Hello everyone. A few things about myself. I am 23 years old and I am currently serving in the military. Very recently I hit a point in my life where I have this huge void in my life where I need a hobby I can pour all my effort into and have something to strive to get better at. I am already taking up dancing (I am currently doing swing) and although that is fun, I want to focus my endurance and athleticism from running and weight training into a sport I feel would compliment that. I am a workable stature for it (5'4 125lbs) but other than that I am completely new to the whole thing.
I also noticed I couldn't make a thread in question and answers so I figure I would just ask it here:
-Obviously I am not intending to be olympics bound, but do you think at my age it would be possible for me to eventually work towards becoming proficient at rings or tumble gymnastics? Maybe even pummel? It just seems like the only deterrent is that since I am older I didn't grow up with it so everything will come about harder for me. But that's fine, I love a challenge.
-if I did want to compete, do they have age brackets? How hard are adult gymnastic schools to come across?
-since I do go to the gym, what would be good exercises for me to develop in before I even step foot in a gymnastics gym?
-What do you guys do for legs?
I just wanted to make sure if my efforts if I were to pour them all in I would be in adequate standings to get decent enough at this to compete locally or nationally.
I also noticed I couldn't make a thread in question and answers so I figure I would just ask it here:
-Obviously I am not intending to be olympics bound, but do you think at my age it would be possible for me to eventually work towards becoming proficient at rings or tumble gymnastics? Maybe even pummel? It just seems like the only deterrent is that since I am older I didn't grow up with it so everything will come about harder for me. But that's fine, I love a challenge.
-if I did want to compete, do they have age brackets? How hard are adult gymnastic schools to come across?
-since I do go to the gym, what would be good exercises for me to develop in before I even step foot in a gymnastics gym?
-What do you guys do for legs?
I just wanted to make sure if my efforts if I were to pour them all in I would be in adequate standings to get decent enough at this to compete locally or nationally.