Elite gymnasts have the ideal bodies. Not only are they incredibly strong, but they are also extremely flexible. What do all gymnasts have in common? They all do bodyweight exercises. Many of them occasionally dabble with weights, but their training regimens are overwhelmingly dominated by bodyweight exercises. Go to any gym and it would be a very rare sight to find any gymnast working out with weights.
In a recent interview posted by Gymnast.com , Jonathan Horton was asked [...more]
Savings Sports blog has an interesting post about Title IX . One quote in particular caught StickItMedia's eyes -- "the NCAA cannot be considered an objective source. The NCAA leadership is on record as being closely aligned with groups fighting all forms of Title IX reform and has attempted to quash any debate about the effect of Title IX on decreasing collegiate participation opportunities in the Olympic sports."
So true. [...more]
USA Gymnastics has recently posted interviews with various members of the U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team. Very interesting to find out what the guys have been up to since the Beijing Olympics. Obviously, the main activity keeping them busy has been the Gymnastics Superstars Tour. Be sure to check out the interviews to find out just who might be thinking about the 2012 London Olympics: [...more]
StickItMedia had the pleasure of attending the Gymnastics Superstars performance held on 9/20 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. It was a great show, featuring the entire U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics Team, Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Chellsie Memmel, and others. What would a gymnastics extravaganza be without Paul and Morgan Hamm and Blaine Wilson? [...more]
While on the Tour of Gymnastics Superstars, Paul and Morgan Hamm sat down with Elliot Almond of the Silicon Valley Mercury News. They talked about how hard it was to be able to influence the USA Men's Team during the Olympics only by yelling at the TV, like the rest of us, and we know how that always works out. They were very impressed with our boys, though, and hoped that their remarkable comeback attempts helped raise the bar for the others.
Morgan talks about his upcoming wedding and entry into chiropracter school. He admits that he is done with the sport of gymnastics after this tour. However, Paul cannot quite [...more]
NBC’s Universal Sports Network is rebroadcasting the Men’s Olympic Gymnastics competition this week. Coverage is as follows: Men’s Team Finals – September 16 @ 8:00pm EDT Men’s All-Around Finals – September 17 @ 8:00pm EDT Men’s Individual Event Finals – September 18 @ 8:00pm EDT Click here for the listings for where to watch the […] [...more]
MeetScoresOnline (MSO) is America's premier website for club gymnastics scores for men and women. Gymnasts, fans and parents race online to MSO after every meet, generating over 15 million visitors over the past seven years. MSO is an indispensable tool for those interested in scores. There is no better way to research the historical archives of scores since MSO began keeping stats.
It is very easy to find your gymnast or particular meet with MSO's robust search engine. You can access a gymnast's entire [...more]
Gymnastics is a sport for shorter people, right? It's true that the average height for adult male gymnasts is around 5'4" to 5'7". Jonathan Horton is listed at 5'1". Paul Hamm measures in at 5'6". Russia's Alexei Nemov is 5'8", and he won 12 Olympic medals before retiring after the 2004 Athens Olympics. Recently deceased Russian Olympic champion, Boris Shakhlin, was also 5'8", and always considered tall.
Get on your tiptoes, guys, because coming up through the elite level are some serious six-footers. Here is at least a partial list of [...more]
Oprah’s filming her season-opening show on Monday, September 8, in Chicago’s Millenium park, and her guests will be many of the USA Olympic athletes. All of the men’s gymnastics team are due to be there. The filming itself will take place on Wednesday, September 3rd, at around 10:00 am, but if any Chicago gymfans want […] [...more]
Once every four years, the sport of gymnastics sees a huge increase of interest. After all, each and every night of Olympic gymnastics is broadcast in prime time. Many of the world's most popular sports, like basketball, soccer and baseball, don't even come close to that kind of Olympic coverage. Those sports are usually relegated to late night/early morning broadcasts, usually on alternative networks.
After the Olympics, gymnastics amazingly disappears from the radar screen, save for annual tape-delayed broadcasts of the U.S. Nationals and World Championships. Need further proof? [...more]
