GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Latest Episodes:

2023 World Championships: USA, GB, Italy, Dutch Women's Qualifying Oct 01, 2023

Show notes

2023 World Championships

We will go live right here on this page October 1st the first day of women's qualifying concludes (10pm Antwerp, 1pmPacific-ish). Here's how to ask questions live. Topics:

Simone's first time competing back in Antwerp where she won her first ever World title along side McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross.
Did the Italian team stay on beam? Who's looking good for Olympic qualifying.
Are the British going to push the US in the team final.

Here's how our event coverage works: 1. We give everyone the main headlines and latest news! 2. We continue our conversation exclusively with our Club members because they sustain us work and travel year around. 3. Want to hear rest of it and all the years of bonus content and interviews? All you have to do is Join the Club. LOGIN FOR BONUS CONTENT World Headquarters RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES

2023 World Headquarters: Podcasts, Videos and more
2023 Worlds Brazil Podium Training
2023 Worlds US Podium Training
2023 World Championships Preview
World Team Trials Women's Day Two Meet Report
World Team Trials Women's Day One Meet Report
Podium Training Report
2023 U.S. Championships Preview

Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic
Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile

Resources & Research

Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation
Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
Kensley is covering men's gymnastics at Neutral Deductions
Score and difficulty ranking from The Gymternet

2023 World Championships: Brazil, China, Japan Podium Training Sep 29, 2023

Show notes

2023 World Championships

Andrade! What vaults did she do, what bars dismount and how Brazil looked.
All the China and Japan details.
France, Mexico, the gorgeousness of the Swedes and a new vibe for Romania.
Sarah Voss's medically impossible gymnastics and the flight/plight of the German team.

2023 World Headquarters: Podcasts, Videos and more
2023 Worlds US Podium Training
2023 World Championships Preview
World Team Trials Women's Day Two Meet Report
World Team Trials Women's Day One Meet Report
Podium Training Report
2023 U.S. Championships Preview
Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic
Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile

Resources & Research

Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation
Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
Kensley is covering men's gymnastics at Neutral Deductions
Score and difficulty ranking from The Gymternet

2023 World Championships: U.S. Podium Training Sep 28, 2023

Show notes

2023 World Championships

We went live on Thursday September 28th after podium training Here's how to ask questions live. Topics:

Simone Biles return to Antwerp after 10 years
The US team lineups, plus a first timers reaction to seeing Simone's yurchenko double pike in person.
Details on Italy (they all hit beam), Netherlands, Great Britain, South Korea and South Africa
Eythora Thorsdottir gave the funnest most real interview in the history of gymnastics?
The Moorsaversary

World Headquarters

RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES

Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic
Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile

Resources & Research

Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation
Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
Kensley is covering men's gymnastics at Neutral Deductions
Score and difficulty ranking from The Gymternet

2023 World Championships Preview Sep 24, 2023

Show notes

World Championships!

- It's happening. Competition starts on the 30th, and we're here with our mega-preview of everything we're excited about
- Top 10 Things to Watch: We're counting down the top 10 storylines heading into worlds, including Simone's quest for history, the Women In Their 30s revolution, the United Nationals Summit on Amazing Bars, the best tricky boys, and all the shrinking Ds
- Olympic Qualification Test: Spencer puts Jessica's rule-retention skills to the test with a quiz on how athletes qualify to the Olympics from this competition
- Women's Finals: Who are the top medal contenders, who are the most exciting performers, and who are the potential disruptors for event finals?
  - How Simone feels about an Amanar these days.
- Our Coverage From Worlds:
  - Podcast coverage at Worlds starts on Thursday Sept 28th after the first day of women's podium training and will include a total of 10 podcasts from the competition
  - We'll have tons of videos coming your way from podium training – top routines, interviews, asking the questions no one else will
  - Check out our Antwerp Worlds Headquarters for all the info you need

JOIN CLUB GYM NERD

Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes.
Club Gym Nerd members get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails episodes.
Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here and even "tapestries" (banners perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast here.
RELATED EPISODES
RESOURCES & CITATIONS
- Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
- Larisa Latynina previously undiscovered worlds medal that ties her with Simone on the all-time medal list. Listen here.
- To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
- The Highest D and event rankings from The Gymternet
- Judge routines and learn visually with FlipFlyTumble
- Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions
MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

U. S. World Team Trials: Day Two Final Sep 21, 2023

Show notes

U.S. World Team Trials

Jessica is in Texas watching live. Spencer is at home watching the stream. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed:

