Recent content by Terpsikhore

Things you do not want to hear from your coach: "Forget gymnastics, Kath. You should have been born a duck instead!" Way to make me feel good! :rolleyes: Also had a bit of a blooper earlier in the session. We were working on front somersaults onto a mat in the pit. I'm landing my front tuck...

#1: Stop being such a wuss. Honestly, I'm such a wimp. Particularly on beam. #2: Sort out my cartwheel! One leg goes over fine, the other goes round the side and I cannot seem to stop it. Don't know why I've suddenly started doing that (I had bursitis in my hip a while back and I think that's...

Oh my days, Warrior Dash looks brilliant! Why don't they have it over here?! Out of the gym until 6th January. :( I'm going to be so stiff when I get back. Coach said we might start competing this year. If I'm going to do that though, I really want more than 1 session a week. The gym runs...

On the girls, foil and sequins and glitter look fine. Not so flattering when you're carrying 10 kilos of cellulite and you're older than the coaches! I tried on a shiny lycra comp leo at a dancewear store for a joke. I looked like the Christmas goose, trussed up in foil ready for cooking. :P I...

For those of you outside of the UK, may I introduce you to CompareTheMeerkat.com. 4Ust9YBlEfY That meerkat has just published his autobiography. I got that for Christmas, along with some shower gel that looks like a blood transfusion and a new leotard. Recently my mother asked me why my...

Just wanted to chuck my tuppenceworth in - at my gym on occasion, we have been pushed into a stretch and instructed to push back against the coach, i.e. as if we were trying to get out of the stretch. For example, while lying on our backs on the floor pulling one straight leg to our chest (like...

Not quite the same, but ever since I dislocated my thumb on vault, every time I approach the vault now I'm mentally screaming 'HANDS FLAT HANDS FLAT HANDS FLAT!!!' :)

I'm far from an expert, but I have to say the yoga exercises on the Wii Fit have done wonders for my balance. The thing I liked most about the Wii Fit was that you can see your centre of gravity shifting on screen, so it's easier to see if you're cheating the exercise by using really bad form to...

Gym this week has been cancelled, due to the weather. :(:( To say I'm upset would be an understatement. I cut a 4ft x 4inch piece of carpet to practice beam on so I don't totally seize up before next week, but I forgot to factor in the light fittings in my front room! So at the minute I can...

Congratulations! My brother saw her in London last year, his ticket cost £40 but there were people on the night selling them for £350 each! (He went on the night the support act, one boy named Justin Bieber, fell over and broke his ankle.)

You can make really easy cookies with cake mix, haha. I do it when I need to bake in a hurry. Just mixa 14oz box of chocolate cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of diced nuts OR more chocolate chips. Refridgerate while the oven is heating. Then form...

I've mentioned this to someone on this board before so sorry if you've heard it before, but there's a game called 'Shipwrecked' - YouTube - Shipwrecked: my favorite gymnastics game! - that looks like a lot of fun!

I'm on a mission now to devise a routine with as many of those moves in as possible, present it to my coach with a big proud grin and tell her I've been working on this for a really long time, and then stand back and watch her squirm as she tries to figure out what to say.

I get what you're saying, but frankly I wouldn't be comfortable at all - I'd feel ridiculous. If it was just the straps peeking out, I wouldn't mind so much, but when half the back of the bra and about an inch at the front are visible, I feel like there's no point in even wearing a leotard - I...

I feel your pain! When I was growing up my clothes never fitted - when I was 8, my parents had to buy age 12-13 jeans to get them long enough, but then they were enormous round the waist! When I was about 12 and moved into adult clothing I gave up and just started wearing skirts instead. :p...