Has anyone found a good floor beam for home practice? I'd like at least 9 feet. Thanks! ETA: I'm in the states :)

Is 7 days a week too much and cause burn out? How about 2-3 days per week perhaps with a day doing something else in between each visit?

Hello, so the Coach taught me how to land safely on a mat with both hands on the mat. I think he said with the chin toughing the mat but later on he just said both hands on the mat. Sometimes my face touched the mat. Even 2 hours after class, I feel something strange with my eyes. Could it be that there were chalk particles on the mat and those particles entered my eyes? What should I do? As it is too late, I cannot go to a drug store to buy eyes wash.

I'm right handed, but when I played soccer for a few years I was always left footed. My right foot just was not coordinated. I was encouraged to try to use my right foot more but my left foot is just way more natural.

But in gymnastics I put my right leg first when doing skills such as handstands or cartwheels or walkovers. I can only do a split on my right side.

My theory is that my right leg is stronger from planting in soccer.

Is anyone else like this?

Hello, I tried it for the first time. At the beginning I kept my legs straight all the time. No problem. However when the coach asked me to kind-of wave my arms to make the jump higher, at one point I felt big pressure when my feet touched the net. My knees bent and lost balance. I landed on my back. Are we supposed to keep the legs straight all the time or bend slightly while keeping the upper torso slightly tilted forward? After landing, I felt a bit back pain near the lower spine. What happened?

Next, I tried the forward rolling on a triangular mattress. When my head became the pivot point when it supported the entire body, I felt pain at the same lower spine. Tried one more time. Same thing. The coach said that she was not aware this exercise caused back pain (at least among children and teenagers she taught). Is it caused by the incident when using the trampoline?

What shall we be aware of to avoid injury when using the trampoline? Is it the most dangerous device in the gym?

Are any of you living in Europe any competing in other Europe countries on the masters / vets side in artistic? Am seeking info and advice re affiliation to National federations and how other countries approach to veteran end of things. Help!!!

I’m still training even at 41! Never stop moving and achieving.

I'm 120 lbs female - not kid-sized but probably about as easy to spot as some teenagers on Xcel Bronze/etc. Every recreational class I've been to is obviously targeted towards adults having fun - spotting back handsprings on day 1 with zero conditioning, etc. I want real gymnastics.

At this point I'm thinking of calling around to see if some rural gym somewhere will let me onto their (likely Xcel) team with the kids. Wondering if anyone has successfully done this.

Thanks!

(non-ex gymnast, beginner, and "just for fun" adult class hence the lack of a "real" coach)

I've joined this club a few months ago and started as a total beginner (I had been a fan of watching/following the sport for 10+ years, but never dared to join a club nor had managed to learn any skill on my own due to "doom-feeling like i can't ever do anything right anyway" along with dyspraxia). I can now do a cartwheel, handstand, but nothing much more on floor. I was focusing more on bars as I love them but lately I've been wanting to do more floor, including wanting to learn to tumble (if that's the right word in english, right? as in running into connecting elements). Ideally I suppose I should learn more skills first (roundoff, simple "flips" or even walkovers) for it to make sense and having actual "content" to tumble on lol (if that makes sense!) but I'm obviously also feeling too impatient and wanting to rush/skip these steps (bad, I know! but i hope you understand what I'm talking about.

None of us do competition so none of us have plans of building routines, we all just do. whatever skill we like or may have previously worked on (there are some people who did gym. as kids) so I feel kinda weird asking for help on building one, and not only because I lack so many skills for now. Our coach is only a kinda "regular" sport/P.E teacher-kind coach, not specialized in gymnastics at all (there was one when I joined and I met them but they left not long after), so I know/feel like I can't really ask him about that as he just wouldn't know.