The teams!!!
- Worlds: Simone Biles, Skye Blakely, Shilese Jones, Joscelyn Roberson, and Leanne Wong. Traveling Replacement Athlete: Kayla DiCello
- Pan Ams: Jordan Chiles, Kayla DiCello, Kaliya Lincoln, Zoe Miller, Tiana Sumanasekera. Individual Qualifier: Katelyn Jong. Non-Traveling Alternates: Alicia Zhou, Eveylynn Lowe, Nola Matthews.
The real reason Jade Carey isn't on the Pan Ams roster (she's heading to the Swi$$ Cup)
The difference between artistry and execution.
Scott Bregman joined the show to provide his insights, including his extra time with Simone.
We create our lineups.
We discuss who might get a bobble on our World Controversy tree next year.
Jessica shares some of the conversations she had with the coaches and athletes.
And of course, everything you couldn't see on the FlipNow live stream that happened in the gym

Here's how our event coverage works: 1. We give everyone the main headlines in the first 10-15 minutes. 2. We continue our conversation exclusively with our Club members. 3. What if I want to hear the rest of it and all the years of bonus content and interviews? All you have to do is Join the Club. LOGIN FOR BONUS CONTENT RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES

World Team Trials Day One https://gymcastic.com/u-s-world-team-trials-2023-day-one/

2023 U.S. Championships

2023 Classic:

2023 U.S. Classic Review: GOAT for a reason
2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session Two
2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session One
2023 Core Classic: Women's Podium Training
US Classic Preview
Classic Video Playlist
Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic
Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile

Resources & Research

Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation
Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
Score and difficulty ranking from The Gymternet

U.S. World Team Trials 2023: Day One Sep 20, 2023

Show notes

U.S. World Team Trials

Jessica is in Texas watching live. Spencer is at home watching the stream. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed:

The weird day of falls for Simone and the official word from the FIG on her vault value
Why Shilese got such a low score (for her) on bars and what connection bonus was lost
What Jade Carey's coaches said about the vault situation
Who we think is a lock for the World team and highest scoring team
The strange E scores on floor especially Josc vs Kaliya
The spectaculars of Kaliya Lincoln and Leanne Wong
Katelyn Jong injury and what Laurent yelled to Jordan Chiles before her last pass
The wins! DiCello changed her beam skills and Josc added back her single bar release.
What events we'd ask gymnasts to do if any, on day two
And of course, everything you couldn't see on the FlipNow live stream that happened in the gym

2023 Classic:

2023 U.S. Classic Review: GOAT for a reason
2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session Two
2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session One
2023 Core Classic: Women's Podium Training
US Classic Preview
Classic Video Playlist
Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic
Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile

Resources & Research

Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation
Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
Score and difficulty ranking from The Gymternet

Worlds Team Controversy Season Sep 12, 2023

Show notes

- Team Controversy Season has arrived and this year, Canada is hosting
  - Why isn't Shallon Olsen with her big vault score not on the team
  - We revisit that year Mai Murakami was left off the Japanese World team to help all those who commemorate
- CSI Szombathely : speaking of controversy, we discuss what happened to Eddie Penev on vault in when the wrong board was put in for him
- The injuries to Nina Derwael (BEL), Elisabeth Seitz (GER) and reigning beam World Champion Watanabe Hazuki (JPN) what that means for their respective countries and Olympic hopes
- Italian Championships! Manila Esposito's beam, Elisa Iorio's AA return, and are we rethinking Italy's team medal chances?
- Thoughts on countries naming six team members and waiting to decide the alternate until the last second
- Plus, the gymternet news, the dumpster fire news, and your feedback on vault versus floor skill difficulty, sting mat deductions, podium training styles, and differentiating a switch full from a tourjete half.

JOIN CLUB GYM NERD

Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes.
Club Gym Nerd members get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails episodes.
Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here and even "tapestries" (banners perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast here.
RELATED EPISODES
- McKayla Maroney Interview
- US Nationals Debrief
- Free Mai
- Inside the FIG: Steve Butcher
- Steve Butcher 2015 interview with FIG MTC President
- Behind The Scenes:
  - Blue Mountains
  - Aimee Boorman answers more questions from the live show
RESOURCES & CITATIONS
- Valeri Liukin to Coach Team USA while under Investigation by SafeSport
- Al Fong Under Investigation by US Center for SafeSport
- Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
- To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
- The Highest D and E scores from The Gymternet
MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

