic team title and the NCAA team championship in the same year.

(both stories via Inside Gymnastics on Facebook)

Andrew from Alamo Gymnastics Center asks us this question:

Every year we search for a fun meet early in the year to take the entire team too. Would you please start a topic of “best meets you’ve gone to, and why” to give us some more ideas of good meets? Here are some of my favs and why:

Hard Rock Invitational – Mesa, Arizona (Team awards is a real Fender electric guitar!!! Individual AA gets Hard Rock Jackets, Live band during the event, after event party)

Mary Lou Invitational – Houston, TX (Individual AA gets IPod, Team money awards, guys and girls sides, Olympians everywhere)

Lady Luck – Las Vegas, NV (Vegas, college meet included, meet site is a casino)

My own favourite meet is the Great West Gym Fest in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. It’s the best by far, overall, of any meet I’ve seen anywhere. The awards system is particularly outstanding.

Only once have I attended Chicago Style. But The Largest Women’s Gymnastics Invitational Meet in the World is highly recommended!

Seems to me the early season meet in Cancun, Mexico is hot right now. It’s called the Cajun Classic, hosted in early January.

What are your favourite meets? Especially early season meets?

No need to limit those to the USA. They could be anywhere in the world. Leave a comment.

Videos available include:

Olivia Courtney on bars
Nastia Liukin on beam
Sabrina Vega on floor
Ivana Hong on beam
Kayla Williams on vault
Cassie Whitcomb on bars

I didn’t earlier post that Universal Sports had online coverage of the recent Cover Girl competition.

I didn’t because so often in the past their coverage was “not available in my region“. I live in Canada.

It’s frustrating getting that message. Much love is lost for USA only websites, internationally.

But these routines are available to me currently in Austria. Thanks Universal Sports!

Click through to their Gymnastics Home Page to watch the routines.

Some of the Universal coverage has made it’s way to YouTube, as well.

Check out the MONSTER tumbling from powerhouse Kayla Williams. Triple twist side pass!

(via About.com Gymnastics)