Gymcastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live. How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Rose Marine Theater, Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere Live Show Virtual Season Pass now available (For a limited time, four virtual live shows for the price of three) GymCastic Updates NCAA Live Show Tickets are on Sale now! In-person and virtual ticket options. Purchase your ticket here We launched a new store! Check it out here Headlines We have our NCAA Championship teams! What are the rankings by qualifying score? What were our biggest lessons from

LIVE SHOW 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your (virtual and in person) questions live! How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets here When: Between meet day on Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere  Live Show Season Pass now available (limited time only!) Welcome to College & Cocktails! The College Gymnastics Post-Meet Show Day Four of Regionals and we have our first NCAA Championship qualifiers: LSU, Michigan State's 198.00 (!), Utah, UCLA! This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode. Today we watched all the regionals. We recorded live on Sat night. Here's how

LIVE SHOW 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live. How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Rose Marine Theater, Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere Live Show Virtual Season Pass now available (For a limited time, four virtual live shows for the price of three) MINI COMMISSION: NIL Deals This mini-comission is brought to you by Club Gymnerd member Jonathan who would "LOVE to hear you debate the best/worst/most ridiculous NIL deals and/or entrepreneurial endeavors of NCAA gymnasts. You can also go on a side tangent about dream partnerships from pre-NIL day

 Login for the full show.  Not a member? Join here Not sure if you are ready to join? Watch College & Cocktails sample free here This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode, while NCAA is on a bye, we have a week off of College & Cocktails. We went  live to answer your questions. Stories about what we would have missed had we only done college online Spy stories as told by Jessica’s Berlin stationed spy father  Explaining all the bars deductions, skills and code debates A listener asks if the era of OU over Suggestions on how to fix the SEC Championships 9th team out debacle  How to ask questions live. Can’t make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenesepisodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alo

Live Show Season Pass now available (limited time) HEADLINES IT FINALLY HAPPENED, Brooklyn Moors got her 10! Jade Carey hard-lanched her girlfriend on Instagram Morinari Watanabe will not be the president of the IOC Two new skills at the Antalya World Cup Yang Fanyuwei: The full-twisting Jaeger aka the skill Suni competed at 2024 Winter Cup Okamura Mana: Piked half-turn to double pike dismount off bars What happened after Arkansas was booted from SEC Championships? Jordyn Wieber released a statement on Instagram What does this mean for Arkansas' NQS heading into the post-season? GYMTERNET NEWS Why everyone needs to learn a thing or two about longevity from this 74-year-old Danish gymnast Welcome to the club! Sac State's Grace Gilman joins the long list of gymnasts who shit their pants in competition LA 2028 Watch: Ellie Black says she has no plans of retiring and hopes to compete at the Los Angeles Games! Morgan Hurd, Missy Marlowe, Rebecca Sereda, Barry Weiner, Gary Anderson, and Marc Yancey were

  Live Show Season Pass now available (limited time only, four live shows for the price of three) Welcome to College & Cocktails! The College Gymnastics Post-Meet Show Conference Championships drama, Jade's last home meet surprise and was Arkansas blocked from competing in this weekend? We'll discuss everything from the last meet weekend before Regionals.  This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode. Today we watched all the regionals. Login  to your Club Gym Nerd account  to listen or watch the full show. Not a member yet? Join here. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here Get your complete 2025 College & Cocktails/Mocktalis menu here! Every week we pick a college meet to watch, then go live, to discuss our immediate thoughts about the meet. For more info on how to watch your fav

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 12 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Help a Fellow Gym Nerd - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eyal-itzhaki-walk-again Season Pass on sale now: https://gymcastic.com/2025-gymcastic-live-shows-season-pass/ Week 12 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, March 21 at 02:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:52:13 Roster Bargains 01:10 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:48 Roster Bargains - Bars 06:58 Roster Bargains - Beam 09:46 Roster Bargains - Floor 14:01 League Leaders 16:15 League Stats 16:40 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

This week we discuss Jordan Chiles' new book "I'm That Girl", and the meaningful meaningless-ness of NCAA Conference Championships  2025 LIVE SHOW SEASON PASS ON SALE (limited time)   BUY NOW A FELLOW GYM NERD NEEDS YOUR HELP If you've been enjoying the new badges in your fantasy trophy case, you can thank fellow gym nerd and designer, Eyal Itzhaki. Unfortunately Eyal recently had a fluke accident that required spinal surgery and has left him with a long recovery ahead. He has started a GoFundMe to support this effort. Book Club: Jordan Chiles' "I'm That Girl" Chiles' frank, unprecedented discussion of abuse and her parents the acknowledgment of the role played during that time Our highlights from the book On sexism: why can't women act competitively like in men's sports without being labeled "rude"? Therapy rewards Woodwind instrument stans rise. Did you know Jordan was a band kid? The dark side of elite gymnastics culture The lack of black represention in her gymnastics community growing up 7 hour trai

