Probably less hours than the equivalent level in USAG club gymnastics, but hey, less stress on the body, a plus for UCLA college gymnastics: [QUOTE] Five days a week, Jacqueline Combs logs three and a half hours of gymnastics training at Sports Fitness and Fun in Florida. Her dedication has resulted in victories at the local, state and national level, and she recently added another title as[ Read More... ]

2 JO gymnasts from Kim Zmeskal Burdette and her husband Chris Burdette's gym: [QUOTE]Flower Mound

What USAG women's gymnastics coordinator Martha Karolyi says about Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson: [QUOTE] "These gymnasts are totally neck-and-neck," said Martha Karolyi, the U.S. women's national team coordinator. "Nastia is so excellent on bars; Shawn is so fantastic on vault. "They are so different, but so fantastic in their own way. This competition is great." [/QUOTE][ Read More... ]

"Visa Championships another step toward Beijing for Parker gymnast Liukin" http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?t=67446 [quote] The rest of the competitors need to make a strong impression. That includes 2005 all-around world champion Chellsie Memmel and 2006 world silver medalist Jana Bieger, who are coming back from injuries. Chelsea Davis, a 15-year-old up-and-comer who[ Read More... ]

[QUOTE] BOSTON

"Shawn Johnson speaks to the media after a practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)" "Nastia Liukin works on her uneven bars routine during practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary[ Read More... ]

"Shawn Johnson speaks to the media after a practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)" "Nastia Liukin works on her uneven bars routine during practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary[ Read More... ]

Update on Paul Hamm: [QUOTE] Hamm hopes to be back on gymnastics equipment within the next four weeks. He'll have to petition for a spot on the Beijing squad because he'll miss the Olympic trials -- June 19-22 in Philadelphia -- but USA Gymnastics is almost certain to grant the petition if he's healthy. The U.S. men have a training camp July 13-22, and Hamm would have to show he was ready to[ Read More... ]

Shawn Johnson, reigning world champion; [QUOTE] "The nerves are pretty high. It's a big meet, getting ready for trials," she said after Wednesday's workout. "But I'm so excited. I've been waiting so long to get back to championships. To know that everything is starting, my adrenaline is going and I can't wait to start." [/QUOTE] [QUOTE] "At the beginning of the year, when you start your new[ Read More... ]

Here are the results to the WOGA competition: 2008 WOGA Classic Feb. 2, Frisco, Texas Team 1. WOGA 115.350 2. Russia 114.350 3. Australia 112.575 Senior All-Around 1. Christa Tanella (WOGA) 56.900 2T. Ashleigh Brennan (Australia) 56.750 2T. Kristina Vaculik (Gemini Canada) 56.750 4. Kimberly Jacob (Superior) 55.100 5. Anne Tritten (Netherlands) 52.950 6. Kerby[ Read More... ]

Here's a youtube video of Brittanie De Meno from last year: [youtube]SkDC45zn-rE[/youtube] [quote]Tottenville freshman gymnast Brittanie De Meno racked up accolades ranging from PSAL City Champion in three events to Advance All Star this year. The scary part for the opposition is that she still has three years left.[/quote] Club gymnasts are big for high school gymnastics. I can't help but[ Read More... ]

Related, the first to go to college gymnastics and with full scholarship from Chow's gymnastics, Jessa Hansen: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=13078&fid=35#13078 Looks like good gymnastics school, with positive environment.

[quote=mandmsjello]Anna posts on gymnasticscoaching.com on Shawn's training schedule of 25 hours a week (rather than the 30-40 hours a week most other elite gymnasts workout for): [quote]Apparently this is because she is Chow

They use a Power Tumbling Rod Frame Floor strip like here: http://www.rossathletic.com/rod-floors-rod-frames.htm [quote]Tubular fiberglass rods ensure no "lock-up" when tumbling Each steel frame section is 8" (20cm) high, 6' (1.8M) wide and 4' (1.2M) long Rods are covered by a layer of 1-3/8" (35mm) foam backed carpet, over a layer of 2" (50mm) polyethylene foam (not included) "[/quote][ Read More... ]

DMT Worlds 2007 - Dominic Swaffer (GBR) Prelims [youtube]VZafxBHz2q0[/youtube] It's kind of like vault in artistic gymnastics, with the stick landing, but it's trampoline to trampoline to stick landing! :D DMT Worlds 2007 - Toby Eager (GBR) Prelims [youtube]qCbRXN4qobI[/youtube] DMT Worlds 2007 - Michael Scott Beaulieu (GBR) Prelims [youtube]ukunW218VRE[/youtube] DMT Worlds 2007 -[ Read More... ]

Where I live the top elite gymnasts will train near 40 hours a week from the time they are 11 or 12 years old. Most train every morning for about 3 1/2 hours and then attend school for a few hours and train again every afternoon for about 3 1/2 hours. They would train around 5 hours on a saturday and have sundays off. Most are very happy and enjoying their training, and despite have much less[ Read More... ]

Another book from Romanian gymnast, Corina Ungureanu, written by poet Laurian St

For the USA, Bridget Sloan was selected as the alternate, announced Thursday. [quote]Team newcomers are new national champion Shawn Johnson, Ivana Hong, Samantha Peszek and Shayla Worley. Bridget Sloan will serve as alternate, sources with the U.S. team confirmed to IG on Thursday. Johnson, Liukin and Worley will compete all events on Sunday. [/quote][ Read More... ]

The alternate Andreea Grigore on Romania's women's team is going in, Ana Maria Tam

What it means to be elite, from Alexandra Mariscu's (Romanian elite gymnast) book: Romanian journalist Andrei Nourescu wjo is telling Marinescu's story says "What you see on TV or what you read in newspapers is a completely different reality." [quote]It comes at a time when Romanian gymnastics is recovering from a difficult period which culminated in the dismissal of the senior team from[ Read More... ]

So you land your front walkover, but not your front handspring? It's faster, so that could make it harder and easier, you know what I mean - harder because you have to be right-on, you can't adjust and go slow, check where you're going like the walkovers, easier because you go faster so you can have less arch in the skill and also less time to wobble or go the side.

[quote=danielfillmore]thats crazy! shawn is very skilled, imagine if she did practice more![/quote] You have to be careful about the poundings in gymnastics, over-stressing your body, and also your mind too, and burning out - it's good to do other things too and not always just focus on one thing and feel like you're missing out on other things that you would like to do. With careful planning[ Read More... ]

In a new article posted, it's actually about 24 hours a week (so like 4 hours a day, 6 days a week) of practice in Shawn's schedule: [quote]Johnson said she has focused hard on gymnastics this summer, although she has taken time to go swimming and to the movies with friends. She trains about 24 hours a week at Chow's Gymnastics in West Des Moines - and would do more if he would let her.[ Read More... ]

Anna posts on gymnasticscoaching.com on Shawn's training schedule of 25 hours a week (rather than the 30-40 hours a week most other elite gymnasts workout for): [quote]Apparently this is because she is Chow

you can watch it on youtube also: [youtube]bVjrDwRiEQk[/youtube] they should have at least given the people in the video gift certificates or something, it's still advertising for abercrombie.