gymnastics training poem

[gymnastics1344hockey]

who wrote this poem?

[Bchampion23]

haha we have a big poster in my gym with that poem on it. so when ever we are leaving its right next to the door . haha

[TarnishedSky]

This is beautiful. Gymnasts thank you for giving this out to the world. Icluding me <3

[gymnastgirl131]

Hey that is so true after state we all got those poems on a piece of paper reminding us how hard it was to do that! I honestly luv this poem and ya thanks for making it!

[Zamolodchikovafan16]

How true this poem is, and well done for putting the montage together so well to go with the words!

[zone228]

Great Montage and musical selection. I think that Poem maybe based on or inspired by an earlier poem called "If" by Rudyard Kipling. Maybe it isn't, maybe it's just truth. Truth resonates throughout the ages - Timeless Beauty. "If" is recited on youtube by username: SpokenVerse. He also has many more great readings of some of the greatest poems in History too. And no, I am not getting commissions for recomending him lol. Thnx for posting.

[lilyliukin]

i am going through really hard times in gym right now cuz im falling behind everyone and losing old moves and i have been trying my skills for seven months now. i am so close, but i just cant get it

[shortstuff21313]

great videon and poem!

[lilyliukin]

All these quotes relate to me. Everytime I can frustrated and feel like crying, I think about this poem. It makes me get up and keep going.

[gymnast101able]

Wow this is so true i am a gymnast and every bit of this is ture(:

there have been countless times where i said " take me out of this sport"

but we all know every gymnast has worked to hard just to give up because of ONE bad practice.GREAT VIDEO (:

[lilyliukin]

sorry. your a gymnast. no way. you say poles and spell gymnast like gymnist. right

[4banksy]

This is a great poem

I love it I go thru it 32 hours a week

[LosingTheConnection]

i love this

so true!!!

i know that even if im tired/sore/or watever, i never miss a training session. if i could i would live at my gym!!! i would train 25/7 if i could!!!

[gymstar6506]

@LosingTheConnection exact same for me!

[RaaayRaaayXoXo]

this is very inspiring :)

[LiveLaughLoveLeap]

great job.... It's what I go thru

[halfmanhalfmetal]

Ortega makes my taco pop!

[GymnasticsISlife96]

Very moving. All this is so true. Sometimes you feel so frustrated, you want to quit. There is always something that is blocking your dreams. Your height, your weight or the people that surround you such as your coach or parents. But you always come back for more. Gymnastics is addictive. It's on my mind 24/7. My favorite part is :58 to 1:17

[flippingfirmys]

same here! its is totaly true 4 me!

[personofworld]

moving, it really was.

[daddysbabygurlz]

i am a gymnist and this poem is so true!!!!! ur sore and when you do flips on the poles ur skin is torn and ripped but u have got 2 keep moving!!!!

[KellyRenee66]

this was a really good poem.

and so so true.

i bet every gymnast who watchs it will feel its about themselves.

[2345FREDS]

please, don´t remember this to me. :(

[omgitsmajesta]

Ahaha. I cried watching this, so true. Thanks for showing it. : ]

[S0cC3rP1mP]

She will probably always have her passion for gymnastics, but it will be replaced by other things when she can no longer compete at high levels.

[S0cC3rP1mP]

She is an amazing athlete, but you can't make a living as a gymnast or an Olympian, so she is looking for something else to do with her life. She is a smart young girl who goes to a public school and is going to college once she graduates to become something that she wants and will be successful with so that she is actually doing something with her life that can take her somewhere.

[S0cC3rP1mP]

In a way, gymnastics is a pretty depressing sport. People like Shawn Johnson work their whole lives (for her, since she was 3) at something that they love, have tremendous passion for, and have the skill to be great in it, but in the end, it is one of the shortest periods of time in which you peak. Most gymnasts peak at about 16-18 years old, and so they can usually only last one Olympics. Shawn Johnson most likely won't compete in the next Olympics and has said that herself on a few interviews.

[lizziexoxvolleyball]

this is amazing.

so true.

[choongy561]

wow this poem is AMAZING i swear this poem has got 2 be published or somthing its amazing wow and u wrote it u have some talent in writeing poems and makeing montages! :D

[chachakid]

actually i found this poem years ago somewhere and i cannot for the life of me remember where i red it but thank you for your comment : )

[gymnasticsisLIFE02]

i love it.

amazing.

