Well, grips are supposed to last you at least a couple years, unless you want to spend more $$$ each time you move up. I think the "different tiers" of dowel grips, is sort of like this:
-Thick grips often with two pieces of leather joined together. They're supposedly more rigid (doesn't over...
I'm not 100% sure what all the skills are in Xcel Silver, but I think there's a kip? Usually (from what I've seen, anyways) gymnasts start wearing grips around the time when they have their kips and/or skills like giants, fly-aways, sole-circles. But yep, if you have NO idea what your coaches...
This could be more of an angry vent than anything else, but I kind of reached a point on the angriness meter where I need to pour out my frustrations... :rolleyes: Anyways, I'm sick of other gymnasts cheating on conditioning, repetitions of skills.
I will be told to mind my own beeswax, but...
The gym I train at set the budget to $30 million when they moved to a new location two years ago. Most likely opening a gym won't cost THAT much, but our gym (and a few other sports clubs) had to use much of the $$$ on BUILDING the facility. It was a lot of fundraising, phew!! And they just...
Ack! I'm glad you've made the choice to stay with one gym. I'm not sure if you can pull off training at 2 gyms even if the gym owners were BFFs. Gym B also will recognize you somehow (it's a small world!) and Gym A would find out promptly...leaving you out of both gyms. :(
Does your gym have...
I really wished I never stopped gym! I started again a few months ago after a year and a half's hiatus. I never ever ever want to feel that sore again!! X( It was a pretty brutal first month since I had (and yet still have) trouble with the conditioning and had to flop/drop out of bed each...
I have really thick and really long hair (I'm supposed to cut it, but I just...can't! :rolleyes:) so to find a way to keep my hair out of the way is a nightmare. My mom did pigtails a couple times until I finally complained to her about thwacking myself painfully in the face repeatedly wasn't...
First, I'd like to say I LOL'ed at that ^ part about feeling stupid on beam. :D I totally agree!
My favourite event to compete would be definitely floor since I don't really get nerves and there isn't anything to fall OFF of. I mean, I could fall from a tumbling pass or trip over my own feet...
At our gym, we usually do a bit less so we aren't so stiff and sore the next day. I always feel not at my best when we have back to back training days since my body needs some time to heal. But if the meet is in 2 days, we just do the regular conditioning, but our coach isn't as strict about it.
Well, when I was in pre-comp/pre-team (ah, whatever you call it! XD), my coaches then had a big chart where we would stick in stickers or stamps for getting a new skill, coming to gym on time, helping out, etc and when one row was filled, we would get to choose a prize from a box filled with...
Aha, okay! :rolleyes: Sorry. It's just that I've never heard it at a meet before and didn't know it was so overused, haha. I've seen mainly the pink panther theme and pop songs here...:bored: Oh well
Woah! Lucky, I've always wanted Requiem for a Dream as my floor music. :)
But based on your previous music, I'm guessing you want something more mature and elegant, not mainstream looped dubstep. Personally, I like music from the Pirates of the Caribbean (The Black Pearl is a good one...search...
Usually in my experiences they just take attendance and give us our starting orders. Then tell us how long we have to warm up followed with a "good luck ladies". With the younger gymnasts I've seen them ask how they were, likely to try to seem more friendly to help the girls calm down a little...