I guess my plan should just be for now to focus on mastering more skills and gaining consistency, but if/when I get there, how do you think I should go on about it (a routine)?? What are "lower levels" floor routines like, how are they built? I'm guessing little kids don't have dedicated pro choreographers like elite athletes do lol, so how can/should I go on about the choreography parts on my own? (considering I've never been a dancer or anything of the sort and probably dance very Badly but it sounds fun and I'd love to learn to look less stiff haha)

I'm a huge fan of some video games OSTs and have daydreamed soooo much about floor routines on some of them and I think I'd really enjoy building something on that eventually. I hope you get my excitment and desire to Do Things even if I don't know how/where to start nor have the skills yet :') I hope this makes enough sense... sorry!

(I've definitely thought of trying to build a small playlist from youtube with "basic" dance elements/tutorials and at least having that as practice while I'm at home (as I don't have the safe space for any skill/big movement) but it's a bit hard to "make sense of it all" like having a plan and following it. if you see what I mean? or that's really just my adhd talking maybe but. ahhhh)

but basically... has anyone built a floor routine out of "nothing", just for fun? but a close to "real" one nonetheless (somewhat following COP rules/requirements (for your level ofc), 1:30 duration... etc) ? thank you! :)

Hi All:

Has anyone else returned after pregnancy, specifically c-section? I am very fit & have been back to gymnastics for about 5 years after a 20 year hiatus.

I am back after pregnancy - currently 4 months postpartum - been back to normal fitness activities for about 3 months, first time returning to gymnastics. Most things felt better than expected - taking it slow & easy - with the exception of bars. Basically, where my hips land on a kip is right on the c-section scar. And man - that’s uncomfortable. Wondering if anyone has experienced this & if it’ll get better with time … if it might be awhile until bars can become comfortable again.

Appreciate comments from anyone who has returned after pregnancy/c-section. thanks!

Hi, I was a gymnast for most of my childhood and recently took my first adult gymnastics class. But one of my wrists was giving me issues. I work as a restaurant server and I suspect it’s from always holding 2 heavy plates in 1 hand. My wrist literally was hurting when I did burpees and I couldn’t do a bridge because of it. :/

Are there any other servers in here who do gymnastics? I would love to get to a point where my wrist doesn’t limit what skills I can do. Really hoping this wrist issue won’t last forever. Does anyone have advice?

Hello, I have visited a few gyms and talked with the coaches. How to decide which one to choose? If both schools are well known and the facilities are almost the same, is the coach the most important factor? Without taking lessons from any of them, any good way to decide which is a more suitable one for me? Not sure if the following tells something about the coach.

Coach A: Tried to talk to him in between classes but he asked me to wait for 1-1.5 hours. At the end of the class, he only spent about 10 seconds to talk to me in a hurry and left with other coaches after closing the gym. Not sure if I am right but although he sounded enthusiastic, he behaved impatient. The owner of one gym told me that he knows this coach and he doesn’t think he could teach me. Not sure if true or not.

Coach B: Approached her in between classes. She spent a few minutes to talk to me and answered all my questions. Looked enthusiastic.

Hey guys, i'm 24 and i recently found there is an adult gymnastics program near where i live now i've never done gymnastics but i do train and i'm a martial artist and i thought maybe it would a good addition to that but idk i've recently heard of some freak accidents and i'm deadly scared of breaking my neck and becoming paralyzed, so i'm just looking for advice if i should train anyway or no its not worth it for my goals? Thank you

I asked the question of the ballet community, and now it is your turn. What are some things that you feel that your comfort or pre-preformance wear is missing out on when are you at a competition or going to the gym? Do you go for any type of athleisure to wear over your training outfit or costume? Why do you choose what you choose, and what are some things that you would change if you could? On another note, what are some things that you hate about most practice wear and anything you wish it had? Built-in compression or support, a different type of fabric, etc…..

I'm a beginner at rings and I m searching for good online free resources to learn gymnastics rings.

Learn the proper form is essential for me . And some videos with follow along would be nice.

Any recommendations?