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**GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast**

GymCastic Podcast is a weekly gymnastics talk show. The hosts interview people who love gymnastics almost as much as we do, discuss the latest news, events and offensive leotard fashion.

Latest Episodes:

166: Aliya was like Nu-uh Rodionenkos! Sep 23, 2015

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2015 Russian Cup All-Around Champion, Daria Spiridonova (RUS, 57.1)

WHAT: Elevate of The Stage: Xcel, J.O., with Auburn vs. Alabama dual meet finale

WHEN: January 16-17, 2016

WHERE: Legacy Arena at the BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama

SPECIALNESS: It's on podium and the college coaches will watch the top levels on Saturday night.

TWO PRIZES:

$250 off of a gym's registration (20 or more gymnasts) to compete in the JO meet and no team Fees

Four VIP passes to watch the college meet on the floor, access to hospitality and four free t-shirts. ***With this the winner will have to be someone 18 or older because recruitable gymnasts can't be on the floor during college meet competition (blame the NCAA rules).

HOW TO ENTER:

Like us on Facebook
Send us an email with the subject line “Elevate the Stage” to gymcastic@gmail.com

DEADLINE: Sunday, October 18th More details on the Elevate the Stage podium meet here.

Lauren Hopkins, Uncle Tim, and Jessica chat about:

The Russian Cup
- Maria Paseka's Cheng is getting better and better! We think she'll be on the podium in Glasgow.
- Alla Sosnitskaya won bars but it was actually Viktoria Komova who had the highest bars score of the meet!
- Ksenia Afanasyeva did choreography that was so lazy, it rivaled the epic Zero-F*^*s-Given floor routine from Tatiana Nabieva last year.
- The provisional world team and Aliya Mustafa putting Valentina Rodionenko in her place by saying"I will decide if I complete on the basis of my health."
- Denis Ablyzian put Ri Se Gwan on notice with the most insane tsuk-full-in of all time.
Osijek World Cup
- Manrique did not do well and it's a world-wide tragedy.
- Paula Mejias, Danell Leyva’s teammate at Universal in Miami, triumphed from her vault disaster at the Pan Am Games.
- Jade Barbosa, grandmother of Brazilian gymnastics, did an absolutely, stunningly solid, wonderful beam routine.
- Ruby Harold burned the bars to the ground with her sheer awesomeness!
- Igor Radivilov's neck tattoo continues to slightly inhibit his landing ability on vault.
- We discuss the need for , pommel horse winner, Louis Smith to harness the power of his D.
Chinese World Team
- Bai Yawen is not on the team and Jessica refuses to talk about it.
- As of this recording it was Fan Yilin, Huang Huidan, Mao Yi, Shang Chunsong, Tan Jiaxin, Wang Yan with alternate Chen Siyi.
- Tan Jiaxin did an Amanar that terrified the world
- Mao Yi fell on a Moors and was knocked unconscious during her routine.
- Shang Chunsong won the all-around and why we think she has a good shot at the podium in Scotland.
- Defending bars silver medalist, Huang Huidan, struggled on her best event.
German National Championships
- Head coach Koch is calling aa champ Elisabet Seitz, Pauline Schäfer and Sophie Scheder, "The Hambüchens" and we don't know how we feel about that.
- Pauline Tratz wore a technicolor dream coat leotard that either thrilled and/or burned our eyes out.

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

Marvin Sharp died in jail, initial reports say it was suicide.
- Is Coach Rick right -- if female coaches take more leadership roles in gymnastics, will less men mean fewer incidents of sexual abuse?
- Is a massive lawsuit like the one faced by the Catholic Church force gyms and USA Gymnastics to make Safe4Athletes mandatory for every club?
You can help Lisa Mason continue to train. Lisa currently travels over 600 miles a week! That's an average of $200/week in gas! HELP LISA HERE.
Simone Biles gave the world a full camp update with scores and gave such an epic Snapchat that it skipped meme-dome and became a t-shirt.
The Cure of Wolf Turn-Itis: Please take note, there are now two official GymCastic approved ways to acceptable exit from a wolf turn:
1. The Melnikova --Step up into an immedate double turn https://youtu.be/k384wBo2KcU
2. The Chayse Capps -- drop into pron position like a python about to devour the beam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHqKWTX5a8

The Gymnasi-Cat Naming Contest WINNER is Rainey, who gets to choose one of these two fabulous, adult small, P&G Championship prizes.

