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Three rows of visible abs. It's a derp moment for me because at first glance I saw a four pack but since their bottom rows are about even with their belly buttons that means we are seeing the lower four of a six pack. The top two must be covered by their bras. I'm talking about six packs on...

I'm not sure why he would tell you this. Getting a six pack is just a function of lowering your body fat enough so that your abs will show. I just saw a pic of Madison, Simone, and Aly on the beach. They all have four packs because they eat "too much" to have six packs. When you realize how...

SVK Mokosova Barbora 5'6” CAN Rogers Brittany 5'6” GER Scheder Sophie 5'6” ARG Valente Ailen 5'6” FRA Vanhille Louise 5'6” CRO Derek Ana 5'5” BEL...

The author of that book basically dreamed up skills that could possibly be done. You can do the same thing. Think of some skills. Here's an example: Toe hecht to handstand on the high bar. Not possible, you say? Doesn't matter. This is brainstorming....hmmm What about toe hecht off the...

Yup. Also, in 2008 10 elements were counted for difficulty. Now they only count 8.

The first artistic elite I ever noticed wearing one rhythmic shoe was Terin humphrey. She later started wearing two shoes. But that was for floor. Terin wore tumbling shoes on beam.

It's nice that coaches generally have one less reason to rush with putting things into the routines. It's just too bad that the coaches who need to use this less-is-more strategy the most aren't really the ones taking advantage of it. :(

We started talking about cutting the teams and where those spots go. That's guys and girls. Honestly, I think this whole emphasis on specialists is being driven by the guys side of the sport anyway. The women get saddled with the same rules for the sake of consistency. Thank you. The...

Why do you say it doesn't exist? You are mistaken. Aljaz Pegan. Horizontal bar.

Those "lesser" gymnastics countries may be able to include their one athlete who is good on one event. The last time teams were cut, the spots went to add more specialists. People keep saying they want to see "the best of the best" at the Olympics but then complain when the teams are cut...

Elite sets a standard but if a country sends a bunch of "level 4s" to worlds, The FIG judges them just like any other team even though they are nowhere near the standard. There's a huge range in the level of international elites. Sometimes you'll see US level 10s get to compete as Elites at...

Makes sense. Most likely they weren't even going to use the skill on floor in optionals. Teaching both techniques would have just been a waste of time.

The late split technique in back handspring step out and layout step out is supposed to help keep the hips square. I prefer the earlier split just because I think it's much prettier.

"Gabby got a 14.0 on Floor and Aly got a 15.2 -- that is a huge gap. Aly had a 6.2 start value and Key has 6.0, so there is much work to do to close that gap." It's not that big of a gap when you consider her tumbling is already almost the same as Key's. Douglas doesn't have her combination...

Douglas seemed pretty well matched to Ross, Raisman, and Key. Her 5.5 floor start value doesn't seem like something she can't improve. The routine was pretty strong. Kyla: #fail https://twitter.com/kyla_ross96/status/582220506172166144/photo/1