[sexyseaweed]

oh and the girl...or boy below me...give it a try you will find out quick if you love it and can handle it...its always easy and fun in the beggining but as you go on it gets painful and harder..probably like anything else...but ust give it a try i quite gymnastics when i was 9 and did 2 years of dance but i went right back to gymnastics and have been doing it eversince...in 16 now...you just have to be committed...gymnastics becomes your boyfriend lol

[S0cC3rP1mP]

I'm a guy, and I'm 16 too. Ever since Beijing, I've been inspired to train to do what they do on the floor routines. Shawn Johnson is amazing. To do what they do is insane. I'm a soccer player, and have been playing since I was 2 1/2 years old. It has been my life and I have worked long and hard at it and I love it. I want to learn how they do all the flips and stuff and to it will also help build leg muscles I need for soccer. And then I would also have a celebration after I score a goal too.

[sexyseaweed]

that poem is soo amazing and soo true...esspecially about progress being slow my first like 4 or 5 years i got everything so quickly now its like i gotts do what? lol i still love it and this made me realize how much:) beautiful beautiful poem:)

[ilovegymnastics111]

i wanna go gymnastics i can kinda do hanstand into backbend i can go bvack into a backbend sort of 1 handed cartwheel a normal cartwheel handstands and some more but everybody says ohh i was gonna quit ... i quit at(age) and i dont think that thatll ever be me saying that in my life! if u can talk to me bout it anybody comment back ty

[jgymnastics14]

well its a big commitment if u wanna get competitive but if it rlly just for fun that different. either way, i think you should do it its a lot of fun.

a lot of people quit because they want to do other things, they lost a competition and they cant get over it,they arent having fun,etc.

[mily73]

I can't believe it! I loved your poem... it gave me back confidence like when I was a little girl and I was in gymnastics (quit at 12). What you get in gymnastics will go with you forever... (I am 36 now).

My favorite piano song to play then and now when I am "touching the bottom"... Moon Clair...

I cried with your video, THANKS for sharing!

[tcgymnast88]

that was good! =)

[matthewmovement]

This is pretty deep, and very true.5/5

[jgymnastics14]

its perfect. its desribes me so well

[thelillypig]

at 0:32 is that actually a clip of shawn johnson crying?

[chachakid]

I think she's just wiping sweat off her face.

[gymgirly1]

i loved it

[BstGymnastevr95]

wow this is a great video. i think the thing most true for me is where it says.. When someone else does something you've tried so long to do.. can you stilll be happy for her? like a year ago, my one friend got her kip that the other girl has been trying for a long time and when that girl made it, the girl that was working on it for so long got so sad and cried. this poem is very true lol!

[cutiepiemaddie14]

omg!i'm ok at gymnastics and the poem explains so much. gymnastics is a challenge, but a risk i'm willing to take. i love it

[ichLIEBEdich723247]

it is moonlight sonata by beethoven :) i love the pome vary nice and so true

[lemonrecordj]

thats a really good poem that helped me so much i was thinking of quiting but i think im not now thanx:)

[JonaholicGymnast]

i love this. this helps me so much

thank you

[ModelChic242]

is it by Mozart?

[chachakid]

beethoven i believe

[gymgirly1]

hey joine my gymnastics group on youtube

[StellaVanderqqch]

True and so much beautiful...

[ExampleC01]

That is ssssooooo true. And it is a nice poem.

[bobmarleyizdaman]

this video is just so beautiful, i mean i love it so much, everything in it is so true. and when i am having a bad day after a rlly hard practice and i wanna quit, i watch this video and say to myself "I WONT GIVE IN"

[cocoandshay]

so awesome and wise

[kayrokks]

I love this poem its right when your having a bad day you can say I wont give in!

[FlyersFan7137]

cool vid loved it

[nikkigymnast94]

awesome! so true 2!

[ModelChic242]

what is the song? classical? i love it!

[chachakid]

The song is called Moonlight Sonata : )

[odysseybmx12]

this is very good

[xxacroxxgym]

i use to do gymnastics but now i do acro and this relates to both of them no matter what you must never give up:)

[onlyRG]

beautiful

[skateaemma]

i dont do gymnast but i figure skate and i can really relate to this

[OlympicDreams08]

this video is soo good!!:)

[gymast35096]

this video is so true, I sometimes want too just get away from gymnastics but for some reason i jsut cant do it i love this sport and its what i will be doning for my life! kaitlyn, lvl 7

[GTCgymnast12]

you did not make this becouse this is a very well poem. but it is still so beautiful

[xemileighx100]

omg wow this video is well so true lol buh yeh its realii gurd xx

[tgcgymnasticsgirl]

wow that was great

[GraceXOGym]

Wow, that's a really great video and poem. Thanks for making it. It is all so true. Sometimes I just want to step back from the gym, but its my love of the sport that always brings me back. I think sometimes people underestimate the sport of gymnastics :( It may look like beauty and grace (especially watching Nastia Liukin) but there is a lot of pain too. Great video!

[Megzer1992]

I completly agree! I feel like that too sometimes!