Runner Up

The now legendary, Lil' Kim-Z MouseKill

Pauline Tratz (GER) and her Technicolor Dream Leo

165: Ponor Is Back Sep 16, 2015

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Catalina Ponor (art courtesy of My Crazy World of Graphics)

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer from The Balance Beam Situtation, and Jessica chat about:

Romania vs. France Meet
- Catalina Ponor Periscoped her comeback!
- We also go to see Larissa Iordache and Diana Bulimar compete.
Marian Dragulescue returned to competition at the Israel Cup
- We compare his vault to Oleg Vernaiev's at the Ukraine Cup
- How Alexander Shatilov and Draulescue compare on floor five weeks out from Worlds
NCAA gymnasts preparing for Worlds
- Danusia Francis, Toni-Ann Williams and Britney Rogers prepare for Glasgow while competing for their college teams.
Beyond The Routine: Canada Rising recap from Spencer!
Rhythmic Worlds
- The US group and Ms. Laura Zeng qualified to the Olympics!
- Bruno Grandi's poorly chosen English phrasing.
- Should artistic gymnasts be allowed to use lyrics in routines.
- Is rhythmic more or less artistic than it used to be?

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

Mustafina out of the Russian Cup, but what does that mean for Worlds?
Line Judging changes for Glasgow Worlds.
Your feedback on episode 163: Enough about the arrest of Marvin Sharp.
New artistic standouts to watch from the Sansbury School Games.
Who has a bigger collection of Code of Points than Uncle Tim?
Gymnast-inspired names for your cat!

Watch this week's playlist on YouTube here.

164: Marian Dragulescu Sep 09, 2015

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163: ENOUGH Sep 03, 2015

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Sport psychologist Dr. Megan Neyer and Katherine Starr from Safe4Athletes join us to talk about the arrest of Olympic coach Marvin Sharp on child pornography and charges of molesting one of his athletes. We discuss:

Gym Myth Busters: Do boys need protection from pedophiles just as much as girls do?
Why a "don't talk back" policy can sets kids up to be victims.
Conditions that lead to abuse, both through grooming and organizational loopholes.
What the alleged victim might be feeling and how best to support her as a community.
Steps the gymnastics community can take in preventing abuse:
- Mandate moral, ethical and specific behavior guidelines
- Apply a policy that makes misbehavior, not just criminal activity grounds for dismissal
- Parent, coach and athlete education about those guidelines because policies without education create cynicism
- Enforcement by someone other than the owner of the gym
- External oversight through an athlete welfare advocate and if necessary an external advocate for intervention or accountability when necessary.
Why child athletes are especially vulnerable to abuse (This is where Bruno Grandi got something right. Part of his reasoning for raising the minimum age for seniors was to prevent abuse. The older the athlete, the less likely they are to be abused.)
The bottom line for owner's pocket books: why gymnastics schools who do not have a comprehensive abusive prevention program in place will go out of business.
Why National Governing Bodies (NGB) like USA Gymnastics need to make gymnastics a much less hospitable place for abusers and a more powerful place for gymnasts.

Dr. Neyer's company is Neyer Performance Strategies, LLC.
Safe4Athletes policies, education sheets and app--free and available to you on their website.
USAG’s Club’s Care and We Care campaigns.
FBI’s Innocent Images Task Force. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint form.
If you see someone posting inappropriate images of vidoes of gymnasts, report it! Here is YouTube’s reporting hub.

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

There's a new toe-on-counter-Kim being done by a Hawaiian superstar!
Hollie Vise and Alex Naddour's future baby girl will have to battle baby Springer for butterfly roll world domination.
Katelyn Ohashi is doing bars again!
Larisa Iordache is going to compete very soon.
Aliya Mustafina has not taken a break from gymnastics. You can put the prayer vigil away now.
Maria Paseka proves she is on level 3 of the Brestyan leg circuit with her scary Amanar landing.
Ablyazin’s D keeps getting bigger and bigger
Jake Dalton had shoulder surgery.
Men's gymnastics might move to eight skills after Rio and some people on this show are THRILLED about it.
Your Feedback:
- We are the new cure for morning sickness
- Every American women's Olympic gymnastics team from 1996 to 2008 had a gymnast in her 20s on the team.
- An American Dietician in Denmark weighs-in on our Chris Brooks screams for food after P&G Championships
- Paul Ruggeri is the Brenna Dowell of the men's program.
- Does Marta think that Gabby isn't working hard enough or is she upset about her gym change?

