Parents Gymnastics strong

[3gymgirlsmom]

Yesterday my dd who is almost 8 out did grown men in pull ups. The first thing the military guy said was she must be a gymnast.

I loved every minute of it

 

[MeetDirector]

Wait until she gets a chance to out do them on rope climbs, then rope climbs in straddle. Mine did that and it was quite humorous to watch these guys get shown how to climb a rope.

 

[gymisforeveryone]

Awesome! Just today my girls were talking about the benefits of being a gymnasts Winning plank hold challenges, beating boys on push up contests and all that was mentioned

 

[Taurus]

When they start and they are sooo little and then one day Bam! you see their arm muscles popping!

 

[lhmom]

For years, my daughter has beat every single boy in her class on push-ups and pull-ups. She recently switched to playing soccer at school. She said to me that it's good being an ex-gymnast because the conditioning in other sports has been "easy" in comparison.

 

[JazzyMom]

I love that our kids are so strong. My daughter wears her Marines shirt she got for pull ups to bed every night. She gets mad when it is in the wash.

 

[GymMom4]

My daughter always enjoyed beating the boys at fitness tests!

 

[gracyomalley]

DD, after a year off gym, recently went to a practice at a small local gym (apparently they never really are SURE they are done...long story) and was still doing kip cast handstands, presses, pirouettes, etc...she's not going back to gym (couldn't move for several days after and decided she still wants either all or nothing with gym so sticking with being a spectator), but its amazing both how strong they are when training and how much of it lasts...at least after training 20 hours a week for many years...OR its also possible that the kids who get there are naturally strong. My youngest is strong compared to most pre-pubertal boys - but "weak" for a mid level gymnast while his sibs just naturally excelled in the strength stuff...different kids, different builds - same sport.