[noname4087]

im a male gymnast and i can relate to this a ton this is a great poem about gymnastics and it shows its not just a bunch of flips twists and spandex

[emmygirl3181]

hey how does everyone practice at home?

[babybex3]

omg that poem is so true it just described ma gymnastics life but it needs the part dat ma coach dnt giv a shit wt i do den u gt it just right x fnx for dis poem it shows im not the only one

[stace2345]

I train 6 days in the week and i watch this video when ever i am feeling down, it is all very true and really picks me up and makes me work harder and try that little bit more to succeed in every way

[gymkrazy12]

this is true and the song fits perfect! thank you for posting this

[Neeneegymnast29]

i love this. its all so true

[bindiirwin1]

did u make that up?

[chachakid]

nope, i just found it on the internet : )

[lovepink8626]

i love this peom and it is so true i train for 20- hours and i still love it

[gymnast2135]

so true and so inspirng.i train every day,,and all of it is extremely true

[gymnast2135]

so true and so inspirng.i train every day,,and all of it is extremely true

[georgiapeach87165]

that was great where do you get your footage??

??

[chachakid]

i download most of my footage off YouTube : )

[georgiapeach87165]

how do you do that i dont know how

[luv2tumble99]

i love this poem

[kramdeetsmalf]

this is awesome porem it made me feel awesome!

[kramdeetsmalf]

OMG this is awesome i only train 18 and a half hours a week and thats hard enough these little girls will be the next olympic champions! this has realy inspired me

[Belby92]

This poem is great but can you tell me what the song was, its beautiful

[chachakid]

the song is called moonlight sonata = )

[Merihi]

Great poem! Seen it like 20 times already. It's just so true. Thanks for making this video!!!

[galaxygymnast]

wow that was rwally good did u make it up?!?!?!?

[chachakid]

thx, no i found the poem on the internet = )

[mariafsn]

omg this poem made me cry just thinking how hard it is i mean im a level 4 gymnast and im tirde all time cuz i work so hard i stoped for 6 month becose i had 2 broken bones in my ankle and a stress fracture in my rists ...anyway grate montage !! :]

[iluvnastialiukin]

thanks for the hopes i hope she does better too. :)

[iluvnastialiukin]

omg! this poem had me crying bc it made me think of my dearest alyssa who a level 10 gymnast at my gym trains so hard and she had a really rough time at her last competion so i was just sitting there crying loved the poem!

[chachakid]

aww thats so sweet, i hope she has a much better comp next time : )

[lisahowe2008]

omg thats such a giid poem :D so true

[DANCE1993]

This Peom Is Gr8!I Love It!

xx

[missflexy31292]

ilove this poem it is great, it encouraged me sooo much tnx for posing it

[PURPLEYANKY]

brilliant truefull poem/ moonlight sonata went perfect with it,pure art

[flip3flop]

pmg this poem is sooo true i luved it make more!!!!!!!!

[guitarchicka01]

really good poem! i love it.

[xgymnasticsx3]

that was really good!!

[guitarchicka01]

It's totally true!

[laneyjvio]

Do u no who made that poem?

Plz write back!

[chachakid]

i really wish i knew but i have no idea. I just accidently stumbled across it on the internet, sorry.

[laneyjvio]

That's fine! I just have heard it a lot of times! I just wondered!

[hannabananagymnast]

This is really good!

[stephnout]

La gymnastique est LE sport le plus exigeant selon moi

What is ths song !?

[chachakid]

The music is called moonlight sonata :)

[laneyjvio]

Y do ppl speak different languages on the american one all the time?

[HFlyers]

Loved it!

[bedifferent101]

this is why i do team gym. its fun

[GymStace]

love it...

[superchicklove]

i found out how to download videos from youtube, but the quality isnt that great..how do u get ur quality to be soo good????

[gymnastgirly24x7]

So true! People don't realize this! So inspiring. Great job! 10 zillion thumbs up!!!!!

[bobbalishous]

Whenever im frustrated at gym i just say this poem to my self and i kinda makes you want to work harder!!!

[backflip375]

Nice video clips. They really go with the poem.

[superchicklove]

beautiful!!! where do u get all that training footage?

[chachakid]

I downloaded them all of YouTube just fluffs, interviews and documentries really.

[superchicklove]

how do u download from youtube? can u do it on a mac computer?

[gymnastgirly24x7]

probably

[gymnast4ever8787]

this is all sooo true!!

[CutePoison90]

This video makes me sad because i stoped 2 years ago!!

[gymnast0407]

Wow. This was very inpiring! Where did you get the footage at 39 seconds from?! =D

[lizeifrizei]

i am a gymnast the video made me cry i have broken my ancle 3 times because of elite@ its true!

[gymchick4]

i luv this poem it inspires me!! 5 stars!!

