GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Interview: Luisa Blanco (48:17) NCAA champion for Alabama, Colombian Olympian and Paris all-around finalist talks about her career and what's next. In this week's interview we discuss: Her next chapter in gymnastics Growing up at WOGA What her parents did to afford gymnastics Her most embarrassing fall of all time Learning a Patterson Why she went elite and what she learned about herself Details about her shoulder injury The Paris Olympic experience Gymternet News German gymnasts are speaking up about abusive coaching practices. (2:31) Oceanside quad meet's organizational disaster and the 2019 article in Variety detailing a lawsuit against the organizer. We said goodbye to Olympic great and holocaust survivor, Agnes Keleti. Watch her gorgeous beam routine under trees. Week 1 Meet News Jessica and Spencer attended the American Gold Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Classic in Oceanside, CA and share their impressions How Jade Carey, even after all her success, continues to improve The return of Brooklyn Moors to three events Cal's steady performance to open the season Reactions to the scoring and Score Board from Cal co-head coach, Justin Howell (27:02) Ondine Achampong (Cal/GB) on adjusting to life at Berkeley and her ACL recovery (46:26) Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Things You Only Know if You Are A Gymnast Growing Up at Round Lake Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

WATCH REPLAY for a limited time only!  GET MOHINI LIVE SHOW REPLAY NOW! Gymnastics' Dumbest Rules (Best of GymCastic) Recorded in June 2023. We’re calling out the worst, stupidest, most self-defeating and awkward rules and conventions in gymnastics, starting with... Leotard Rules - aka the Olympics of regulating women's bodies Venture with us to a world where "elegant," "proper," and "modest" are all words found in the official rule book of a competitive sport in the year 2023—and breasts are expressly prohibited Why Is Gymnastics Still the Military? Saluting and lining up in front of the generals for inspection? Where are we? (with a Simone Paris update) The Apparatus World Cup of Stupidity From the assumption that all women are the same height, to what the FIG considers to be "undisciplined and abusive behavior," to that thing where a double front doesn't fulfill the front tumbling requirement, we take on the worst rules on each event Rules Mythbusters Things someone (usually Martha) pretended were rules, and everyone believed it, but they actually aren't Plus, they may not be rules, but some old-fashioned and infantile gymnastics conventions are on our list! JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and see some of the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Behind The Scenes: The Bladder Suni's Home Sportsball Straight Breaks News Steve Butcher Interview Asian Championships & Worlds Qualification 1984 Fight: Olympics vs Olomouc She Was Robbed! Mexico's Moment Logistical Sweating & the Emma Spence Interview History's Best Beam Routines Gymnastics Mythbusters 4.0 Romanian Gymnastics Secret Police Files Project K Episode 2 Project K Episode 1 Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest D and E scores from The Gymternet MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE  

WATCH REPLAY for a limited time only!  MOHINI LIVE SHOW! Headlines Finally: Utah brought in a live piano Jordan Chiles did a genius farewell last ever performance of her bronze medal winning floor routine Kentucky had a proposal at their instrasuqad Rhys McClenaghan on Dancing with the Stars We have a New Skill Alert Interview: Vanessa Zamarripa Stunt woman, author, NCAA Champion, national team member while in college, first U.S. woman to ever successfully compete a Cheng tells us about her career and her new children's book, Mia and the Win From Within. Zam also shares her best advice for other gymnasts or athletes looking to break into the stunt world and what skills she recommend they sharpen up on. Gymternet News The FIG announced an increase to the number of athletes competing in the 2025 world championships in Jakarta, Indonesia  It was also announced that the 2027 Worlds will be hosted in Chendu, China Illia Kovtun is leaving Ukraine for Croatia Hezly Rivera expressed her intentions of competing a full elite quad WCC announced new coaches Monica Phelps has died ‪The Japan Gymnastics Association has decided not to “penalize” Shoko Maya Utah NCAA Champion, Jayden Rucker, is out Follow up: Arrest of Matthew Shriver, co-owner of Everest Gymnastics in New Jersey Are we getting a mixed event in the 2028 Olympics? Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes during NCAA season. Discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board forum. More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Gift Guide Slaying the Trolls! Why the Trolls are Very, Very Wrong About Women and Sports Andrea Joyce's gymnastics picture book Mia and the Win From Within The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles by Aimee Boorman Jordan Chiles book Maggie Nichols book  Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here Image courtesy of Utah Gymnastics; Illustration: Steve Cooper

VIRTUAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW:  MOHINI  LIVE SHOW Interview: Amelie Morgan It had been 93 years since the British women's gymnastics team had won an Olympic team medal, then Amelie and her teammates took home a historic bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Now entering (and excelling in) her senior season at Utah, Amelie has hit 86 of 87 career routines. In this week's interview we discuss: What she wished she had known about communication and time off as a young elite Her decision to move on from elite gymnastics, and specifically why she didn't try to make the Paris Olympics team The extraordinary loophole that now allows her, as a foreign athlete, to earn NIL money Homeschooling Changes in the British Gymnastics system Competing in the high altitude in Utah Doing gymnastics at a height of 5'6" and more! Gymternet News West Virginia took their team photos in a coal mine We ponder other stereotypes that we are ridiculous, but also make us giggle Rebeca Andrade named Woman of the Year by GQ Brazil Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Lisa Mason interview  Beth Tweddle interview  Things You Only Know if You Are A Gymnast Growing Up at Round Lake Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here