Preschool Back Flip
Be very, very careful with this one.
Work up to it slowly.
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World Gym for Life 2025 – Lisbon
July 22, 2025
After a wait of eight years, the World Gym for Life Challenge is back on the calendar this year, with a record number of participating gymnasts …
This year’s contest will follow previous editions of the World Gym for Life Challenge in Dornbirn (AUT) in 2009; Cape Town (RSA) in 2013; and then Vestfold (NOR) in 2017. …
It was postponed from 2021 due to Covid.
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Gym For Life Challenge 2025
July 22-26, Lisbon, Portugal.
The World Gym for Life Challenge is a fantastic event for gymnasts of all ages and abilities. Groups perform choreographed routines for up to 5 minutes with or without apparatus, and can be performed with music.
A group must have at least two gymnasts and there’s no maximum limit. The categories are:
- Gymnastics and dance, small group (20 or fewer gymnasts)
- Gymnastics and dance, large group (more than 21 gymnasts)
- Gymnastics with large apparatus, small group (20 or fewer gymnasts)
- Gymnastics with large apparatus, large group (21+ gymnasts)
Four experts are on hand to evaluate the choreographies and rank the groups within each category with Gold, Silver, or Bronze awards.
The top groups are invited to perform at the World Gym for Life Gala, where a special trophy, named after former FIG President Bruno Grandi, is awarded to the top-rated group.
A GREAT excuse to visit Lisbon. 😀
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Boundex – Unique Product for Young Kids
I can’t recall seeing anything else like this.
Bounce, stretch, snuggle, sit or hide surrounded by a pool of stretchy, responsive lycra. Push and pull, building coordination and balance in this unique setting.
VERY safe.
The Boundex was developed by Eileen Richter, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, to engage babies and young children and foster their innate drive to develop and use their bodies as nature intended by providing a unique sensory motor activity.
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“61 with a dodgy knee. Would I be an idiot to try gymnastics?”
Phil Daoust wants to live to age-100.
He’d best keep up his fitness.
Phil:
I was in my 40s before I discovered how much I could enjoy hiking, swimming and skiing; my 50s before I learned to love running; my 60s before I got into yoga …
My physiotherapist, who is also a runner, encourages me to exercise in any way that doesn’t hurt me. So I’ve had a lot of fun with calisthenics, where you’re mostly working your upper body on rings and pull-up bars, and handstands, where you don’t do much with your legs except a bit of kicking. …
I hate to think I might already be too fragile for anything more hardcore like gymnastics, CrossFit, or – let’s dare to dream …
I’m 61 with a dodgy knee. Would I be an idiot to try gymnastics? There’s only one way to know …
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Tumbl Trak Fitness Wheel
I’ve used this FUN piece of equipment in many Gyms with many different levels of ability.
It’s IDEAL for non-competitive kids. Safe. Colourful.
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Recreational Gymnastics 
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