Voronin Cup Videos…including Chusovitina!
Check out some great videos of recent world champions Aliya Mustafina and Tatiana Nabieva...plus the legendary Oksana Chusovitina!
More Toyota Cup Videos…plus a treat from Ruggeri!
Check out some videos of Joey Hagerty and another from Paul Ruggeri from the recent Toyota Cup...plus a special high bar sequence you've probably never seen!
Happy Holidays from the American Gymnast Family
From our family to yours - Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from American Gymnast! We sincerely appreciate everyone that has supported American Gymnast over the years and hope you and your family have a wonderful Holiday Season.
Tiger Paws – New Designer Animal Prints
How can you make the most popular wrist support even better? Tiger Paw wrist supports are now available in designer animal prints, and in a variety of colors! Black/White, Pink and Sand Zebra, Turquoise, Pink and Sand Leopard, plus many more will be available soon. Available in limited quantities during this introduction period.
Paul Ruggeri Rocks Toyota Cup
Paul Ruggeri shines at the Toyota Cup, winning two bronze medals and placing 5th on parallel bars. Check out some videos of his routines from the competition!
Danell Leyva Caps Off Stellar Year With All-Around Win
Danell Leyva has been going in one direction for the past five years now…UP. It’s hard to believe this two-time world team member and two-time world high bar finalist is [...]
Remaining Holiday Gymnastics Equipment and Mats
We're down to the last 2 weeks before Christmas and you're wondering if you can still get any gymnastics equipment or mats in time to have under the tree. We have sold out of some items, but we do still have several of our most popular gymnastics gifts available. However, if you want to avoid having to pay outrageous shipping fees for 2nd day air or overnight shipping, this weekend is the last weekend to safely order with standard ground shipping for our in-stock items.
Shawn Johnson…The New Underdog
I'm not usually a huge fan of montages. They typically move too fast for my taste, and all the constant splicing tends to make me a little dizzy and very [...]
A few more perfect tens…
And here are a few more of my “perfect tens” on the women’s side: Tatiana Lysenko Vault 1991 World Championships Tatiana Lysenko Vault 1992 Olympics Mo Huilan Vault 1995 World [...]
Some more "perfect tens" on the men's side
A few more “perfect ten” routines on the men’s side in my book. Note that four of them come from some of the top Chinese men over the last couple [...]
Which routines in history were most deserving of a perfect ten?
“The perfect ten.” Although we don’t actually see it happen in reality anymore, it’s a phrase that will forever be closely linked to the sport of gymnastics. It’s one of [...]
Help answer this – YMCA or USAG programs?
We have our 6-year old daughter in a local YMCA program and are generally happy with it. We have been considering moving her to a USAG gym with a very good reputation. I have two questions: 1) is it really worth it to be able to compete in USAG gyms? and 2) Do you think that her opportunities within gymnastics will be much greater in a good USAG club as opposed to local YMCA?