According to this article Shawn Johnson only practices 25 hours a week. Maybe it's a typo. topic: "just 25 hours of practice for top elite!" http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=34 [quote]Shawn Johnson is on a six-day-aweek workout schedule. The 14- year-old gymnast from West Des Moines trains 25 hours a week at Chow's Gymnastics & Dance with her coaches, Liang and Li[ Read More... ]

the leg lifts that start horizontal on the low bar to touch the high bar are a lot harder than on the high bar! I say the lower pack one too. maybe it's because you're thinner at the top abs packs, so they're easier to get.

Bela looks really young there! We learned front cartwheels before the side cartwheels (also called German cartwheels), it's easier.

Ya, Bela does make a good impression; he's good at promoting gymnastics too, enthusiastic. It's hard to imagine the things on him and Karolyi gymnastics club like in the book "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" , etc. I posted his teaching videos he has called "Gymnastics Fun with Bela Karolyi" under the videos category: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=880 . Kim Zmeskal and[ Read More... ]

Gymnastics Fun with Bela Karolyi - Part 1 [youtube]O8-vr_ID9HE[/youtube] Gymnastics Fun with Bela Karolyi - Part 2 [youtube]yCdNOJDlu0o[/youtube] Gymnastics Fun with Bela Karolyi - Part 3 [youtube]lysFZ6QFRfY[/youtube] Kim Zmeskal and Hilary Grivich are in it when they are little girls.

Wow, he's really good! Some form problems, but he lands on the beam!