LISTEN HERE

LIVE VIDEO PODCAST FUNDRAISER

Attention! Dave Tilley of Shift Movement Science is hosting a FREE online gymnastics summit on Saturday May 2 to benefit Feeding America‘s COVID-19 hunger relief, and we’re going to be part of it! The all-day video marathon will feature a bunch of people who know what they’re talking about and then also us, with the GymCastic segment starting at 5:00pm ET sandwiched between Jordyn Wieber, Chris Brooks, Colin Van Wicklen, Kyla Ross, Madison Kocian, and Miss Val. Just like we were meant to be.

Check out full details at the Event Info page and the Feeding America fundraising part at the GoFundMe page.

THIS WEEK

• Gymternet News: Morgan’s gym needs your help, the Netherlands and Italy are moving toward reopening gyms, there was a “calendar error” in the Maggie Haney ruling, and the Argentinian federation may have stolen USAG’s dumpster title.
• Less Is More: We’re taking a red marker to the rules and crossing out the things we don’t like.
• Mini-Commission on Inbars: Why are they considered harder than the other entries? Why do they mess up everyone’s backs? And why was Bridget Sloan’s so different?
• Mini-Commission on Spencer’s Weird Opinions: One time, Spencer categorically asserted that Huang Mandan was robbed on bars in 2000 and should have made the bars final over Ling Jie and Yang Yun. That was a weirdly specific take to be so passionate about, so…talk about that.
• Plus, some important feedback on Stick It pregnancies and Full Out 2.

BECOME A CLUB GYM NERD MEMBER

• Join Club Gym Nerd and get access to Behind the Scenes episodes here.
• Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here.

RELATED EPISODES

• 422: Stick It (Commissioned)
• 421: Tokyo Rule Change Mini-sode
• 420: Jamie Dantzscher
• 419: Sports Economist Dr. David Berri
• Behind The Scenes: Agina Simpkins Floor Interpreted
• Behind The Scenes: Pet Psychic Episode
• Behind The Scenes: Neighborhood Cat Drama

MORE WAYS TO LISTEN

LISTEN HERE

This week’s group commission is brought to you by Vanessa and friends, who asked us to dedicate an entire episode to the iconic gymnastics masterpiece, Stick It. Your wish is our command.

Since it’s not called GymNICEtics, Jessica and Spencer begin by kind of getting into a fight about how Jessica truly, wholly, and unironically loves this movie, while Spencer…has some notes. No one is surprised by any of this.

We discuss:

• Punk rock, feminist glory
• How Spencer is still mad at Hayley for walking out on worlds
• Inside jokes that only we would understand that are somehow IN A REAL MOVIE
• The Buttahara, the butt shelf, and the bra strap. Never forget.
• How and why is Jeff Bridges here?
• Protest-movement competition: Jessica’s dream, Spencer’s nightmare

BECOME A CLUB GYM NERD MEMBER

• Join Club Gym Nerd here to commission your own episode. 
• Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here.

RELATED EPISODES

• Behind The Scenes: Pet Psychic Episode
• 420: Jamie Dantzscher
• 421: Tokyo Rule Change Mini-sode
• 419: Sports Economist Dr. David Berri

• 418: American Anthem
• 417: Bye Bye Tokyo 2020

MORE WAYS TO LISTEN

LISTEN HERE

IT’S JAMIE DANTZSCHER YOU GUYS

In this full episode with Jamie Dantzscher, we discuss…

• Life with the Rybackis, why Jamie “left,” and why she came back
• How Jamie feels about their coaching now (spoiler alert: NOT GREAT)
• How weird it is that we still care about her 1999 floor music
• The bonkers 2000 Olympic selection process
• Speaking out publicly about Bela—then, later, and now—and a current sense of vindication
• Why Bela took her off bars in qualification in Sydney
• The INSANE story about why she didn’t salute after her team final floor routine
• Being awarded a retroactive Olympic bronze medal, how she feels about it, and that famous press conference
• The time a judge apologized to her for the corrupt scoring at nationals
• What skills she would have done if she competed in an open-ended code
• What her relationship with Vanessa Atler is like now

BECOME A CLUB GYM NERD MEMBER

• Join Club Gym Nerd for access to Behind the Scenes episodes here.
• Club Members get discounts on our awesome clothing and gifts here.

