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My coach (gym owner) has started a pre team at the gym this summer, and I have been coaching it with a wonderful mom of one of my teammates! There are 11 girls; most of them are ages 5-8 and have been in gymnastics for about a year or so. Recently my coach told me to start working on level 3...

So last year our whole Xcel team competed bronze (which is the new silver for region 5), and so now we would be moving to gold if we want to move up. I definitely do because I have had my kip for two years, have the handspring over the table vault, and have decent tumbling on floor, so I don't...

Well, as of June 25 they changed that, and now we have the same bronze and silver levels as the rest of the nation :) YEAH!

Its really annoying to me...but in region 5 it takes forever to move out of bronze!! Most regions have their bronze as levels 1-4, but here it is 3-5!! You pretty much have to be a level 6 to compete silver. I am missing my full turn on beam, and I don't have a front or back tuck...so I can't...

I am also in region 5, and our first meet this year was scheduled for October. Our last one was in May. Basically the only off season is summer :)

Oh my goodness!! First of all, CONGRATS!! And second of all, this sounds EXACTLY like my situation two years ago. I was never ever ever close, and my feet would always hit. I only tried them once or twice every other practice because I just figured they were not possible for me. Then one day I...

I hear ya :) I have major fear issues on beam, and with the squat on on bars, so I'll probably never get out of excel bronze, but I NEED TO DO GYMNASTICS or I will go insane :) It's true.

Let's see... Definitely an aeriel squat on (bars) cartwheel (beam) front tuck back tuck ROBHS BT

I was wondering how long gymnasts usually stay at a level of Excel? I know it's not at all like the compulsaries, and that there's a range of levels in each level, but I was wondering how many years it makes sense to compete a level for? I was a bronze this year (L3-L5 skills) and I want to...

Well I'm glad people agree with me, and I'm not totally insane! I guess I'm going to continue, because it's physically and emotionally impossible for me to quit. I am going to have to work really hard to fit it in my schedule though.

Well I'm glad people agree with me.. I guess I'm going to continue, because it's physically and emotionally impossible for me to quit. I am going to have to work really hard to fit it in my schedule though.

I just can't seem to quit. Although it makes perfect sense now, since I made the honors choir at school, am taking piano lessons, run cross country, and am going to be a jr. in high school that I would quit gymnastics, but I just can't! I can't put my finger on what it is about it, but I just...

So I know that rips are a normal part of gymnastics, but I have never had one this big before. I mean it's HUGE, and really deep too. It came at practice on Monday, and I have a meet in two days! It's starting to heal, but there's still part of the callus that it ripped from that could easily...

Ten years old is definitely not too old! At my gym our L4s range from ages 7-12, but we had a 16-year-old compete L4 a couple years ago. Most of our L4s now are 11 year olds, and at meets they definitely aren't the oldest.

I am in Xcel bronze so I only have to spend 6-9 hours in the gym per week. I would love to do more though :)

I have 5 for workout and 2 for competition.

Our team leotards came in today! We ordered them from GK, which I am glad because I love them, but mine fits a little weird. The torso fits ok, arm length is ok, but the arms are really baggy. I got an AL because that's what I wear in my workout leos from gk (I have about 5 from there). I...

Does anyone else have problems with shoulder flexibility? I have been doing gymnastics for five years and it seems like my skills are never as good as they should be because of my lack of shoulder flexibility. No matter how hard I stretch my shoulders, I still have a shoulder angle. It's so...

I wear an AL in GK, and it fits with a little room (which I like), but not too much where it's baggy. Do Snowflake leos run a little smaller than that?

I saw a gorgeous leotard from snowflake that I really want, but I'm not sure I'll like the fit of it. I have ordered leotards from several different manufacturers and they never fit right. Finally I just decided to stick with gk because their leotards fit me perfectly and they are super...