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Interview with Hayley Silberg, founder of CAPTivate Adult Gymnastics.
300 ADULT gymnasts training across multiple Canadian provinces.
Details ➙ World Gymnaestrada: Hayley Silberg on the Gymnastics Event Bigger Than the Olympics
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In the UK, there are more than 400 gymnastics centres offering programmes specifically for over 18s. There are also adult-specific championships, with opportunities to compete in acrobatic, artistic, trampolining and tumbling gymnastics.
Clubs once focused solely on youth gymnastics programmes are now seeing increased demand for adult classes. Club owners and coaches have noted a swing in their membership demographics, with more adults signing up …
Sophie Burton, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Most adults training at Gymnastics clubs are there for FUN and FITNESS.
Body weight exercise is one of the best and fastest ways to improve your fitness.
Steven Bully went back to the Gym Club after 20 years retired. And ended up a British Champion.
Competitive Adult Gymnastics is growing in many nations around the world. It’s always been BIG in Germany.
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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:
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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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 …
… I joined about 20 other people for an all-levels adult gymnastics class at the Chelsea Piers Field House in Brooklyn, New York.
Even though the summer Olympics had already ended, enthusiasm for gymnastics hadn’t died down.
I was lucky to get into the class, as I overheard multiple people saying the waitlist had been filling up fast lately. And apparently, a similar trend is playing out across the country.
“So many classes are waitlist-only right now, and that rarely happened before this past Olympics,” says Gina Paulhus, who keeps a list of adult gymnastics classes on her website. That list has grown dramatically over the years, from 231 gyms offering adult classes in 2015 to 590 this year …
What It’s Like to Take an Adult Gymnastics Class—with Zero Experience
CAPTivate Gymnastics is an all-levels adult gymnastics club with no fixed location.
We partner with more than a dozen “host gyms” across Western Canada, making adult gymnastics accessible to everyone.
Flipping the Script documents the positive impact that CAPTivate has had in the lives of coaches and athletes alike, and how this adult gymnastics community has been transformative for them.
The documentary describes how CAPTivate was founded in 2018 by Hayley Silberg in Calgary, Alberta and has grown exponentially since then.
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Highly recommended.
72 athletes registered for an unbeatable adult gymnastics experience and were not disappointed. This year we doubled our staff, offering 12 coaches to serve the athletes as well as an International Clinician, Tony Retrosi. …
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There are 2 major airports within an hour of the gym (Manchester NH and Boston MA).
For adults looking to go back to ‘camp’ — there’s a NEW one starting up at in Woodinville, WA near Seattle.
AUGUST 19-21, 2023
Pacific Reign Gymnastics Club
Athletes gathered in Portsmouth NH at Atlantic Gymnastics for a 3-day camp the last weekend of July.
We had the biggest group of athletes yet with over 60 gymnasts registered!
This year we offered training on the 4 WAG events as well as TumblTrak, Tramp, Strap Bar and Partner Acro.
We also had Tony Retrosi on hand to provide a clinic on General Philosophies of Gymnastics Training. We accept beginner through advanced gymnasts and have training groups for each.
You can save your spot for next year via the webpage.
Gina Paulhus
Recreational Gymnastics 
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