Episode 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics covers:

Stopping abusers from club-hopping.
Creating a standard of behavior an effective tool for identifying grooming behavior and abusers early.
Stopping character assassination of girls who are abused.
Learning how to speak up and being heard by adults.
Why kids don’t come forward when they are abused by a coach.
How to support a gymnast who has been abused once he or she comes back to the gym.
What questions to ask before choosing a gym.

162: Wrap Up of the 2015 PG Championships Aug 21, 2015

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Paul Ruggeri finally made the world team and the gymternet rejoiced! © Christy Linder

We covered the finals of the senior women's national gymnastics championship in Episode 161. Today, it's our full recap of the 2015 Men’s and Jr. Women’s P&G Championships. Uncle Tim, Lindsey Green from Bustle, and Jessica chat about:

A listener Rage-o-Meter; we had a junior adoption waitlist that wasn't funny to everyone. How to respect short, bad ass gymnasts without infantilizing these amazing athletes.
Al Trautwig forgot Nastia's name on NBC but she had the last laugh.
The curse of the high bar; was there butter on it, did the curse hit Yin Alvarez in the ankle and cause his cheering injury? We investigate every possiblity!
The Laurie Hernandez vs. Jazzy Foberg junior showdown! Finally a championship that was too close to call until the final event!
- Could Christina Desiderio be the Kyla Ross of the Rio Olympic team?
The GymCastic Awards for Artistry and Elegance go to Emily Gaskins, Maile O'Keefe, Trinity Thomas and Deanne Soza. We tell you why.
Behind the scenes moments in the arena that you didn't see on camera.
In defense of Aly Raisman's bars; complain all you want about her knees, she's going to hit when it counts.
The scoring of Nia Dennis and Bailie Key; one was missing a requirement.
We love angry make-up gymnastics and Sam Mikulak delivered!
Ethical Conflict: Should Steve Butcher be president of the FIG Men's Technical Committee while simultaneously selecting the US men's world team?
Why was Chris Brooks left off of the world team even though he placed third all-around and do we agree with the selection procedures of the men's program.
- Has their performance level exceeded their preparation protocols?
- Is it unfair to compare the women's and mens' program results and preparation?
- Paul Ruggeri tell us what he thinks of the selection procedures after being an alternate forever and ever.
Pommel Horse Bingo; why the coaches and athletes were talking to the judges during the meet.
The Grip Break Rule: Hunter Justus was able to perform his rings routine after breaking his grip. Justice at last!

Television, webcast and YouTube coverage

Competition coverage.
- Television. NBC Sports Network will televise the first two days tape delayed. The schedule is listed below.
  - Aug. 24 – Men – 3 p.m. ET – NBC, live
  - Universal Sports is streaming replays of women's and men's prelims can be found here.
- Webcast. With analysts 2008 Olympic medalists Samantha Peszek and Raj Bhavsar, USA Gymnastics will provided webcast coverage of all four junior competitive sessions, as well as the first night of both the senior women and men’s competition. Former NCAA and Big Ten champion Evan Heiter will join Peszek and Bhavsar as the host. The webcasts will be available worldwide free of charge on PGChamps.com.
USA Gymnastics on YouTube. USA Gymnastics will post coverage of the P&G Championships, including nearly every competition routine, after the conclusion of the event, interviews from media day and post-competition, and clips from podium training.
If you are having trouble with access outside of the United States, try using a virtual private network (VPN). Our listeners recomend TunnelBear, Hola, ZenMate and GetUsVPN.

