Competition Leotards

[GymDad57]

I was just curious how may gyms/team purchase new (design) leotards every competition season versus how many try to get several years out of the same leotard design. This comes up at our gym a lot because of cost/siblings/ hand me downs etc.

Is it common to stay in same leotard for lets say 3 competition seasons?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

[Tumblequeensmom]

Our old gym would keep the same leos/warmups for 3 years. Of course I wonder how many girls would really get three years' use out of them? My DD's current gym will keep them for 2 years.

[Kayleigh]

We usually get 2 or 3 seasons out of ours. Sometimes though, the level 4's wear our old leotards. Like right now, the level 4's are wearing the old leotard, the compulsories are wearing new ones, and the optionals are wearing the ones they got last year.

[gym law mom]

Our gym keeps the same leo for 2 years. Of course, that doesn't guarantee you won't have to buy a new one after one year if there is a major growth spurt. Our optional leos are the same design, but different color from the compulsory, so I won't be able to sell my gymmie's leo to anyone(they are at the end of the 2 yr. cycle).

[AmyCollins]

Some leo and warm-up for 2 years at our gym. I am hoping the leo will fit for 2, but there is no way the warm-up will last for two years.
amy, GA

[gymgymgymnast08]

We get new ones every year but we don't buy expensive ones. We don't pay more then $70. We do keep our warmups for like forever. I don't remember us ever having a different one.

[flippymonkeysmom]

My dd has competed 3 years and had 3 different leos and warmups - of course that is because we moved out of state, then changed gyms. Where she is now they keep the leos for 2 years. Hopefully she won't grow much so she can still fit in this one next year.

[hunde2]

My daughters gym gets new Leo's every other year alternating with the warmups.This way you only have to pay for one of them a year.Well it depends if your daughter does not grow out of the other.We are due for new warmups,so I hope my dd will fit in her Leo next year.I wished ours were $70.

[gymmomntc2e6]

We have purchased on leo for L3 preteam, was not bad - ONLY $50.00. Should she move to L4 next year it will be a new leo to the tune of about $160.00 . Won't have to get a new warm up unless dd grows too much

Since this is our first year - I have no clue how long they use the same one.

[Aussie_coach]

We try to keep the same leo's and warm ups for as many years as possible. We do have separate leo's for the level 1-3's, 4-6's and 7-10's. But we try to keep it the same. The costs of gymnastics are high enough without us designing a new leo every year or two. It also means siblings can wear their older sisters leo's as they grow out of them and we can sell them second hand as long as they remain in good condition.