Facts About Gymnastics

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Gymnastics is a sport. You can compete it. When you see gymnastics on TV, you might think wow, that’s so cool. But life of a gymnast can not always be easy. You have to do conditioning (if you don’t know what that is, it’s what makes you stronger, push ups, sit ups and other stuff) and go through the pain of getting rips. Rips are when you go on a bar and get peeling skin on your hands. Speaking of bars, this brings me to the events. Bars, beam, floor and vault. On floor you can do handstands, front handsprings, back handsprings, front tucks, back tucks and much more. On beam you can do the same things only this time you have a five inch surface that is elevated. Lastly, there is vault …show more content…

Earlier I was talking about how you get rips. Rips are sometimes caused when you shift your hands on the bar. Your hands move across the bars and it peels your skin. You might be thinking that’s very bad but it’s not. It does hurt, but when it heals it becomes callused and then your less likely to get a rip. The bar has a steel frame. The bar is made of fiberglass and has a wood coating. Uses for chalk

When your on the bar, it might feel slippery. This is why we use chalk. It helps you grip more.on beam, lets say your foot is sweaty and your trying to do a turn. You can put chalk on your feet so that it’s easier to turn. You can use chalk for different reasons, but these are (in my opinion) the most …show more content…

There are different ways to get to the high bar. You can jump to the high bar from the low bar, or jump from a springboard. Beam What is a beam?

A beam has a leather cover. It is about four inches wide, and 16.4 feet long. You can raise or lower it based on your height. You can do flips, turns, jumps and leaps on a beam.

Floor What is a floor?

Most gymnastics floors are made of spring, rubber foam and plywood. This creates a spring floor and makes it easier to tumble on. An Olympic floor should be 39.37 feet by 39.37 feet. The distance between one corner from the other is 55.68 feet. You can do flips, turns, leaps, jumps and much, much more.

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