[gymnasticlove]

im inspired now to get far in gymnastics.

im a gymnast and it can be very hard.

[goldfish424]

are you a gymnast? if so what level. cute video.

[chachakid]

I'm actually not a gymnast, just a huge gymnastics fan :)

[noname4087]

ive nvr heard of s1 being a fan of gymnastics and not do the sport evrybody i know that arnt gymnats think the sport is gay

[bamagymnast94]

very nice poem and it is true i am a gymnast and it is frustrating sometimes!!!

[xxogymnastoxx]

soo true

[XXsiansterXX]

thats well true.

its all true.

and a good video.

[marac15]

awesome-it was made with love

[Anoollka]

beautiful and inspiring!

[SingingNerd16]

that is inspiring. did you write it?

[chachakid]

no i didn't write and i'm having troubles finding who did :)

[cirquedumaddy]

this poem is really inspiring. Im at the point right now where I cant do my stupid bar routine. Im gettting so tall that my feet drag on the floor when I swing now, so I have to pike my shoulders. Its really hard being a gymnast when you are tall, and Im not even at that high a level.

[chachakid]

well i'm glad to hear this was inspiring. I hope that gymnasts like Svetlana Khorkina are inspiring to you too, don't let something like height get in the way of something you love :)

[guitarchicka01]

try to turn ur hips

[cirquedumaddy]

this poam used to be on the bulliton board for my gym club

[clairebear70859]

i love this poem

[AlaskanGirlForever]

I used to recite this each time I went to the gym back in the 90's when I was a gymnast... :) Good poem :)

[chachakid]

Do you have any idea who wrote it? I found it on this website that stopped updating almost 3 years ago and i have no idea where they found it!

[AlaskanGirlForever]

I'm not sure...if I remember it was "anonymous" at the bottom of the poster... It sure is a good poem! Too true!

[mrsa1g]

What a wonderful poem...I am writing it out to put up in our gym...The girls are always going through tough times...this will inspire them!

[chachakid]

Wow, thats very inspiring to hear! Good Luck to all of them :)

[wisienka1]

i actually never been a gymnast, but i know how hard it is...

but i love that poem because as for me it's not only bout gymnast but bout other problems which we have to face...

[summer2020]

I know i was in gymnastics and it didnt work out and now i ride horses and it doent take the same things that gymnastics does!

[BJMEG]

very true thanks.............

[chachakid]

thanks for watching :)

[stace2345]

I love this video, everything there is true. Riding is no way harder, the physical and mental strength needed for gymnastics is huge. This song on here is amazing! Does anyone know what it is?

[chachakid]

The music is called moonlight sonata :) Thank you 4 your comment

[Saltos91]

I love this poem, and ??? why did someone post about riding.

[gymnastralohartley]

i can so relate to that and all the words im a level 7 gymnast and have gone through rough times and spots but u cant give in. My coach is really strict to and yells alot more than they need to i think.

[gymbabe8539]

OMG i love this video! i especially love the poem! so true!!! I just came back from a five month injury and this really apllied to me. Still does. Love it. keep up the videos = D

[morgan51192]

riding is a lot harder

[backflipbabe10]

riding as in horses?

yeah right.

i admit training horses and controling them is hard but it definitely does not require the same amount of stamina, pain, and frustration as gymnastics

[iSabeLLaLein]

every word is true

[Emii001]

its so sad and touching every word is true i always watch this vid!

[ayimaisley]

amazing

i'm thinking about translating it into spanish and send it to my friendss!

[chachakid]

That would be cool, my Windows Movie Maker got deleted! If i had it i would happily help out :(

[ayimaisley]

i translated just the text i have no idea how to do this kind of videos

if you want it in spanish ask for it

[xXxakgymnastixXx]

omg i love it! and every word is true...

[Emii001]

that is so sad i love it!!!

[gymnast706]

hey just wanted to say that i loved that poem sOO much i typed it up and gave it to my coach and the owner of my gym...

i think gymnastics is like fading when we all know its the best sport in the world...so dont let gymnastics be lost kay guyz?!!!!

ps i go to gymnastics unlimited in columbus, ga... where r u frm?

[RubberBandster6]

i love this.... im a gymnast too and i can relate to the poem. its very true.

[gymnast4ever9944]

i loooove this...but it goes a little fast!!! LOL

[LaurieGirlie101]

*sniff* wow it's like you were in my heart

thank you

~Laur

[Griegg]

I know what gymnasts go through and strive for, which is why the music is so perfect here. I would prefer having the text silently scroll up on the screen before the images begin, to inform without distracting. This is an excellent tone poem for me.

[partymonster975]

i feel like u read my mind...sorta

[chachakid]

Thats quite interesting, hey if this computer industry doesn't work for me i might become a psychic??? lol :)