International Report: Steve Butcher Interview Sep 06, 2023

Show notes

Time to gym nerd out with us in the deepest of deep dives because Steve Butcher knows all the things. in our second interview with the former International Gymnastics Federation MTC President and FIG Sports Director we discuss:

What exactly happened at the Tokyo Olympics when Simone Biles coach ran over to him remove Simone from the mee.
The new FIG rules Simone's Tokyo health struggle inspired
His thoughts on the FIG decision to open the door for Russia in Paris
Judging pommel horse at the the 2012 Olympic Team Final; the Kohei dismount controversy
What happened at the 2012 Olympics when US head coach, Mazeika asked about changing the US mens team final lineup
Judging bias evaluation and what the data showed after Tokyo
Fujitsu robot judging, how it started and what's to come for gymnasts
The future of World Championships from site selection to qualifying to reducing costs
Proposed changes to the next Code of Points
Why men have more opportunities for medals than women in artistic gymnastics
Leaving the FIG to join Evo
Advice to gym nerds who want to rise to the top of the FIG like he did

JOIN CLUB GYM NERD

Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes.
Club Gym Nerd members get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails episodes.
Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here and even "tapestries" (banners perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast here.

RELATED EPISODES

- Steve Butcher 2015 interview with FIG MTC President
- One Year to Paris: FIG Opens Pathway for Russia to Compete in Paris
- 2023 U.S. Championships Headquarters
  - Podcasts, photo galleries and videos
  RESOURCES & CITATIONS
  - Scoring Controversy Takes Center Stage Mens' Gymnastics Final (Kohei Pommel Horse dismount)
  - Steve Butcher first American ever elected MTC President
  - Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Dr. Uncle Tim
  - Neutral Deductions: a men's gymnastics deep dive from Dr. Kensley Behel
  - To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
  - The Highest D and E scores from The Gymternet
  MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

Simone's 8th: The 2023 US Nationals Debrief Aug 30, 2023

Show notes

- Simone wins her 8th national title: What routines are we adding to the Simone highlight reel?
- We discuss Shilese Jones and Leanne Wong recording their best results of this Olympic cycle—as well as the injury Jones is dealing with
- The women's AA podium was older than the men's AA podium!
- Progress, and a couple bad looks, from USAG this week
- The deal with floor scoring and the biggest nerd headlines from nationals
- Who is MORE likely and who is LESS likely to make Worlds after this meet
- Reviewing our biggest questions from the preview: Did we learn anything?
- Asher Hong and Colt Walker both won the men's competition (we'll explain) as we discuss selection of the men's Worlds team and our highlights from the weekend
- Plus, the investigation into Tom Farden, which defending champions won't be at Worlds, and other gymternet news

JOIN CLUB GYM NERD

Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes.
Club Gym Nerd members get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails episodes.
Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here and even "tapestries" (banners perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast hereRELATED EPISODES

- 2023 U.S. Championships Headquarters
  - Podcasts, photo galleries and videos
  RESOURCES & CITATIONS
  - Valeri Liukin to Coach Team USA while under Investigation by SafeSport
  - Al Fong Under Investigation by US Center for SafeSport
  - Indian becomes first state to approve abortion ban post Roe
  - Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
  - To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
  - The Highest D and E scores from The Gymternet
  MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

Women's Final: 2023 U.S. Championships Aug 28, 2023

Show notes

Simone Biles is an eight time all-around national champion! Reigning Olympic all-around champion, Sunisa Lee, was fantastic on beam. Shilese Jones proved once again why she is top in the world. Jordan Chiles rallied but Jade Carey finished much lower than expected. Leanne Wong was consistent and clean throughout. We discuss Kayla DiCello, Skye Blakely, Josc Roberson, Kaliya Lincoln and more! We talk about what happened on the floor, follow up on the great beam mat debacle and discuss what the athletes and coaches had to say after the meet. We went live right here on this page Sunday, August 27th after the final senior women's competition. Here's how to ask questions live.

2023 U.S. Championships

Women's Day Two Meet Report
Women's Day One Meet Report
Podium Training Report
2023 U.S. Championships Preview
Pre-Championships Power Ranking
- - - - 2023 Classic:
        
        2023 U.S. Classic Review: GOAT for a reason
        
        2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session Two
        
        2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session One
        
        2023 Core Classic: Women's Podium Training
        
        US Classic Preview
        
        Classic Video Playlist
        
        Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic
      - Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile
      - The Balance Beam Situation
      - Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
      - To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
      - The Highest D and E scores from The Gymternet
      MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected