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Hey Jess - great question. I saw from your other posts that you're 19 (it's never too late!!) so you won't have the same issues that others might have.   All you should worry about is that you find grips that are the right size for your...

Quote:Originally Posted by Yellowj:It's not all pain. Some of it is pretty funny... =) HAHA, that's just cruel YellowJ (but true in many cases, ha.)

We had ropes attached the ring straps at Stanford that we would use to get a similar effect (essentially shortening the length of your arms) to enable you to hit the positions and strengthen the muscles. It's a great training exercise and...

I didn't remember her name when you mentioned it, so I looked up the routine on YouTube. Couldn't find her Olympic one, but her set from European Championships was pretty phenomenal:  

Here are a few of my pics from the Men's prelims and finals:       This is the guys getting interviewed by Billy Bush on Access Hollywood right after they were on the Today Show live...pretty cool.     Edited by deej - Wed, 20 Aug 2008...

The NBC broadcast hasn't aired in the US yet, so I don't want to spoil it for those holding off to see that later today, but I just got an email and I'm proud of our boy Jon Horton - SILVER FREAKIN MEDAL!   He chucked a full twisting...

This is a great video montage from a devoted fan that I saw on Youtube - great pics about an inspiring team:  

I was shocked to see that the Romanian outscored both Nastia and Shawn in finals. Her landings were amazing, but definitely not overall better routines in my opinion. What did everyone else think?

I had a chance to watch over the Women's Team Finals in Beijing as well. All I can say is that China snuck up on us. I was very confident in our ability to win that meet, but as John Roethlisberger pointed out in the this video, even if...

Being live at the Men's Team finals was one of the most exciting events I've ever had the pleasure of attending. Going into that competition, I had the Chinese and Japanese teams on such a pedestal , but for a few rotations, the Americans...

What an unbelievable trip. The Chinese really did an impressive job pulling together the games. The Birds Nest stadium is the most beautifiul stadium I've ever been in, and the competitions were prefoessionally handled, and VERY...

Hey all,   I'm sorry I've been quiet in the forums, but it has been hectic getting Green Home and Mobile running. I just wanted to let you know that I'll be heading to Beijing tomorrow to watch the Olympics. I'll do my best to post...

I'm horribly, horribly biased because Dave Durante was my training partner for years and is my best friend, but I genuinely think he's the right fit. Raj and Sash are great gymnasts, but for this team, with Paul off PH and Rings become a...

What camp were you at? What kind of new things specifically did you learn or do?

Post your favorite vids from Trials and discuss them in a thread in US Elite Competitions. This was one of the routines I was impressed with because Raj was on fire. He did it two Trials in a row. I was impress with how he "showed up" and...

I think it is awesome now that so many current and former NCAA athletes are competing at the elite level and in the hunt for Olympic glory. I can hardly count the number of NCAA athletes at Visas, but with Horton, Sender, and Tim McNeill,...

Does anyone know what his plans are now? It sucks a lot that he did not get a chance to compete or even go to the camp (especially because he is USA National Champion). Is he still planning on doing gymnastics? Will he go four more years?

I think it would be awesome if more guys got to become Olympians. It is everyone's dream!

Quote:Originally Posted by Gymchamp: I wanna see something new haha. But w/ the new code originality is scarce. For sure. When you have to do difficult skills in one routine, everyone gravitates toward the "easiest" dismount...not...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gymchamp:That's amazing! Haha I'm just having trouble on a 3/2 punch 1/1 haha. But I'm only a level 9 so whatever haha. That's really amazing though, your tumbling is soo high!   Haha, thanks a lot...it...