hopefulbeginner
Gymnast
- Aug 8, 2021
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Hi, everyone!
I’m an adult female in my early 20s that recently started taking an adult gymnastics and tumbling class in mid May. I LOVE IT! It’s actually kind of funny because I did gymnastics when I was 5 and 6 and I was so scared and disinterested, I never learned beyond a cartwheel in two years. But as an adult, I’m really proud of how I’ve been catching on. I am training on bars and beam but I’m focusing on floor specifically for tumbling as my end goal is actually to try out for a certain cheer team in a few years that has a tumbling requirement of round off back handspring back tuck, standing back tuck, and standing bhs. I am generally rather physically fit and super into weightlifting and contortion work, but did not have a lot of tumbling skills prior to starting this class. Before I could do front limbers, round offs, cartwheels, and backbends. I’ve been going twice a week and since may have learned Front and back walkovers, connecting walkovers and cartwheels or roundoffs for various passes , handstand forward rolls, front handsprings, front tucks off the air track to the floor, shaky back extension rolls, inconsistent side aerials, and a standing backhand spring.
I was going twice a week because that was all that was offered at the gym offered for adults, but now they opened up a third class. I’m considering signing up for all three days for the next session because I just love it and I want to improve. I don’t feel sore or tired the day after, but I’m not sure if three days a week as an adult would be pushing it? From talking to other people that do it it sounds like I would be the only person doing all three days. What do you guys think? Would three sessions a week be ideal for me to continue to make progress or would I just be putting myself at risk? Thanks!
I’m an adult female in my early 20s that recently started taking an adult gymnastics and tumbling class in mid May. I LOVE IT! It’s actually kind of funny because I did gymnastics when I was 5 and 6 and I was so scared and disinterested, I never learned beyond a cartwheel in two years. But as an adult, I’m really proud of how I’ve been catching on. I am training on bars and beam but I’m focusing on floor specifically for tumbling as my end goal is actually to try out for a certain cheer team in a few years that has a tumbling requirement of round off back handspring back tuck, standing back tuck, and standing bhs. I am generally rather physically fit and super into weightlifting and contortion work, but did not have a lot of tumbling skills prior to starting this class. Before I could do front limbers, round offs, cartwheels, and backbends. I’ve been going twice a week and since may have learned Front and back walkovers, connecting walkovers and cartwheels or roundoffs for various passes , handstand forward rolls, front handsprings, front tucks off the air track to the floor, shaky back extension rolls, inconsistent side aerials, and a standing backhand spring.
I was going twice a week because that was all that was offered at the gym offered for adults, but now they opened up a third class. I’m considering signing up for all three days for the next session because I just love it and I want to improve. I don’t feel sore or tired the day after, but I’m not sure if three days a week as an adult would be pushing it? From talking to other people that do it it sounds like I would be the only person doing all three days. What do you guys think? Would three sessions a week be ideal for me to continue to make progress or would I just be putting myself at risk? Thanks!