Snacks?

Vintage Gymnast · 08-05-2007, 08:42 PM

Our gym does now allow the girls a snack, my daughter goes for 4 hours twice a week. We tried to have them allow a granola bar break but the owner wont allow it. He said no reputable gym in the country allows a snack break for a 4 hours practice. Is this true of your gyms too?

Vintage Gymnast · 08-05-2007, 08:43 PM

that should have been does NOT allow, not does now allow LOL

Mac · 08-05-2007, 08:58 PM


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Is this true of your gyms too?

Yes. My personal opinion is that it's only an issue for younger, newer gymnasts getting used to what it means to train longer and harder. I've never seen an older or higher level girl who needed or wanted more than liquids during practice. This isn't unique to gymnastics, in my experience.

**bogwoppit** · 08-06-2007, 06:29 AM

My goodness that is too weird for words.
My girls regular gym has one snack break in all there classes and training groups, For most of our team girls they come straight from school (we have a school bus that stops outside) and they actually have meals at the gym, we have tables and microwaves. My girls do not get home until 8:30pm some nights, there is no way they could do that with no food.

My girls summer training gym also encourages snack time and they eat together by the tumble track.

Both gyms are very clear though, no junk at all, only healthy food.

I do not really see the problem with a brief snack time, four hours is a lonf time to train without food. Maybe she can smuggle food in and eat it in the bathroom.

Blackie6 · 08-06-2007, 07:06 AM

My daughter is allowed a snack. She goes about 11 hrs a week and sometimes up to four hrs a practice. I send her with a couple healthy snacks, they like to share!

I agree though some practices that are long should have a snack time no matter what age/level.

Megley · 08-06-2007, 09:05 AM

When my daughter's practices were 3 hours, they were not allowed a snack break but now that they go 4 hours, they do get a short break about half way through practice to eat something healthy. I honestly think this is less of an issue in the summer where practices run either from lunchtime to late afternoon or from morning to lunchtime. It's in the Fall/Winter when practices are from 4 to 8 that they really do need to eat something.

Meg

GymnastRaeRae87 · 08-06-2007, 09:51 AM

My gym is rec so our longest classes (not including camps) are two hours. I get tired easily at gym so for the last part of class I don't do as well. So one of my coaches told me to bring a snack. I used to bring Ensure drinks but then I switched to Tiger Milk Bars. They are really good. I have my snack about half way through practice. I ask my coach if I can eat it and she tells me yes or wait until we finish something or we need to move a couple mats first. At camps there is always a snack/lunch break depending on how long the camp is!

gym law mom · 08-06-2007, 11:59 AM

Both our old and new gyms have a short break to get a snack. Nothing fancy like some have mentioned with microwaves etc, but time to get a power bar or something else that can be eaten in a few minutes. They also get water breaks after each event. I absolutely agree that if the gymnast is coming right from school and won't get home for dinner until about 7:30 or 8, they have to have something.

Just got my daughter's schedule for 6th grade and she eats lunch about 11:30. School is over at 2:50 and practice starts at 3:30. There is time to munch a little something in the car on the way to pracitce, but I'm sure she'll need something else to eat before practice is over at 7:30.

Granny Smith · 08-06-2007, 12:34 PM

My dd practices 4 hours at a time and they do not have an official break to eat anything, but it is allowed while they are putting on their grips for bars (they have to get them out of the locker room when it's time for bars) they can grab something that they brought with them (a couple of grapes, almonds or peanut butter crackers). Most of the time, dd does not have anything because she has a snack on the way to the gym, but at least she knows that she is allowed if she felt it was necessary.

During school my dd is one of the ones that goes to the gym straight from school. I always have a snack for her on the way to the gym. She is there from 4-8, then we get home by 8:30 and that is when she eats dinner. Sometimes I will have a small snack for her on the way home from the gym too.

teachrugratswga · 08-06-2007, 12:46 PM

No older athletes at our gym have a snack break. They are here to do gymnastics. Liquids for them are fine.

Younger athletes????? I allow them to carry healthy snacks in there gym bag, and eat them if they are non-stop complaining about hunger.

Water is good, food is bad during workouts.

Parents feed your kids before class. It helps us as coaches to keep the class running smoothly and without distractions.