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Wrestling is 99% Gymnastics
Wrestling is gymnastics while someone tries to kill you.
A grad student wrote in baffled that the Duke wrestling team does back extension rolls. Jessica wrestled in college and says the entire warmup is gymnastics — cartwheels, round-offs, front handsprings over a teammate.
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#gymnastics #wrestling #gymnerd
Most Talented Gymnast Without a Medal?
Who's the most talented gymnast who has never won a medal?
A listener saw the tweet and sent it in. Jessica needs one clarification before she'll answer: does the gymnast have to still be elite, or does NCAA count?
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Everyone Gets Up Except Jeannie
Everyone gets back up and finishes the routine after they fall. Not Jeannie.
She falls in the middle of her program and simply does not get up. She is not even hurt. She's just depressed.
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#figureskating #flashdance #movieclub
Lift One Ounce And Sweat
A white void, one single weight, and then you sweat, because you're a lady.
The I Love Rock and Roll workout montage is a perfect 1980s exercise scene, right down to the weight that is not attached to anything.
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#flashdance #movieclub #gymnastics
They Forgot The Wig Budget
They spent the money on the sets and forgot about the wig budget.
Every stunt double gets the same disco ball of curly hair, so you can spot the switch instantly.
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#flashdance #movieclub #gymnastics
They're Not Judging You For Being Poor
They are not judging you because you're poor. They are judging you because you have never done ballet.
It's 1983, not 1883. Everyone knows other kinds of dance exist. This is a ballet company.
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#flashdance #ballet #movieclub
Who Cleans Up All That Water?
The most iconic thing in Flashdance is a chair, a pulley and a bucket of water.
You have seen it parodied even if you have never seen the movie. But who is cleaning all of that up for the next act?
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The Big Reveal: She's A Girl
The big twist of Flashdance is that the welder is a girl.
Her mask says Alex, so you assume it is a guy. Then she takes it off, whips the 80s hair around, and they were done having ideas.
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#flashdance #movieclub #gymnastics
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Who`s the most talented gymnast who has never won a medal?
A listener saw the tweet and sent it in. Jessica needs one clarification before she`ll answer: does the gymnast have to still be elite, or does NCAA count?
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#gymnastics #WAG #worldchampionships
Everyone gets back up and finishes the routine after they fall. Not Jeannie.
She falls in the middle of her program and simply does not get up. She is not even hurt. She`s just depressed.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: GymCastic Movie Club: Flashdance
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#figureskating #flashdance #movieclub
A white void, one single weight, and then you sweat, because you`re a lady.
The I Love Rock and Roll workout montage is a perfect 1980s exercise scene, right down to the weight that is not attached to anything.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: GymCastic Movie Club: Flashdance
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#flashdance #movieclub #gymnastics
They spent the money on the sets and forgot about the wig budget.
Every stunt double gets the same disco ball of curly hair, so you can spot the switch instantly.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: GymCastic Movie Club: Flashdance
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#flashdance #movieclub #gymnastics
They are not judging you because you`re poor. They are judging you because you have never done ballet.
It`s 1983, not 1883. Everyone knows other kinds of dance exist. This is a ballet company.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: GymCastic Movie Club: Flashdance
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#flashdance #ballet #movieclub
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Leanne Wong Petitioned Into Camp
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Leanne Wong petitioned into camp, and that's good news.
She couldn't compete day two at championships. Jessica reads the accepted petition as a sign the scans came back clean — and there's still a whole month.
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