161: WAG Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo Aug 19, 2015

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Simone Biles broke two world records and tied Kim Zmeskal's record for three consecutive national titles. © Christy Linder

2015 National Champion, Laurie Hernandez, teammate 2014 National Champion Jazmyn Foberg, Texas Dreams superstar Ragan Smith and new national team member Sydney Johnson-Scharpf joined us for a live video broadcast on Periscope. Periscope only archives broadcasts for 24 hours but our video will be uploaded to YouTube soon. We asked them what they were most proud of this weekend, new skills, nicknames, Sydney's balance beam crash in warm-ups and what their national team theme song should be for 2015. After the kids went out to party, national team coaches Christian Gallardo and Aimee Boorman joined us. Christian coached Nia Dennis at Buckeye Gymnastics and now coaches Shilese Jones and Olympic all-around champion Gabrielle Douglas. Aimee Boorman is the lifelong coach of two time world champion, Simone Biles. We discussed:

The Gabby Douglas strategy, is she playing it safe and waiting to upgrade until she absolutely needs to? We think that would be smart. But is she top three on any even right now.
Christian and Aimee explain, "Brestyan's Legs" a plyometric leg circuit that gives Aly ligaments of steel. Know we know why she hasn't blown out her knees one million times!
How they handle the NBC cameras and microphones that might catch conversations they don't want on air.
Why Simone and other gymnasts won't do triple twisting doubles or double double dismount on beam especially when there is no one touch in event finals.
Do Gabby and Aly Raisman coming back to the national team change the dynamic of the team at all?
Is Christian on Gabby's television show, Douglas Family Gold.
Aimee and Christian told us how they started gymnastics, who they were most impressed with at championships, their favorite leotards and leotard designers, what rules in the code bother them the most.
Thoughts on their athlete's use of social media, for example, Ask FM.
A full explanation about the wolf turn trend and why everyone does them, even though 99% of them are hideous. They propose a deduction for excessive turn preparation pause.
The time Simone tried to kill Aimee by rolling like a bowling ball into her ribs on the podium.
What they think about the NCAA recruiting rules, and Marta retiring.
The day Christian, who is not Simone's coach, knew that Simone was special, when Marta read her the riot act and Simone gave her the most honest and innocent
Which gymnast would be most likely to score a 10 under this code?
If camp was the Hunger Games which coach would win?
Their thoughts on how fast gymnastics is progressing and the weight of difficulty versus execution in the code of points.
Finally an explanation for the reason for the splatfest in prelims from Aimee's mom.

Christian Gallardo is on Twitter thanks to our Periscope viewers who met Christian's heart challenge! You guys made this happen! Make sure to follow him.

Aimee Boorman is also on Twitter, where you can ask you about her Game of Thrones and Jon Snow theories.

Get video of every routine, photos and results from the 2015 P&G Championships.

We recapped the senior women's championships with Jessica, Lauren Hopkins, Cordelia Price, Dvora Meyers, Jennifer Lacopelli and Amy Scherer. We discussed:

Score analysis and info straight from Karolyi herself. There is a stick bonus in place but it's added to the difficulty score not the execution score. Execution scores had no bonus here. Marta said that Brenna Dowell and Ashton Locklear would be invited to the Worlds selection camp because they might be needed as specialists.
Scratches from the meet including injuries to Alyona Shchennikova , Amelia Hundley, and Madison Desch.
The Kyla Situation : is it a lack of training on hard surfaces, endurance or the fact that her feet hit the mat on bars when she taps, that's holding her back from her normal performance. She hasn't missed an elite season in seven years. She's amazing! She will be fine. Everyone can shut it!
Simone Biles the potentially greatest gymnast of all time, broke another world record with a 9.9 execution score on vault in day two. We debate what wild fictional scenario could ever throw her off her game: a sharknado, a bee, or Zack Efron.
Bailie Key the silent ninja in her black ring master leotard costume
The wolf turn is worth too much and can't be deducted enough. It's time for a change, Nellie Kim!
Madison Kocian, the 2015 national bars champion, how she should prepare for the future and world's selection camp in order to contribute on more than one event.
Brenna Dowell, adult, and her coaches on what giving her space vs. blowing them off looks like.

A scrapbook from the recording of episode 161 on Periscope. Photos by Lauren Hopkins, John Cheng and Christy Linder.

Coming soon - our Periscope broadcast will be up on YouTube.

