- Jul 31, 2009
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Hey there!
I'm 18 years old and I live in England. I did gymnastics as a child, from about ages 9 to 13, then became a coach. I always felt I had some talent that was never really noticed, and if I had been pushed and encouraged a bit more I could have done well. I entered a regional competition when I was 10, my gym sent rec kids and everyone else sent pre-comp, but I still came second on vault! My proudest achievement ever, I just wish they had done event final medals
Well anyway, I have decided now that I want really badly to get back into doing gymnastics. I will be able to start in two months, becuase my university in England has gymnastics sessions four times a week for students, and also twice weekly trampolining (another sport I used to do and loved) so I will be doing it then. Meanwhile, I am doing daily stomach exercises and trying to stretch my splits and bridge as much as possible, though my hamstrings portest too much to do it every day!
I can still do a 20 degree oversplit on both right and left leg, and am about 5 degree off doing the box splits (soo frustrating) I have improved my bridge so that my shoulders ar over my hands and my legs are almost straight, though it isn't perfect yet and I can only kick over using a bench or wall - slightly odd, since I know plenty of people who can kick out of a far worse bridge than mine! I can hold a handstand for about 5 seconds and do a good roundoff though
So here I am, you will probably find me largely on the adult gymnastics forum searching desperately for tips to improve! I hope to be able to get good eventually and do things such as r/o bhs back tuck, giants, kips, handspring vaults, walkovers, backaways etc, though I know it will take a long time!
My favourite gymnast is Nastia Liukin, and I support team USA in gymnastics (because apart from Tweddle Britain are shameful)
xxx
I'm 18 years old and I live in England. I did gymnastics as a child, from about ages 9 to 13, then became a coach. I always felt I had some talent that was never really noticed, and if I had been pushed and encouraged a bit more I could have done well. I entered a regional competition when I was 10, my gym sent rec kids and everyone else sent pre-comp, but I still came second on vault! My proudest achievement ever, I just wish they had done event final medals
Well anyway, I have decided now that I want really badly to get back into doing gymnastics. I will be able to start in two months, becuase my university in England has gymnastics sessions four times a week for students, and also twice weekly trampolining (another sport I used to do and loved) so I will be doing it then. Meanwhile, I am doing daily stomach exercises and trying to stretch my splits and bridge as much as possible, though my hamstrings portest too much to do it every day!
I can still do a 20 degree oversplit on both right and left leg, and am about 5 degree off doing the box splits (soo frustrating) I have improved my bridge so that my shoulders ar over my hands and my legs are almost straight, though it isn't perfect yet and I can only kick over using a bench or wall - slightly odd, since I know plenty of people who can kick out of a far worse bridge than mine! I can hold a handstand for about 5 seconds and do a good roundoff though
So here I am, you will probably find me largely on the adult gymnastics forum searching desperately for tips to improve! I hope to be able to get good eventually and do things such as r/o bhs back tuck, giants, kips, handspring vaults, walkovers, backaways etc, though I know it will take a long time!
My favourite gymnast is Nastia Liukin, and I support team USA in gymnastics (because apart from Tweddle Britain are shameful)
xxx
