Nutrition and supplements are something we don't hear about a lot in gymnastics, unless we are looking at Jonathan Horton's Instagram or Jake Dalton's Snapchat. We wanted to know what the latest science was and what progress was being made at USA Gymnastics in terms of eduction and outreach for the national team. This week we learn about the new partnership between Thorne Research and the United States Olympic Committee. Dr. Allan Miller N.D., Executive Director of Medical Education at Thorne Research discusses all things gymnastics and nutritional science:

• The latest science: what coaches, athletes, parents and national team coordinators should know.
• How gymnasts can take advantage of this new partnership.
• The WADA hack and anti-doping quality controls for supplements.
• WellnessFX - it's exactly what McKayla Maroney said the national team program needed! Diagnostic testing, nutritional science, and medicine help gymnasts peak when it counts.
• Gym MythBusters:
  • Muscle soreness can be stopped.
  • Chocolate milk is a quality recovery drink.
  • Athletes get enough nutrition from diet alone.

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• 200: Alicia Sacramone
• 187: McKayla Maroney
• 161: Women's Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo
• 168: Shannon Miller, Belarusgate, NED vs GB
• 148: Shannon Miller
• Episode 9: Chellsie Memmel, Swiss Cup & FIG Presidential Proposals
• Episode 15: Joan Ryan Author of Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
• Episode 17: Growing Up In The Soviet Gymnastics System And Training At Round Lake
• Episode 22: Beth Tweddle
• Episode 28: Kristen Maloney
• Episode 31: Elise Ray
• Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches
• Episode 48: Kyla Ross
• 61: Katelyn Ohashi Clears The Air
• 77: Aly Raisman
• 81: Jenny Hansen
• 99: Princess Catherine Lyons and Coach Rochelle Douglas
• 101: Olivia Vivian
• 137: Lady Lisa Mason

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

• Elite Massillia
  • WOGA trained Russian born, US green card holder, Irina Alexeva won the open division.
    • Alexeeva's bar routine (6.2 D / 14.833)
  • Anastasia Ilyankova (RUS) insane bar routine.
  • Alison Lepin (FRA) finished second AA with her upper-body gravity defying bars.
    • Lepin's coaches demonstrated WHY we pull the board
  • We solve Seda Tutkhalyan (RUS) falling five time problems (BB example here).
• Blume Memorial
  • Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) stuck triple back
  • Man with suspenders holding up his wind pants distracted us.
• Arthur Gander Memorial
  • Here are a few of Angelina Melnikova's (RUS) routines from the Arthur Gander Memorial, which she won.
  • Igor Radivilov (UKR) stuck Dragilescue
  • We discuss the prize money
• NCAA National Signing Day BB Situation highlights:
  • Kyla Bryant - Stanford - floor - DLO, open double tuck
  • Kyana George - Cal - is a queen!
  • If Katelyn Ohashi competes her laid out full on beam, we think it will be the first ever done in NCAA.

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

• Gabby and Simone shared a floor routine for the final tour stop! World peace ensued!
• Shawn Johnson spoke her TRUTH in this Tour Rant: It is AWESOME!
• Aliya got married.
• Former Federal Prosecutor Daniels will spearhead independent review of USAGym's handling of sexual misconduct issues. According to USAG the final report will be available to the public.
• Louis Smith and Luke Carson have been sanctioned
• Aly Raisman talks about some losers who bullied her for being 'too strong'
• "So, how stoned is 'too stoned' to spot a child on the uneven bars?" Child gymnastic coach's medical marijuana use goes to B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.
• Khorkina, Nemov, and Zamo can still do standing back tucks!
• Simone Biles thinks she can get better before 2020!
• Yuri Van Gelder: I didn't kill anyone; I just went to bed late.
• All gymnastics staff from front desk to janitorial and volunteers need to be background checked for felonies and misdomeanors. Jury trial scheduled for Jeena Nilson registered sex offender who was volunteering at her daughter's gymnastics school.
• Jesús Carballo García, former Spanish WAG national team coach, faced sexual abuse accusations
• The Gymternet has given us The Best World Finishes of All Time

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• 228: Leotards (Commissioned)
• 168: Shannon Miller, Belarusgate, NED vs GB
• 227: Jane Doe2 Sues Karolyis
• 225: 1992 Olympics Recap with Wendy Bruce (Commissioned)
• Balance Beam Situation Blog-Cast
• 224: Age of the Pegan
• 226: FIG Regime Change
• 223: Tasha Schwikert
• 222: New King
• 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor
• US Olympian Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against US Team Trainer/Physician
• 220: Get Your Random Trash Aerial Off My Lawn

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In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