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 11 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Help a Fellow Gym Nerd - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eyal-itzhaki-walk-again Season Pass on sale now: https://gymcastic.com/2025-gymcastic-live-shows-season-pass/ Week 11 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, March 14 at 02:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 01:09 Roster Bargains 01:26 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:30 Roster Bargains - Bars 06:01 Roster Bargains - Beam 08:08 Roster Bargains - Floor 10:38 League Leaders 11:45 League Stats 12:31 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Update from the FIG about Fujitsu judging at Jakarta Worlds, Melnikova is back, NCAA updates, and a commissioned episode where we draft Olympic teams as if everyone in the entire quad was at their peak by Trials. LIVE SHOW SEASON PASS ON SALE NOW  Support independent journalists by joining here.  GYMTERNET NEWS Will Fujitsu robot judging be used at Jakarta Worlds? We have an answer See episodes on Judges Evaluation Program here  LSU set a program-record 198.5 for senior night Several Russian gymnasts, including Olympic Champion Angelina Melnikova, were approved for AIN status Chusovitina won the vault World Cup with improved form at age 49 COMMISSIONED EPISODE: Repicking the U.S. Olympic Teams This week Alex AKA the "I love you Tasha guy" gave us the task to put on our National Team Coordinator hats and retroactively pick U.S. Olympic teams from Sydney to Paris using gymnasts who were at their quad-peak. Click here to see Alex's detailed spreadsheet outlining our contenders. The Rules: For each quad, p

HEADLINES Russian Olympian Nikita Nagornyy has been sanctioned by the European Union Aimee Boorman will become Stuttgart's elite coach Boorman's move to Stuttgart comes after allegations of abuse from former gymnasts Shannon Welker of Mizzu gave us the details on the piercing controversy GYMTERNET NEWS Move over basic two-pass floor routines, Brie Clark (Clemson) just became the first person to compete a Biles in NCAA! Watanabe's opinions on transgender athletes, artificial intelligence, and judging How Kyen Mayhew just leveled-up the hair game for everyone In an exclusive, Air Force Gymnastics told us why, they were forced to take down an Instagram post To make us all feel better, watch this video of a full-twisting split leg double layout USA Gymnastics announced international assignments Jessica Gadirova made her beam comeback at English Championships without a dismount Injury updates: Viktoria Listunova tore her achilles Jennifer Gadirova suffered another ACL injury Ansel Meadows-Rader compe

IMPORTANT - Week 10 Lineups lock at noon on Wednesday, March 05 at 08:30am PT Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 10 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more.  IMPORTANT - Salaries have been updated and lineups have been reset. If you did not change your lineup last week, you will need to draft a new team with the new salaries.  00:00 Intro 01:20 Roster Bargains 01:36 Roster Bargains - Vault 04:35 Roster Bargains - Bars 07:14 Roster Bargains - Beam 10:06 Roster Bargains - Floor 12:56 League Leaders 14:18 League Stats 15:19 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 9 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. I MPORTANT - Salaries have been updated and lineups have been reset. You need to draft a new team with the new salaries. Lineups WILL NOT carry over from last week. Week 09 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 28 at 2:15pm PT 00:00 Intro 01:50 Roster Bargains 02:10 Roster Bargains - Vault 05:34 Roster Bargains - Bars 09:24 Roster Bargains - Beam 12:21 Roster Bargains - Floor 16:25 League Leaders 17:11 League Stats 18:11 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Elite season is back with the Cottbus World Cup and Winter Cup, where Frederick Richard debuted his genius marketing campaign uniform revolution, impossible scores, and the Oklahoma mini-documentary! Support independent journalistism. Join Club Gym Nerd here.  AWARDS The Most Winter Cup Award Zoey Molomo's unintentional dismount Runner up: Claire Pease getting a full point of OOB deductions on floor The Best Way to Get People Talking About Men's Gymnastics Award Frederick Richards' revolutionary basketball pajamas at Winter Cup Best Reason to Cancel NCAA Gymnastics as a Sport One judge gave Kayli Boozer a 9.550 WITH A FALL. Injury updates Anya Pilgrim (Florida), Sloane Blakely (Florida), Charlotte Booth and Jennifer Gadirova (GB), Brianna Taurek (Cal) Winter Cup Ashlee Sullivan is your 2025 Winter Cup Champion! Jayla Hang came in second despite a fall on beam, and Simone Rose came in third Wait a second... did the U.S. get the memo about beam choreography? Why NASA needs to hire Kelise Woolfo