160: PG Championships WAG Prelims Recap Aug 15, 2015

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World Champion, Simone Biles breaks the execution score world record at the 2015 P&G Championships in Indianapolis. © Christy Linder

We are in Indianapolis for the 2015 P&G Championships (AKA the US Artistic Gymnastics National Championships). This episode was recorded from a live Periscope broadcast which you can watch below (coming soon). We will be Periscoping again after the women's finals on Saturday night! Download the Periscope app to watch live on Saturday night! On this podcast with special guest, 2012 Junior National Champion, Lexie Priessman, Lauren Hopkins, Cordelia Price and Dvora Myers we chat about:

It was not as bad as the 2011 Splatfest but 2015 splatfest Gabby Douglas looked unshakable until the last event. Marta is not going to be happy.
What the results tell us: everyone under the top 5 are very very very closely matched.
Brenna Dowell smacked the haters upside the head with her BRILLIANT performance on every apparatus but especially with her 6.7 difficulty bar routine! WE SCREAMED WITH JOY!
Simone had an uncharacteristic and surprising, especially to her, fall on floor but she came back to break the execution score world record on vault with a 9.85 from her stuck Amanar!
Mykayla Maroney doesn't have a heart condition, Marta is misinformed.
We told you Maggie Nichols was the one to watch and her second place finished confirmed our genius prediction.... along with her magnificent work.
Aly Raisman and Kyla Ross had off night but vowed to face Marta together to make it less painful.
Nia Dennis may have mad the most successful gym change ever because she placed third on vault and beam and had one of the most exciting, if uncontrolled bar routines of all time! It was like watching Pegan or Zonderland do high bar.
Full details on every junior from the rock steady dependability of Jazzy Foberg, Gabby Perea and Morgan Hurd to the shinning star of Laurie Hernandez, Sydney Johnson-Scharpf and Ragan Smith.

Listener Meet-Up

When: Immediately following Senior Women's Finals on Saturday, August 15th.

Where: LOCATION CHANGED!

New Location: McCormick & Schmick's at the Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites, 120 W Market St, Indianapolis

What: Meet your fellow gym nerds and win some GymCastic podcast swag

Periscope videos coming soon!

159: 2015 Championships Preview Show Aug 12, 2015

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This week Evan Heiter and Jessica preview the 2015 P&G Championships, and Spencer from The Balance Beam Situation recaps Gymnastike's "Beyond The Routine" show about Gabby Douglas and Nia Dennis at Buckeye Gymnastics.

The Maggie Nichols factor - Don't doubt the power of the swag! How her injury at last year's Pan Am Championships will make her this year's newest World Team member.
How to watch Team Sam Peszek and Evan Heiter rock the commentary game with Raj Bhavsar all week long in Indianapolis.
Why Norah Flatley will be missing this competition.
Which "2000 Babies" (AKA juniors who will be age eligible for the Rio Olympics next year), have the best chance making a case for their spot on the Rio team:
- Rachel Baumann, Desiderio, Foberg, Frazier, Gaskins, Laurie “Baby Shakira” Hernandez, Johnson-Scharpf, Paulson, Quinn, Ragan “Feivel” Smith, or Olivia Trautman.
We each pick the routines that must be seen lest the Gym God's rain down fire upon your soul!
Upgrades and Placement: Will Gabby upgrade here or wait for Worlds? Is Kyla keeping her Bhardwaj or downgrading bars because of her fall at Classics? Will Simone throw her Cheng vault in Indy?
Which specialists need to absolutely slaughter their event in order to make the team for Worlds?
Which men are most likely to break into the old boys club and steal the coveted specialist spot for Scotland.
How MyKayla Skinner and her choreographer got themselves into the Glasgow news for an epic leotard-related cultural gaffe.
Why every time Sydney Johnson-Scharpf does a routine or Brenna Dowell approaches bars, Vegas-style lights should ignite around the apparatus and everyone should fall to their knees in worship!
The draw for the World Championships is out so we had to debate the US team merits starting vs. finishing on beam.
Finally, Spencer recaps Gymnastike's "Beyond The Routine: Buckeye"
- He rides the "implied shade express" as Gabby talks about her legitimate comeback and why new coach, Kittia Carpenter is a supportive person (as opposed to...)
- Like a gymnastics version of CSI, we dissect the clues that led to Nia Dennis's departure from her longtime gym, Buckeye for Legacy Elite.
- Discuss what coach Fernando Villa and Gabby would look like if they watched Dance Mom's together.
- We appreciate all of the moments when Mr. Positivity, Christian Gallardo, is on camera.