• All-time greatest Hero vs. Villain match-ups in gymnastics
• What gymnastics costumes do you really hope we see for Halloween
• Best gymnastics in a movie that is NOT a gymnastics movie
• Our declarations for the incoming FIG President
• GymCastic elections
• Gymternet News: (37:22)
  • Books releases
  • Maroney photo hacker sentenced
  • Peggy Liddick's job is available.
  • Kyla Ross adjusting to college
  • USA Gymnastics makes men's team leadership overhaul:
    • Kevin Mazeika loses his Marta job.
    • USA Gymnastics statment on USOTC resident men's coach, Vitaly Marinitch, "USA Gymnastics has reviewed the needs of the men's resident program, including concerns that have been shared, and felt a change was necessary at the U.S. Olympic Training Center program in Colorado Springs. When this was discussed with Vitaly Marinich, he chose to resign."
• New Lawsuit against Larry Nassar, the Karolyis, USA Gymnastics, current president Steve Penny, past president Robert Colarossi, and the gymnast's personal coaches, Galina Marinova and Artur Akopyan. (59:10)
  • Women's Health article details how disturbingly common sexual assault by doctors is.
  • Geza Pozar re-confirms Romanian team accounts of beatings by Karolyis in ESPN Outside the Lines Report
  • The second lawsuit has pushed the listeners over the edge to rage. (1:20:45)
• THINX period underpants review. THINX absorb up to two tampons' worth of blood, yet they look and feel like a regular pair of underwear. (1:26:00)

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• 185: 2008 Olympic All-Around Finals (Commissioned)
• 74: Melanie Sinclair & A Review of Cirque's Amaluna
• 59: What it's like to be a Cirque du Soleil Talent Scout
• Episode 38: Svetlana Boginskaya
• 148: Shannon Miller
• Episode 15: Joan Ryan Author of Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
• Episode 17: Growing Up In The Soviet Gymnastics System And Training At Round Lake
• 187: McKayla Maroney
• 186: Amanda Borden
• 177: Stella Umeh
• 77: Aly Raisman
• Episode 48: Kyla Ross
• Episode 41: Laurie Hernandez & Coach Maggie Haney
• Episode 31: Elise Ray
• Episode 28: Kristen Maloney
• Episode 19: Andreea Raducan
• 223: Tasha Schwikert
• 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor
• US Olympian Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against US Team Trainer/Physician
• 220: Get Your Random Trash Aerial Off My Lawn
• Episode 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics
• 163: ENOUGH
• 210: Women's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games

In the news, Uncle Tim; Spencer; Jessica; and special guest, Charlie Burrows, acrobatic talent scout for Cirque du Soleil joins us to chat about:

• Romanian juniors are scoring 56's:
  • Junior national champion, Olivia Cimpian scored a 56.700
  • We kind of love Miss Galota's throwback Geza Pozar floor routine.
  • Andrea Raducan got married!
• British Gymnastics news:
  • Georgia May Fenton and Tyesha Mattis are back from injury.
  • Georgia's bar routine shows shades of Tweddle level potential.
  • Kelly Simm's beam mount is the kind of mount we long for elites to do!
  • Louis Smith and Luke Carson did something dumb and may be punished or not. (35:00)
• Charlie tells us what's new with Cirque:
  • Casting is happening and they are looking for gymnasts
  • Charlie's most embarrassing moments on stage
  • His trip to the Japanese Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
  • Recruiting in Japan: slippers and bowing and mis-translations
  • Can retired gymnasts make successful returns to Cirque? The case of Imogen Cairns.
  • Would Charlie recruit Laurie Hernandez?
  • We improve Simone's Music Video by creating our own scenarios for her. (18:30)
  • Charlie explains how trampoline and tumbling have already solved artistic gymnastics Execution vs Difficulty scoring problem. (53:30)
  • Words of wisdom for anyone considering applying for Cirque du Soleil.
• FIG Regime Change (41:33)
  • Reviewing the changes made and guffaws of Bruno Grandi.
  • Changes made at the FIG convention and the new Women's Technical Committee Chair (hint, it's NOT Nellie Kim).
  • What will the first ever, non-European President, Morinari Watanabe (JPN).
  • Rumors about the future of gymnastics in the Olympics Games.
  • Why business and gymnastics are a perfect match.
• Feedback (58:39)
  • Kim Gwan Suk's teeth have been found.
  • Who really won 1992 Olympics Trials, Shannon Miller or Kim Zmeskal?
• Update on the USA Gymnastics Sex Abuse Cover-Up Investigation by the Indianapolis Star.
  • In 2011, 19 former elite gymnasts endorsed an overhaul of the USA Gymnastics sexual misconduct guidelines, including three-time Olympian Dominique Dawes. Read details here.
  • In 2008, ESPN pointed out the flaws in the USAGym's rules and reporting policies in an E60 called Violated.

