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My DS has been going through this since he started competing at 9. He’s 14 now and I think puberty has made him tired enough to sleep better. Being an insomniac myself, my advice is to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day. My son would get in a vicious cycle where he would have...

To clarify, the gym never cashed the checks I sent while the gym was closed. We pay $450/month for 16 hours a week of boys optional level training. Ours is a fairly large gym with approximately 20 boys in the optional group.

Our gym closed mid-March. I continued to pay in April and May but when I asked the owner he said no tuition was due since no services were being provided. We reopened on 7/1 with the same tuition amount as pre-pandemic. Most of my son’s teammates in the optional program have returned. Our gym...

I understand that these changes are not occurring in 2020-2021 season. However as written in the document above it differs from what I’ve seen described here before. My son was born in 2007 and he competed as a 13 year old in 2019-2020. I thought that under the new rules he would have competed...

Actually, the issue is slightly different. The coach is planning on extensive strap work plus they will be wearing cotton gloves, all in the interest of preventing rips and slowly getting their callouses back. I hadn't heard that approach anywhere else here which is why i posted my initial...

My observation during the pandemic distance learning was that my seventh grader was asked to cover a lot less material than he would have had he been at school. I wouldn't assume that just because your child spent less time at home that there is wasted time at school. It seemed clear to me...

I don’t know, maybe hand washing will just take too long given there are only a couple of sinks.

It’s likely that those are health department rules...

“Hand sanitizer will be used upon entry and upon completion of each event.”

How are your gyms dealing with the combination of rips and hand sanitizer? Our gym is opening on 7/1. The plan is for everyone to have their own straps for the strap bar and to also wear cotton gloves. No work on the regular high bar. They will slowly have to get everyone's hands into shape...

Nothing for us. No practices. No Zooms. Just conditioning at home. We don’t even know what phase gyms will open in. MD in general has gone to Phase 2 but our county is still Phase 1. It’s going to be a boring summer.

Thanks for the reply. That's a great idea. Unfortunately i don't have any old mattresses at the moment.

I am acquiring a pommel horse from a local gym that is closing. Anyone have any suggestions for padding under the horse or perhaps pictures of what you did in your home? I also got a used mat that’s about 5’x8’ but I’m not sure if this is large enough. I’m hoping to make room for it in our...

I have been paying but we haven’t heard a peep from the gym about it. We get workouts via email every week. No Zooms. I‘m paying because I don’t want the gym to go under. No reopen in sight in our state.