Letters to a Young Gymnast by Nadia Comaneci

Author:Nadia Comaneci
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2011-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

■ Courage?

The Romanian team’s conditioning exercises for the uneven bars were intense. Every day, we did three sets of five glide kip casts to handstands, which require the gymnasts to support their entire bodies on the bars with their arms by leaning their shoulders forward and kicking their heels backward into a handstand. We also did three sets of ten V-ups, which are like sit-ups except the gymnast hangs from the high bar and pikes her feet to her face.

In addition to conditioning exercises, we worked on dozens of different sequences from our bar routines each day. We’d do three tricks in a row or start near the end of a routine and do the final elements and then our dismounts. Plus, we’d do five complete exercises each day, two in the morning and three in the afternoon. Our entire time on the bars was one hour and fifteen minutes per day. Working on the uneven bars is extremely strenuous, and spending any more time than this would have been too much for our bodies to handle.

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