From the omnipotent minds behind The Gymnastics Examiner, Spanny’s Big Fake Smile, Masters Gymnastics, Uncle Tim Talks Men’s Gym and Unorthodox Gymnastics, comes the podcast you’ve waited all your life to download! Inarguably, the best gymnastics podcast in the history of the universe. GymCastic is a weekly talk show like no other.
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About The Hosts
Jessica O’Beirne‘s mission in life is to make gymnastics as popular as the NFL. No, seriously, she’s not kidding. She is the creator and producer of the show. When she is not editing audio or scheduling guests, she also works tirelessly to assure that gymnasts know they can continue to do the sport throughout their lifetime for health, fitness and fun over at masters-gymnastics.com. In partnership with Gymnastike’s Adult channel, Masters Gymnastics, maintains a list of every adult gymnastics class and masters meet in the world. Follow her on Twitter @OtotheBeirne or @AdultGymnastics or Google+
Dvora Meyers was raised in the wilds of Brooklyn (way before the hipsters colonized) yet still can pronounce most of her Rs. Like all Orthodox Jewish yeshiva girls, she did recreational gymnastics for several years but with the fervor of one much more talented, and memorized all of the books about the sport contained in the public library. They numbered three.
Which is why Dvora went onto write a gymnastics book of her own. Due to a catastrophic failure at compartmentalization, she published Heresy on the HighBeam: Confessions of an Unbalanced Jewess, an ode to obsessive gymnastics fandom laced with high doses of Judaism. (As Forrest Gump once sagely said, gymnastics and Judaism go together like peas and carrots.) She also writes about arts, culture, and religion for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Slate, Jezebel, and The Atlantic.
Check out Unorthodox Gymnastics for your thrice-weekly religion-gymnastics fix.
And follower her on Twitter @DvoraMeyers for more thoughts on spandex and the
patriarchy.
She is also available to breakdance at weddings and bar mitzvahs. Just ask.
Greetings Gymcastic greats! First of all, I have to say that I ADORE your podcast! I started listening to it on day one, back in the day when the show was still posted on Mondays (yes, way, way back in the day). I guess you can say I am an OG fan (original Gymcastic fan).
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how much I love your work and how much you put into each episod. I also love that I feel I have found, as you all said in Episode 14, “my people.” It turns out thay they are not necessarily African-American law students or even competitive debaters and debate coaches (another incredibly obscure, elite competitve outlet for teens and college students); my people are huge gymnerds who spend copious amounts of time watching and re-watching the sport. Also, your podcasts make me feel like I don’t need to seek out people anymore to discuss the crazy tension and drama that goes along with following gymnastics quad after quad since I was four years old. I have you guys; I have a community of gymnerds to share my tears of joy, sorrow and everything in between.
Finally, I just wanted to tell you all that Gymcastic is literally getting me through the toughest of times in my life. I had to take a leave of absence from law school, and am still out of school due to several chronic and painful medical issues. Last November, I was scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, November 14th. Thank you all at Gymcastic for giving me a fantastic podcast to listen to to distract myself from being nervous before going under the knife, and for being around to keep me company in my three subsequent hospital stays.
The show is amazing. All of you are incredibly smart, educated and dedicated people who have shown more light on the sport that I love. Also, for more selfish reasons, thank you for keeping me company during some rough times in my medical journey!
Keep up the fantastic work and I cannot wait for what Gymcastic has in store for all of us listeners in 2013!
Love, difficulty and execution,
LaTonya
LaTonya, you made Jess cry. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Keep us updated on your journey. Gymnerds unite!
LaTonya, thank you so much for this lovely note. It really made my day. Don’t be afraid to ask for the strong drugs. And to drive your family crazy. (It worked for me.)
I wish you nothing but the best and a complete recovery.
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