Gymnastics 2.0 for 2013

While most people may be trying to kick an old habit, I'm going to resurrect one again.  Most are going to start something new, I want to do something I've done before - over and over and over.

So blah, blah, blah with the New Year's resolutions - 2013 will be about reliving some childhood fun.  I'm going back it to something I enjoyed when I was 5 to the age of 17  - Competitive Gymnastics.  

Oh boy.......

So here goes this 33 year old dentist (So what does gymnastics and dentistry have in common? Yeah - and don't say "painful." - ha ha.  Actually there is quite a bit - but for another post.) I have spent 17 years away from competitive gymnastics.  During my "retirement," I became a runner (5ks to marathons), triathlete, pro fitness competitor, and recreational crossfiter.  None of those can quite rank up there to being a gymnast.  They just can't compare to the artistry, challenge - thrill of gymnastics.  So why did all the fun have to go away when I was a kid? It didn't - I just have to go a little out of bounds, differ a little from the norm to claim it.

It would be awesome to be on an Adult gymnastics team- but there's not one, especially in Lumberton.  We don't even have crossfit!   But there is Lumberton Gymnastics Academy, where I coach some (and workout) - owned by former teammate and good friend Kenan Lundy.  Kenan laughed when I told her I wanted to compete, but she knows that normal is not my mode and that I wasn't joking.

It's going to be fascinating to compare competitive gymnastics experienced as an adult to how I lived it as a kid - 20 hours a week for so many years.  Practices will be truncated to 2- max per week, and the remainder of the days I will train at my home studio - fusing together bodyweight and gymnastics, MET, and traditional conditioning.  

Time to get out the leo and chalk up the grips.....and don't hold back the laughs - this should be a real trip!