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    Parents Cheap meals for gymnasts

    for my family we like protein noodles, Greek yogurt, chicken and lean hamburger. My gymnasts also loves cowboy caviar -a delicious bean dip. If you are close to Aldi groceries store this has a a lot of great options that are affordable. For actual meal plans spaghetti is a family favorite.
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    Men State meet time!

    My son did pretty good but messed up high bar and vault. He got first in rings, parallel bars, second in floor and all around, and third in pommel and high bar! On to level 5!!!
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    Men State meet time!

    Good luck to all the young men that are competing at their state meets! Let’s share their results! My son doesn’t compete until later today and I excited to see how he does. I will update with results :)
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    Gymnasts Favorite events

    Women I always loved beam. For men I love watching high bar, rings, and p bars. My son gymnastics and he said his favorite is vault bc it’s short 🤣
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    Men When to move?

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    Men When to move?

    Thank you! It helps hearing other parents say this! We are just having fun and he loves it. He only train twice a week for a total of 8 hours. We (mom, dad, and coach) are encouraging him to play other sports too and to have fun! We definitely don’t want burn out. I just get into these mental...
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    Men When to move?

    Thank you! There is one club I am watching. I love talking to people so it will be easy to scope out what parents think. :) our region is huge just our specific state struggles. After posting this my son was already working in some level 7 skills during practice. That made me feel really good! I...
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    Men When to move?

    His coach is aware of his goals and the coach thinks he has what it takes to get there. My son has natural talent but he is also super motivated by people better than him. If he loses at a competition he sees that as a challenge to work harder and do better. We have an amazing relationship with...
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    Men When to move?

    Hi, my son is level 4 age 8. He is a natural at gymnastics and absolutely loves this sport. I am encouraging him to dream big and have ambitious goals. I told him we will fund his goals as long as he works hard and loves the sport. With that I have had people from the gymnastics community tell...
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    Parents Tons of athletes left the gym in my area. I don't know why.

    Something similar happened at our gym. The coach left the gym and came to our gym. The whole team followed the coach. This is heresy but apparently there was a lot of issues with gym owner and coaches.
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    Parents Realistic expectations

    My gymnasts also has ambitious goals. You know college and olympics. My gymnasts is a male and I know this could be very challenging to accomplish and also the idea of paying for that just makes my head spin. 😳 we focus on one level at a time and encourage our son to first love the sport and...
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    Parents How many meets does your gymnastic do a year? What level are they?

    My son is level 4. We attend 5 regular season meets and state. He could qualify for regionals but we decided to put that money towards a camp.
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    Parents Age/Level and Path they took to get there

    MAG: Son’s first day of gymnastics was 1 day after his 5th birthday in August. And teams started practice in June. 5-6 age (almost 7) 2 years of rec 7- level 3 8- level 4
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    Off Topic Introductions Thread (2025 Version)

    Hi, I am a mom of an 8 year old boy who loves gymnastics. We live in Iowa where men’s gymnastics isn’t as popular and I have been trying to understand the sport better. My son is an ambitious dreamer. He is competing at level 4 but his goal is level 10, college, and of course the Olympics. I am...
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