Women Maybe bragging a little?

[HopefulGymnast]

I just wanted to share this here!

I had regional team finals yesterday, and we won! And I scored very high on bars and beam, really contributing a lot to the team score!
On beam I think my wolf turn went really solid, and my cartwheel-stepthrough-cat leap connection counted, and my lowbar Kip-cast above horizontal wasn't my normal plank-straight legs but it was still very good high tight hollow in the cast . And my flyaway went really high.

And just fyi, if anyone ever needed the inspiration. I'm 29. I started gymnastics 4 years ago as an adult for the first time in my life. I competed in the senior category of our regular competitions, not some special adult rec league or sth. So if anyone ever tells you adults can't learn gymnastics, direct them to me haha.

 

[NYCMom]

Congratulations! That’s very inspirational!!

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Congrats!

 

[Ponyshine]

Congrats, that's amazing!! So cool that you've achieved all that in 4 years! So impressive! I'm 28 myself and am enjoying coming back to the sport for fun and fitness after 8ish years out of consistent training. I'm hoping to compete again this year (adult British champs) for the first time in 9 years, so your post is great inspiration for me congrats again!!

 

[Shinybanana]

At 43 I feel my spine breaking reading this!! WAY to go!! I wish there was something like this when I was younger. That said if I can get in better shape I'm totally doing the adult class.

 

[HopefulGymnast]

Congrats, that's amazing!! So cool that you've achieved all that in 4 years! So impressive! I'm 28 myself and am enjoying coming back to the sport for fun and fitness after 8ish years out of consistent training. I'm hoping to compete again this year (adult British champs) for the first time in 9 years, so your post is great inspiration for me congrats again!!

Good luck!

Honestly, the main reason I wanted to post this was exactly for the people who aren't sure adults can learn gymnastics. The bragging was just a bonus, haha.
Are you finding good consisten training? My biggest challenge is that I'm not in a competetive group, I'm in an adult rec class. We have all levels from "jumping tsukahara" to "learning to cartwheel", and not usually a lot of trainers, so it's very independent if you wanna work on long term skills. It's more "work by yourself and ask the coach if you need tips/drills/feedback/spotting"

 

[HopefulGymnast]

At 43 I feel my spine breaking reading this!! WAY to go!! I wish there was something like this when I was younger. That said if I can get in better shape I'm totally doing the adult class.

have fun!

Honestly, these really aren't spine breaking skills. There's no backbends or back handsprings or walkovers in my routines

Good luck getting into better shape. And honestly, don't feel like you have to let that stop you if you'd wanna join sooner. Gymnastics could also help you get into shape, you'd just have to figure out what does and doesn't work for your current situation. A lot is possible.

Even if you're e.g. underweight, some warm ups and gentle stretching is always an option with the right guidance, and maybe more depending on your condition.
and if you're e.g. overweight there's lots of options. Warming up should be possible; stretching, shaping drills, practising jumps, maybe trampoline, some bars swings. Body tension and jumps and turns on beam. Handstands and tumbling etc though if you're really heavy be careful not to overtax your joints and make sure to take enough breaks!
And if there's another reason you're not in shape, a good gym can usually work with you

Apologies if that was an unneeded side tangent, I kind of went on a bit there hahaha.

 

[Shinybanana]

have fun!

Honestly, these really aren't spine breaking skills. There's no backbends or back handsprings or walkovers in my routines

Good luck getting into better shape. And honestly, don't feel like you have to let that stop you if you'd wanna join sooner. Gymnastics could also help you get into shape, you'd just have to figure out what does and doesn't work for your current situation. A lot is possible.

Even if you're e.g. underweight, some warm ups and gentle stretching is always an option with the right guidance, and maybe more depending on your condition.
and if you're e.g. overweight there's lots of options. Warming up should be possible; stretching, shaping drills, practising jumps, maybe trampoline, some bars swings. Body tension and jumps and turns on beam. Handstands and tumbling etc though if you're really heavy be careful not to overtax your joints and make sure to take enough breaks!
And if there's another reason you're not in shape, a good gym can usually work with you

Apologies if that was an unneeded side tangent, I kind of went on a bit there hahaha.

Yes yes I really need to get back into swimming since its easier on my joints.

 

[Ponyshine]

Good luck!

Honestly, the main reason I wanted to post this was exactly for the people who aren't sure adults can learn gymnastics. The bragging was just a bonus, haha.
Are you finding good consisten training? My biggest challenge is that I'm not in a competetive group, I'm in an adult rec class. We have all levels from "jumping tsukahara" to "learning to cartwheel", and not usually a lot of trainers, so it's very independent if you wanna work on long term skills. It's more "work by yourself and ask the coach if you need tips/drills/feedback/spotting"

Thank you! Unfortunately I just fractured my ankle from landing awkwardly on a leap, so that might mean I'm out of the comp sadly

I'm in a similar situation regarding training. The sessions are open gym adult sessions, so they aren't structured, so most of the time people just get on with their own thing, although there are coaches on standby if you need help with something. Similarly to yours, there's a range of abilities from complete beginner to high level. I generally find it works for me, although sometimes I do miss the structure of a squad session with dedicated coaching. Not sure where you're based, but I have found in the UK there's a growing adult gym community, and I've been to a couple of adult gymnastics camps where the coaches really do invest good quality coaching into adults, and I've appreciated that a lot.