Women life after gym

[gymfan1]

hi! I have a couple questions for anyone who quit, took a break, or even just retired from gymnastics.

what new hobbies, sports, or activities did you or a gymnast you know develop or further after quitting gymnastics?

for those who quit, did you ever regret it? did the feeling of regret leave or did it linger?

thank you!

 

[Gymgirl84]

New hobby: coaching gymnastics .
My retirement wasn't really something abrupt, it was very progressive. I injured my knee, so I stopped competing and I was still training but I couldn't do a lot of things, so I started to spend more time helping train the other gymnasts (I was already starting doing that before I injured). After a couple of years I started to mainly coach as one of the coaches stopped because of having kids. I would still do some conditioning and flexibility. Later on I also had my children and I was coaching very little and I stopped training fully. So when I came back coaching again I no longer did gymnastics, just coached.
Despite all of that I felt like I had never really closed my career and this year I have participated in a masters league (my skills have been probably silver-level) and I feel like I finally closed it and will move back to just coaching from now on.

Aside from gymnastics, I've also enjoyed learning languages and dancing as hobbies.

 

[Coach Kate]

I stopped halfway through my senior year. I pole vaulted through college and also picked up cross country and steeplechase. I coached for a long time and floated in and out of adult gymnastics but also enjoyed yoga, HIIT, TRX, circus arts, and hula hooping.

For non physical pursuits, I enjoy pretzel making, all things sourdough, and other homemaking things like yogurt, granola, and playing with our toddlers. I will also be a homeschool mom.

 

[skschlag]

My son and several of his teammates have picked up roc climbing