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About The Hosts
Find out all about the hosts in Episode 100 here.
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![]() Uncle Tim is an original GymCastic host. He writes the blog that would be Spanny’s boyfriend… if it were straight, Uncle Tim Talks Men’s Gym and Twitter @uncletimmensgym. His official biography reads as follows: Loves: Jordan Jovtchev’s shiny leotards, Philipp Boy’s face, Louis Smith’s hair, Jake Dalton’s toe point, and a good triple full.
Obsessed with: Tim Daggett. Who isn’t?
Hates: This is an abridged list… Double pikes off parallel bars, double-twisting double layouts off high bar, bent legs, flexed feet, sloppy handstands, bad round-offs, bad spelling, wedgies, and little kids who fart in your face while you’re spotting them.
Hidden talents: I can do a standing back tuck on the high beam even though I’m a boy. Oh, and I’m great at making alcohol-infused desserts, and I speak a lot of languages, and I can eat a large pizza by myself in a single sitting.
Craziest gymnastics moment: When I was in undergrad, I was a poor schmuck, but I studied abroad anyway. On my last day in Rome, I was running low on cash, so I did what any former gymnast would do: I went to the Coliseum, set a hat on the ground and started doing gymnastics. I made 40 euros that afternoon and I had myself a nice meal by the Spanish Steps. (FYI: this happened many years before Emily Kmetko needed train fare on Make It or Break It. She’s the copycat–not I.)
Most private thing I’m willing to admit: I have a big gymternet crush on Spanny Tampson. Who doesn’t?
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Lauren Hopkins, began writing about gymnastics for The Couch Gymnast in July 2010, and spent four years there as the U.S. expert while also contributing to International Gymnast magazine, GymCastic, and as a guest on several blogs. In 2014, she created her own website, The Gymternet, now one of the most popular gymnastics sites providing exclusive coverage for the most enthusiastic gym nerds. She is the author of a young adult gymnastics series, The 2016 Trilogy. A New England native, Lauren is a 2014 graduate of Columbia University. She currently lives in New York City and she loves the Red Sox unconditionally. Follow her on Twitter.
![]() Katy Jones is self-admittedly a better gym fan than she ever was a gymnast. When she’s not transcribing or watching endless hours of gymnastics on YouTube, she writes a Flashback Friday series and helps with interviews at GymNewstics.com. You can follow her on Twitter at @katylovin where her overuse of seemingly obscure words like “Yurchenko,” “Mustafina,” and “Amanar” has driven away many non-gym fans. |
Katie P. – prefers to remain mysterious, like like physics behind Kennedy Baker’s quintuple wolf turn. |
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