Dr. Becky Sage is one of the UK's most successful adult gymnasts - she's the three-time reigning over-30 national champion for adult gymnastics. She's also an entrepreneur who's had to be very mindful of how to create balance in her life. Becky joins Better Late host Pam Majumdar to talk about her journey, including how aerobic gymnastics brought her back to the sport, the state of adult gymnastics in the UK, how entrepreneurs can make room for training, and how she's learned to listen to her body as she manages an auto immune condition.

Former elite gymnast and NCAA athlete Andrea Orris hopes to make gymnastics more enjoyable for the athletes she coaches, from the club and competitive levels to adult beginners. Her mindset on the sport is one that's been shaped by hard-won lessons in health, self-care, and body image. Andrea joins Better Late to talk about conquering an eating disorder, regaining her love for gymnastics through her NCAA career, and how she's working to make basic gymnastics skills more popular for adults.

Laura Nielsen is one of the top CrossFit athletes in the world, but she didn't set out to be a competitive CrossFitter. She had done a little gymnastics as a child but she had to quit after her first competition, and her love for gymnastics has been fuel ever since. Laura joins Better Late host Pam Majumdar to talk about getting a scholarship to college as a cheerleader, and how her a desire to do gymnastics as an adult led to her joining World Class Gymnastics as a coach, where she was Pam's first competitive team coach. She talks about coaching an adult gymnast, why CrossFit is the perfect sport for any athlete with a gymnastics background, and using setbacks to push yourself forward.

The path to the Olympics is often linear, especially for gymnasts. Most gymnasts have just one shot to make the Olympics before they move on to college gymnastics or retire. When you diverge from the typical path, it only gets harder - and most of the difficulty is mental. Having peers who've been there and a committed support system go a long way. On this episode of Better Late, 2004 Olympian Mohini Bhardwaj Barry talks about overcoming obstacle after obstacle as she went from elite gymnastics to the NCAA to earning a spot on the 2004 Olympic team at the age of 25.

Olympian Marta Pihan-Kulesza is training for Tokyo and she's not letting the coronavirus lockdowns stop her. In this interview with Better Late, Marta talks about her gymnastics journey, training without a coach and how she learns new skills, and her new floor routine to Vogue. Plus, how she gets skills back and her tips for all adult gymnasts.

Danelle Pecht started competing gymnastics as an adult. As a coach in Houston and as the captain of the Space City Legacy adult gymnastics team, she navigates all the different gymnastics leagues and scoring structures including NAIGC, the Texas Gymnastics Conference, USAG, and the AAU, to help her team plan a competitive season. Danelle joins Pam Majumdar on Better Late to talk about why to start an adult gymnastics team and how to navigate the world of adult gymnastics competition. Danelle and Pam also talk about what an adult-first governing league might look like, the most and least likely U.S. cities to find adult gymnastics options, and why adult gymnastics may be the the key to saving the sport.

Simona Castro didn’t expect to go to the Olympics, never mind be a trailblazer for gymnastics in Chile. She was the first Chilean gymnast to compete in the Olympic Games (London 2012) alongside Tomas Gonzalez, and gymnastics in her country has been on an uptick since. In this interview with Better Late, Simona talks about focusing on big skills over big goals when she was young, how college gymnastics made her a better athlete, and how she’s training for the Tokyo Olympics as a 31-year-old in the middle of a pandemic.

Nate Sharpe started gymnastics after graduating from MIT. Eight years later, he’s gone from one event to 10 as he takes on the gymnastics decathlon. Nate joins Better Late to talk about how he got started, how pole vaulting and circus training shaped his learning path, and how he allocates his training time. He also shares tips for adults trying out the sport for the first time ever, which skills he finds the most fun and terrifying, and how he and his wife Julia and working to create better beginner introductory materials and guides through the NAIGC.

Danusia Francis joins Better Late to talk about her gymnastics journey, from watching the 2000 Olympics as a child to making it to the elite level in Great Britain, and then going on to compete for UCLA, where her dream of competing internationally was reignited. Danusia an Olympic spot for the Tokyo Games eight years after being an alternate for the UK team in 2012. She talks about maintaining a positive mindset, her training schedule, how she learns new skills compared to learning them as a child, using vision boards to manifest her goals, and her advice for adult gymnasts.

Does adult gymnastics have a PR problem? You can’t be what you don’t see. World feed commentator Olly Hogben has a front-row seat to gymnastics on a global scale like no one else. In this interview with Better Late, Olly talks about how he tries to tell the whole story of gymnastics when he covers international competitions, not just the story of one country or of the podium finishers, what he’s learned from the stories of athletes on unorthodox paths, why we sometimes we miss the really good stories in men’s gymnastics, and more.