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Boys Gymnastics - Articles
Gymnastics - Not Just a Girls’ Sport
by
Elizabeth ..
Posted
Thu 25 Jun 2009 12:04pm
When I was a little girl, I watched Nadia Comaneci score a perfect 10 and win three gold medals in the 1976 Summer Olympics. I enrolled in gymnastics shortly thereafter. I loved the sport. I loved doing back handsprings on the mat, fumbling on the bars and trying to keep my balance on the beam. I competed a bit but was far from fabulous.
Sha ...
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Hardest swim workouts of my life + gymnast spotlight
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Marni R.
Posted
Sat 28 Jul 2012 4:54pm
This past week welcomed a flood of memories as I was staying in the same hotel as a large group of Swimmers for long course nationals. Oh the memories......
Crushing on the boys in speedos
Decorating posters for hotel door rooms
Smelling like chlorine for days and days
Eating, sleeping and swimming....several times throughout the day
And j ...
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Gymnastics
by
flakymn
Posted
Tue 08 Jun 2010 5:38am
If you didn't catch the video in the post below, you want to take time to check it out. Joia filmed it for me yesterday when we went to the local gymnastics place for some "open gym" time for pre-schoolers. How fun! The last time I went was last summer. Isaac was still very young and Elijah too young to do anything. This time they were both soo ...
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Gymnastics
by
GroettumMama
Posted
Thu 06 Sep 2012 10:12pm
Just a quick note this evening – more for my own family records than anything else. Tonight, Gavin started gymnastics. Due to gym rules I couldn’t get any pictures (yes, I was miserable) but he sure had fun! There were six little ones in his class, and three were boys! I was happily surprised!
Good news? He does very well following directio ...
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How to Put the Gym Back Into Gymnastics
by
Charlotte H.
Posted
Thu 05 Mar 2009 2:59pm
1 Comment
Note: For those of you who get this via e-mail or thru a reader, you will want to click through to my site - there are a lot of videos in this post. Trust me, you don't want to miss these.
A long time ago Reader Lys asked me about doing gymnastics in the gym. A long long time ago Reader Sally asked me for more stories about my days as a g ...
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Adaptive Gymnastics Class!
by
Francine R.
Posted
Wed 24 Jun 2009 10:11pm
Sofia took her first gymnastics class today. Boy, am I tired! She did great, but I had spent the previous 2 hours driving around trying to get her to take a nap, and she DIDN'T nap, so she was crabby/wild when we got to Gymnastics.
The Adaptive teacher is good. There were only 2 other kids today, two boys somewhere between Sam's and Micah's ag ...
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Gymnastics| Pain
by
Dr. Jennifer C.
Posted
Mon 11 Aug 2008 9:10pm
Sunday, August 10, 2008
As you view the Olympics gymnasts perform, do you wonder about their pain problems and what muscles may be prone to injuries and how to minimize injuries?
Pain is a serious problem in advanced level female artistic gymnasts because it decreases the performance. The pain is due to the high numbers of hours spent i ...
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Young Gymnasts At Risk Of Long Term Bone Problems
by
Nick B.
Posted
Fri 05 Dec 2008 1:34am
A new report has highlighted the risks involved for children who practice gymnastics. Arthritis and broken bones are just two areas of concern.
X-rays of 12-16 year old athletes in America were looked at and the study revealed they were enduring joint injuries that were capable of affecting them later in life.
The report was presented at th ...
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For Little Miss Lauren - Gymnastics is TOPs!
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Pink Lemonade ..
Posted
Tue 23 Dec 2008 9:31pm
L ast week, I wrote about Little Miss Lauren's " Gymnastic Quest" ( An Olympic Dream ). Last Friday Lauren was doing a makeup gymnastics class because we were in Las Vegas when her regular class was held. About halfway through, she ran over to me to say that her teacher wanted to talk to me after class... My immediate thought was that I had bee ...
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