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My 6 year old is in the same boat as you. He's not naturally flexible, and he's surrounded by boys who are very flexible. I've been told that it can be achieved with gentle stretching every day. We were told to make sure that the muscles are warmed up before stretching, and to hold each...

Some of the other parenting boards that I read have a for sale or trade section and I have picked up a few leos there. I think a forum like that would do well here for selling used leos.

I agree that once they're ready, they will start to build their flexibility...and it can happen relatively quickly if they stretch well and regularly. My daughter is 7, and just picked up gymnastics a couple months ago after being in ballet since age 2.5. She has just reached the level at...

go to the motionwear website... Motionwear - dance, ballet, gymnastics, team wear on the left hand side, use the "find a retailer" feature...if there are local retailers, call them and see if they carry the leo you just might get lucky! the store that I saw the leo at shows up when I...

I think they have left you with no choice. As for your time crunch... Have you looked at local stores? I saw that same leotard at a local dancewear store that has a tiny gymnastics leotard section this past weekend.

Speaking as a technicallly inexperienced mother of a fearless 4 year old boy... ...my son started by doing it in a headstand position rather than a handstand position. Then one day he decided to take it up into a handstand position. I'm not sure how they formally teach it, as they don't...

this is welcome news :) My 7 year old daughter has just started gymnastics (she caught the bug after seeing her 4 year old little brother start gymnastics this past summer and do so well, so quickly). She has been in ballet since she was 2.5, and they keep telling me that will help her in...

no, not the one in Colorado...just a local training center I think I will take the advice to spend some time observing there this fall and see if we think it's a good match for our little man. When he is old enough, I think he would definitely enjoy learning the men's events since most of...

Thanks for the welcome! Our current gym only has girls teams...while the training center they referred us to has a great boys program and a history of producing USA team members and Olympians.

Hi! I'm new here :) I stumbled upon this board while looking for information on gymnastics for preschool age boys. My son is 4, and like many of the children I've been reading about here, started cartwheeling all over the house at the age of 3. This past spring, he somehow figured out how to...