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He Rode the Pommel Horse: The Sillier the Better
"The guy must have been 80. His hand slipped, so he just sort of fell, sitting on the horse."
The moment adult gymnastics clicked for Andrew. The sillier the better — that IS the point, and it is how you rewrite what the sport did to you as a kid.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week's episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
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#gymnastics #adultgymnastics #pommelhorse
Adult Gymnastics: Warm Up to Warm Up
"We need the warm up before the warm up."
The biggest mistake gyms make with adult classes is booking one hour. Adults need a full 30 minutes first — hips, ankles, band walks, all the prehab — before the warm up even starts.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week's episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
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@Andrew_Chupp
#gymnastics #adultgymnastics #gymowners #Shorts
Everything Is a Deduction: Steal From Skating
"We need to move away from everything is a deduction."
Andrew's fix for gymnastics scoring: steal it from figure skating. Start at a base and add for what is great. Spending decades hearing what was wrong with what you just did is not a healthy way to grow up.
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Show This to Your Team: The Floor Is a Stage
"This is the performance quality that we expect in a floor routine."
Jessica thinks every coach — men's, women's, any level — should show Andrew's routine to their athletes. A floor routine should express who you are, not fill time between tumbling passes.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week's episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
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@Andrew_Chupp
#gymnastics #floorroutine #artistry #Shorts
Gay Games Code of Points: Glitter on Floor
"There were costume changes, there were props, there were people blowing glitter on the floor."
The Gay Games code spreads the values out — Andrew's beam aerial went from a D to an F — and nothing restricts your floor music. That, he says, is what inclusivity actually looks like.
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The Britney Routine: We Did It
"I was doing the Dominique Moceanu claps in the corner."
Andrew Chupp built his Gay Games floor routine around a Britney Spears dance he already knew, then spent 20 hours cutting the music — so he could look over at eight-year-old him and say they did it.
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Adult Gymnastics Revolution with Andrew Chupp
🤸 Andrew Chupp — coach, queer adult gymnast, creator and joy distributor — joins us to talk about making gymnastics your own. From Britney Spears floor choreography to competing on beam, Andrew shares how returning to the sport brought him community and creative freedom.
We talk inclusive competition, starting adult classes, making time to train, coaching adults and revisiting basics. Plus: queer joy, body image, internet hate, courage and accountability.
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⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet Andrew Chupp
01:42 Adult Meets & Inclusive Competition
05:01 A Different Kind of All-Around
10:26 Growing Adult Gymnastics
13:47 Britney Spears & Finding Joy Again
21:07 How to Start an Adult Class
23:20 Making Time & Finding Community
25:28 Coaching Adults & Starting Small
33:19 Rethinking Deductions
36:34 Queer Sports & Belonging
40:21 Adult Meets at Every Age
46:47 Facing Internet Hate
57:57 Courage, Accountability & Growth
1:00:58 What’s Next for Andrew
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Flashdance Has A Redemption Arc
“Nine out of ten dentists agree that does not belong at a baptism.”
A listener's reading of Flashdance as a full redemption arc, and it may be better than the one we did on the commission.
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"I will be the lightning rod for all the hate."
Andrew takes the comments so people who don`t want to be visible don`t have to. Some of them genuinely hurt — but the worse they get, the more certain he is that he is doing the right thing.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
🎧 GymCastic.com
@andrewchupp
#gymnastics #adultgymnastics #GayGames
"The guy must have been 80. His hand slipped, so he just sort of fell, sitting on the horse."
The moment adult gymnastics clicked for Andrew. The sillier the better — that IS the point, and it is how you rewrite what the sport did to you as a kid.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
🎧 GymCastic.com
@andrewchupp
#gymnastics #adultgymnastics #pommelhorse
"We need the warm up before the warm up."
The biggest mistake gyms make with adult classes is booking one hour. Adults need a full 30 minutes first — hips, ankles, band walks, all the prehab — before the warm up even starts.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
🎧 GymCastic.com
@andrewchupp
#gymnastics #adultgymnastics #gymowners
"We need to move away from everything is a deduction."
Andrew`s fix for gymnastics scoring: steal it from figure skating. Start at a base and add for what is great. Spending decades hearing what was wrong with what you just did is not a healthy way to grow up.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
🎧 GymCastic.com
@andrewchupp
#gymnastics #codeofpoints #adultgymnastics
"This is the performance quality that we expect in a floor routine."
Jessica thinks every coach — men`s, women`s, any level — should show Andrew`s routine to their athletes. A floor routine should express who you are, not fill time between tumbling passes.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week`s episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
🎧 GymCastic.com
@andrewchupp
#gymnastics #floorroutine #artistry
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Taking the Hate: I'm the Lightning Rod
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"I will be the lightning rod for all the hate."
Andrew takes the comments so people who don't want to be visible don't have to. Some of them genuinely hurt — but the worse they get, the more certain he is that he is doing the right thing.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week's episode: Adult Gymnastics Will Heal Your Soul
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@Andrew_Chupp
#gymnastics #adultgymnastics #GayGames ...