RELATED EPISODES

• 254: Vanessa Atler
• 31: Elise Ray
• 28: Kristen Maloney
• 319: Aly and Lynn Raisman
• 187: McKayla Maroney

MORE WAYS TO LISTEN

LISTEN HERE

GYMTERNET NEWS

We have news! The FIG announced the changes in procedure for the 2021 Olympic qualification process, so Jessica and Spencer pop in for a brief rundown of what they decided, breaking down the good (code of points! Copenhagen!) and the bad (age eligibility! Baku!) and how it will affect the process over the next 15 months.

CALLING ALL JUDGES

A friend of the show is writing a book on the psychology of judging gymnastics! Eeeeee! If you are a gymnastics judge of any level or nationality, we ask that you take this survey and share it with your judge buddies to do the same.

BECOME A CLUB GYM NERD MEMBER

• Join Club Gym Nerd for access to Behind the Scenes episodes here.
• Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here.

RELATED EPISODES

• BTS: Neighborhood Cat Drama
• 419: Sports Economist Dr. David Berri
• BTS: Why Diesel Forklifts and Indoor Arenas Don’t Mix

• 418: American Anthem
• BTS: We Are All Athletes Right?
• 417: Bye Bye Tokyo 2020
• BTS: Quarantine Party with Duchess
• 416: Everything Is Canceled

MORE WAYS TO LISTEN

LISTEN HERE

HEADLINES

• MEMMEL: Like a beacon in the darkness, Chellsie Memmel came the closest she has ever come to announcing a comeback by saying she is kind of playing around and maybe training. We proceed to put her on 18 Olympic teams and give her all the world beam gold medals. Not sorry.
• SIMONE: Simone spoke for the first time to communicate her nuanced thoughts on Olympic postponement, not having a dumbbell (ADRIA!), and ugh having to deal with USAG more
• NEWLYMPICS: New Olympic dates have been announced. Spencer and Jessica break down what this means for meets and schedules, while taking different sides on Christine Brennan’s editorial about this being disrespectful.

GAME TIME

• How would a one-year delay have affected previous Olympic teams? We discuss what gymnasts would or wouldn’t have made Olympic teams if those games had been delayed a year.

GYMTERNET NEWS

• COVID-19 fallout in Russia (featuring Khorkina and Valentina both being THE MOST), Tom Forster’s questionable decisions, and [SIGH] the deal with Ashton…

INTERVIEW

• This week, Jessica chats with professor David Berri, an expert on sports economics, about COVID-19 and the NCAA, how much a gymnast is worth in actual dollars, and the realities of college athletes being allowed to profit from their likenesses.

BECOME A CLUB GYM NERD MEMBER

• Join Club Gym Nerd for access to Behind the Scenes episodes here.
• Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here.

RELATED EPISODES

• BTS: Why Diesel Forklifts and Indoor Arenas Don’t Mix
• 418: American Anthem
• BTS: We Are All Athletes Right?
• 417: Bye Bye Tokyo 2020
• BTS: Quarantine Party with Duchess
• 416: Everything Is Canceled
• March 12 COVID-19 Championships Update
• BTS: March 12 COVID-19 Championships Update
• 415: American Cup of Coronavirus
• 414: American Cup Preview
• BTS: Morgan Hurd Interview & The Missing Episode
• 413: Is Jade Carey an Olympian Yet
• BTS: Jade Carey, Grace McCallum, Kayla DiCello and Lilly Lippeatt Interviews

MORE WAYS TO LISTEN