Recent content by GymMomA3R

I know I have CGM tendencies that I fight and squash (asking for privates, watching practice, knowing score requirements, looking at possible meets our gym may attend). However, I also am the type that just loves gaining information and researching things and I have a need to plan ahead. I’ve...

First shot done Monday (moderna) for me and Hubby! Most painful vaccine I’ve received (cannot compare to shingles vax for a long while) with pain at the injection site for several hours but still worth it. Arm was sore and overall felt a bit off that day, but woke up feeling normal yesterday...

Our area gets suuuper hot in the afternoon so they want to get the team girls in and out before the 3pm heat then leave the evenings for rec and level 3 to minimize body heat. There has been talk of moving it up to 8 or 8:30 am to help accommodate working parents (coaches are fine with what...

So jealous of all you guys with vacation/beach plans!! I’m not looking forward to summer: this is the first year DD joins the team summer practice schedule (9-2 M-F) so I still have to get her ready every morning and pack a lunch. I’m wondering how she’ll adjust. Plus we’re getting ready for...

I I want to say it was a good 2.5 months.. I also think that it helped that the teammates/coaches stopped hugging/comforting her and instead kept saying “you got this!!” or even just ignored a few tears. I also learned to make myself scarce during conditioning.. ;) - if she did cry when I...

Haha I was waiting for someone to post this

Haha I thought I was the only one doing the lean and jerk - go figure the first time I don’t watch bars rotation is the time she got it... I’m convinced she only gets new skills when I’m not watching, just like her ROBHS, front handspring on floor, front tuck on floor, backwalkover on beam...

My 7 year old was moved to the level 4 training group (4hs/3x wk) in January (she had just turned 7 a few weeks before) and for the first 2-3 months or so of conditioning there were definitely tears. Starting level 4, conditioning intensity increases at our gym and the entire team (level 4-10)...

Sleeveless leo, and depending on season, shorts or leggings. Also, during colder months. Light zip up jackets/sweatshirts/long sleeve t’s, etc. during warm up, especially Saturday mornings in the winter.

Yep... it’s still terrifying as a parent to watch my 44.5” daughter jump from the low bar to the high bar. I think the gym only has 2 settings but I’m not sure. Thankfully, from the angle of the parent room, it doesn’t look that far ;) She definitely looks like a flying squirrel. Even her coach...

Pre-team: 2 days (2hrs/day) Level 3: 3 days (3 hrs/day) Level 4: 3 days (4 hrs/day) Level 5/6: 4 days (4 hrs/day) Level 7: 5 days (4 hrs/day) Level 8+: 6 days (4 hrs/day) Xcel Bronze: 2 days (2 hrs/day) Xcel Silver+: 3 days (3 hrs/day)

My daughter is in the same boat as the original poster’s... vault is her weakest event and the table is roughly equal to her height at the 110 setting. Hoping she gets it figured out by comp season in August!

My daughter loves her dry bands and has been using them since mid January. She has really tiny wrists so regular wrist bands are not tight enough and dry bands are sized based on wrist size. Two others on her team have started using them as well. They’re a little more difficult to put on, at...

Does a 0.0 count?! Lol.. on DD’s first ever meet (L3), on the first event, beam, she got disoriented on which way to mount (she was 6 and followed a lefty - she’s a righty) and ran out of beam 1/4 of the way through the routine... jumped off, started crying to her coach, and refusing to get back...

Oh the $1400 is for the leo/gear & competition fees - sorry if I wasn’t clear! $400 of it is for the comp leo, warm ups, team bow, team bag, grip bag, and parent t-shirt... The compulsory comp leo never changes so the only time we need to get new ones is if they outgrow it , and even then...