Results for P&G Championships are at pgchamps.com. All sessions will be streamed live on pgchamps.com/live.

If you are having trouble with access to Universal Sports outside of the US, try using a VPN. Our listeners recomend TunnelBear, Hola, ZenMate and GetUsVPN.

TV Broadcasts (all times Eastern):

Aug. 13 Women’s gymnastics – 7:30-9:30 p.m. – Universal Sports – LIVE
Aug. 14 Women’s gymnastics – 12-2 a.m. – NBCSN – taped
Aug. 14 Men’s gymnastics – 8-10 p.m. – Universal Sports – LIVE
Aug. 15 Men’s gymnastics – 1-3 a.m. – NBCSN – taped
Aug. 15 Women gymnastics – 8-10 p.m. – NBC Sports – LIVE
Aug. 16 Men’s gymnastics – 3-4:30 p.m. – NBC Sports – LIVE

GymCastic Listener Meet-Up

Watch Gymnastike's Beyond The Routine episodes with Gabby Douglas and Nia Dennis here.

158: Ariana Berlin Full Out Movie Aug 05, 2015

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Full Out, the movie is based on the life of b-girl Ariana Berlin. Photo courtesy of UCLA.

Ariana Berlin is happy, goofy, surprising, unique, beautiful and partially made of steel. She made her mark on college gymnastics by bringing her professional hip hop dance background onto the competition floor. Her floor routines were something totally new and sometimes controversial but always entertaining. But the road to NCAA finals almost went through the grave. "Ari" went from a being a promising level 10 gymnast, about to test for elite, to a girl in a coma, told when she woke up that she would never do gymnastics again. Though a car accident almost killed her and her mother, losing gymnastics was heartbreaking. She found solace in dance with the world famous hip hop troupe Culture Shock. A dance performance in front of UCLA head coach, Valorie Kondos-Field led her back to gymnastics. After years away from the sport, with a rod holding her femur together, Ari walked onto the UCLA gymnastics team, earned a scholarship and became one of their most consistent gymnasts of all time. While at UCLA she hit 175 of her 182 career routines (96%) without a fall, never missed a competition in 57 consecutive meets. In the final competition of her career, the former walk-on, placed fourth all-around at the 2009 NCAA Championships. We talk about the movie based on her life called, Full Out, staring Flashdance star, Jennifer Beals. We discuss:

GymMyth Busters Full Out edition; we separate fact from fiction and talk about the liberties taken with her story in order to deliver a dramatic message of inspiration.
Being star struck and all of the cameos: Alicia Sacramone, Jordyn Weiber, Victoria Moors, Samantha Peszek and Elfie Schlegel are all in the movie!
Ariana's advice for walk-on (non-scholarship) athletes, how to get onto your dream team and what to do even if finances won't make it easy.
How she became so consistent and her mental game.
Dealing with the haters who claimed her ground breaking hip-hop floor choreography was cultural appropriation or racially inappropriate.

In the news this week, Evan Heiter and Jessica chat about:

Simone Biles going pro: Is it too soon or the perfect time to turn pro? If this will affect her preparation for Rio and which brands we want her to endorse!
The first ever all adult gymnastics camp took place in July at Atlantic Gymnastics in New Hampshire. We talked to the camp director Gina Paulhus, gym owner Tony Retrosi and two campers to find out what made this weekend such a sucess.
- The clinics by the pool that made this camp unique: dealing with fear and mental blocks, physical therapy sessions, and a class on nutrition for the adult gymnast with tips on balancing snacks and meals between work and family on the way to the gym.
- Why Tony Retrosi, gym owner and coach, supports adult gymnastics and the adult camp.
- Campers Ryan and Stefane explain how the camp accommodated:
  - different gymnastics and fitness levels
  - people who didn't do every event
  - made the schedule reasonable for all levels
  - helped everyone feel welcome by hosting everything from dinners to beach trips
- The fun awards Gina created to make each camper feel special.
- Tony's advice on the best student to coach ratio for adult gymnastics classes.
- How to identify the right coach for an adult gymnastics class.
- Afraid to try adult gymnastics? Stefane and Ryan explain how adult gymnastics has helped them find their community and why they recommend it to others.