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 7 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 07 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 21 at 2:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:00:35 Roster Bargains 00:00:50 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:09 Roster Bargains - Bars 06:13 Roster Bargains - Beam 08:32 Roster Bargains - Floor  11:22 League Leaders 14:09 League Stats 15:09 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

What happens when there is a fire smoking out an arena? Apparently the meet goes on. Irish World and Olympic Champion Rhys is here with all the stories and NQS has begun. Extended interview for Club Gym Nerd members here.  Not a member? Support independent journalism join here. HEADLINES The Georgia vs. Arkansas meet was literally on fire NQS kicked in this week. New NQS ranking shakeups have UCLA in second, Florida to fifth and Missouri into eighth. No. 2 LSU defeated no. 1 Oklahoma in Baton Rouge. How did the Tigers drop a spot in the rankings? NCAA Our total amount of 10s for the 2025 NCAA season doubled in week 7 Grace McCallum (UB), Kennedy Griffin (FX), Leanne Wong (BB), Sloane Blakely (FX), Lilly Hudson (FX) What are the NQS Ranking Shakeups? GYMTERNET NEWS USAG's FlipNow streaming schedule has been released for the 2025 season Frida Esparza played the national anthem on electric guitar at UCLA's Pride meet Irina Viner, former head coach of Russia's national rhythmic gymnastics team, stepped

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 7 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 07 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 14, at 3:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:00:35 Roster Bargains 00:00:45 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:21 Roster Bargains - Bars 06:08 Roster Bargains - Beam 09:16 Roster Bargains - Floor 11:55 League Leaders 12:45 League Stats 13:32 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

0:01:15: Morgan Price's Historic Ten for an HBCU 0:02:46: The suspension of a rhythmic gymnastics judge 0:06:24: The NCAA Bans Transgender Women from Women's Sports 0:10:40: We applaud these teams who continue to stand up for their communities 0:11:27: An exclusive College and Cocktails tidbit 0:13:25: An update on Spencer’s live blogs 0:14:51: Shirtless Boys at gymnastics meets 0:23:19: College and Cocktails update: Oklahoma vs LSU 0:24:04: Jordan Chiles stuns in a Nike Ad 0:27:29: What happened at the Serie A competition? 0:28:30: How do we feel about Listunova’s Michael Jackson floor routine? 0:30:00: Upset alert: Nemour got outscored by Giulia Perotti 0:31:09: Ellie Black is doing a campaign for period underwear 0:32:04: Sam Oldham's Documentaries on Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse 0:32:27: Where is the 2025 US Classic location going to be? 0:33:57: Coach Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Minors 0:34:13: Trinity Thomas and Bart Conner's Adorable Moment 0:35:38: Simone Biles to be on the MET Gala Hos

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 6 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 06 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 7, at 3:30pm PT  00:00 Intro 00:00:33 Roster Bargains 00:01:33 Roster Bargains - Vault 04:12 Roster Bargains - Bars 07:16 Roster Bargains - Beam 10:18 Roster Bargains - Floor 13:12 League Leaders 13:30 League Stats 14:01 Byes & Injuries

Jordan Chiles gets another 10, judging oversight updates, and Jay Clark had a lot of tired old feeling about judging oversight and he's not alone. Headlines Collegiate judges received an email from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) that there will be no judging feedback shared for the first year of the SCORE Board pilot program The target for this year is on data collection and analysis Jay Clark (LSU) had A LOT to say about the SCORE Board, we have thoughts (see full quote at bottom of notes page) Gymternet News Everyone is rightfully obsessed with Isla Gie's musical theater floor routine Kyrstin Johnson (Temple) plays tribute to hip-hop culture in her badass floor routine Betty Okino was named the Developmental Lead for the U.S. women's artistic program A Tale of Three Cities: USAG narrows its options down to three cities for the USA Gymnastics facility of the future Injury updates: Tyler Turner, Trinity Brown, Sam Phillips, Sasha Fujisaka Because of Elon Musks' double nazi s