Find out how to watch P&G Championships (the US National Gymnastics Championships) and hear Samantha Peszek and Evan Heiter do reprise last year's commentary fabulousness on the official website pgchamps.com
Find out more about Adult Gymnastics Camp Director, competitive adult gymnast and personal trainer, Gina Paulhus here.
Tony Retrosi's website is gymmomentum.com
Here is Gina's article with details on the schedule, costs, demographics, staffing and photos of adult gymnastics camp!

Gina Paulhus's Adult Gymnastics Camp at Atlantic Gymnastics in New Hampshire.

Watch this week's playlist on YouTube here.

157: The 2015 Secret Classic Jul 29, 2015

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This week on the podcast, a full recap of the Secret U.S. Classic from glorious Chicago suburbs. Uncle Tim, Lauren, and Jessica chat about the best upgrades, moments, skills and routines, including:

Scoring: don't get too excited, there was a stick bonus in place.
Text book bars that made our hearts sing: Madison Kocian, Brenna Dowell and Laurie "Baby Shakira" Hernandez.
Injuries that took some out and others down: Norah Flatly, Marissa Okaely and Kyla Ross.
Which 2000 Babies (also known as juniors who will turn 16 in the Olympic year) will be a major threat for the 2016 Olympic team. Yes, this means we talked all about Ragan "Fievel" Smith.
Ashton Locklear and the Mystery of the Zero Scores solved!
Bailie Key's premier meet as a senior gymnast! Finally!
Brenna Dowell had a rough day with a terrifying beam fall, but we loved her toe-on tkatchev caught in mixed grip to Ezhova! Will this help or hurt her chances of making the World team?
Let’s play a game called “What did Skinner’s floor music sound like to you?”
Simone Bile's new floor routine (spoiler alert, we loved it!); will Laurie Hernandez and Simone start a new trend in elite floor?
What's next for Emily Gaskins and Steve Nunno. Maybe he was too calm and that's what hurt her performance.
Gabby Douglas, her competitive excellence, Russian-style podium training, future upgrades and clarifying gymnastics facts for those you didn't know that she meant American Olympic history when she said,"No one has ever done it before."
Aly Raisman looked gutted after her mistiming on floor led to a fall, but we saw big improvements from her.
Our favorite moments: Abby Paulson's aerial layout series on beam; Trinity Thomas being adopted by Lauren; Maggie Nichols owning the podium; Polina Shchennikova's bars; Simone and her team flying on a private jet; Kaitlin deGuzman's toe point; Deanne Soza, Deanne Soza and DEANNE SOZA!
Uncle Tim rages out over Felicia Hano's vault injury.

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

Marta's retirement announcement and our speculation about her replacement.
Shawn Johnson got engaged to NFL player Andrew East on a baseball field, but we tell you how we could have proposed to her in a much more gymnastics-appropriate way.
The Canadian pop star who is named after Nelli Kim
USA Gymnastics President, Steve Penny, awkwardly interviewing Simone Biles.
We got a letter from a listener who told us all about training with Steve Penny and Peggy Liddick during the Shannon Miller era at Dynamo in Oklahoma!

The Gymternet's best moments from podium training, complete with Gifs! Two women have repeated as the Olympic all-around champion in back to back Olympic Games, Larisa Latynina of Soviet Union in 1956 and 1960, and Vera Caslavaka of Czechoslovakia in 64 and 68. No American all-around gold medalist (we’ve only had four ever!), has ever made a second Olympic team; only one has even officlally tried, Nastia Liukin, by competing at the Olympic Trials. It's pretty common to make another Olympic team. Four Olympic all-around gold medalists have made a second Olympic team after winning all-around good: Larisa Latynina, Věra Čáslavská, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and Nadia Comăneci.

Texas Dreams' wore a leo that was clearly an ode to the 1990's Unified Team / Soviet splatter paint leotards.

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