• Apply for Cirque du Soliel. See casting info for the gymnastics disciplines here.
• Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics push to be recognized by the FIG.
• Kenzo's 4.5 to front full , Sam Mikulak's million tkatchev's in a row.

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• 185: 2008 Olympic All-Around Finals (Commissioned)
• 74: Melanie Sinclair & A Review of Cirque's Amaluna
• 59: What it's like to be a Cirque du Soleil Talent Scout
• Episode 38: Svetlana Boginskaya
• 148: Shannon Miller
• Episode 15: Joan Ryan Author of Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
• Episode 17: Growing Up In The Soviet Gymnastics System And Training At Round Lake
• 187: McKayla Maroney
• 186: Amanda Borden
• 177: Stella Umeh
• 77: Aly Raisman
• Episode 48: Kyla Ross
• Episode 41: Laurie Hernandez & Coach Maggie Haney
• Episode 31: Elise Ray
• Episode 28: Kristen Maloney
• Episode 19: Andreea Raducan
• 223: Tasha Schwikert
• 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor
• US Olympian Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against US Team Trainer/Physician
• 220: Get Your Random Trash Aerial Off My Lawn
• Episode 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics
• 163: ENOUGH
• 210: Women's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games

This week's episode is brought to you by Club Gym Nerd members: Nicole Langevin of Precision Choreography, Rebecca W., Alison S. Allison B., Mary Anne M., and Suzanne M.

Uncle Tim, Spencer, Jessica and very special guest, 1992 U.S. Olympic medalist, Wendy Bruce Martin chat about the 1992 Olympics Games in Barcelona:

• The pre-Olympic Climate:
  • How the end of the Cold War shaped the Games
  • The media pressure on Kim Zmeskal and the heartbreaking life of Svetlana Boginkaya after the 1988 Olympics.
  • Kim Kelly and the shadiest U.S. Olympic Team selection of all time. (6:00)
  • Wedgie-gate, was it fair to punish three athletes for ill-fitting leotards? (16:00)
  • Uncle Tim's 1992 Code of Points and Competition Rules Quiz-Mageddon! (23:00)
  • The magic of the 1992 broadcast that included interviews with every controversial figure.
• The Competition (42:00):
  • Compulsories that took our breath away and should we still have them? Exhibit A: Vanda Hădărean (ROM) or Gruneneva (Unified Team). Eastern Bloc beauty.
  • The judging crack epidemic of 1992. Exhibit B: Christina Bontas's 9.9 beam routine.
  • Kim Zmeskal fell on beam and the world didn't actually end.
  • The glory of North Korea, Kim Gwang Suk on bars. All praise the dear leader.
• Team Finals (1:02:00)
  • Kerri Strug's family fashion.
  • The Karolyi double back set on beam, AKA freeze in mid-air before flip.
  • U.S. and Australian leotards.
  • Why Wendy felt embarrassed of her bronze medal for too long.
• The All-Around Final (1:16:00)
  • Galieva-Gate
  • The most common skills of the quad and the routines that were way ahead of their time, like Tatiana Lysenko (Unified).
  • Luisa Portocarrera (CAN/GTM), beam goddess. Watch it here.
  • Shannon Miller vs. Tatiana Gutsu showdown. Was the judging fair? We decide. (1:26:00)
• Event Finals (1:29:19)
  • Tatiana Lysenko's double twisting yurchenko vs. the world; the 1992 vault final.
  • The Beam Final: Li Lu - press handstand to HEALY to arch pose! Pour out some Yang Bo. Lysenko's backspin, Shannon Miller. One of the greatest beam finals of all time.
  • The Bars Final: The bars medalists got air on the bars that were super close together. Lu Li got mega air and Kim Gwang Suk - TKATCHEV TO COUNTER KIM! WHAT?!
  • The Floor Final: Lavinia Milosovici's Romanian tumbling greatness, Henrietta Onodi's triple full, Gutsu's split leg double layout, so much genius!
• Shenanigans and the Legacy of the 1992 Olympics (1:43:05)
  • Steve Nunno's motivational poster quotes.
  • Bela Karolyi or Donald Trump quotes quiz.
  • The training schedule for the U.S. Team. Yes, two-a-day practices.
  • The new breed of positive coaches. (1:51:53)

• Claudia Miller (Shannon Miller's mom), wrote a book called, "My Child My Hero." A gym nerd must-read.

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• 185: 2008 Olympic All-Around Finals (Commissioned)
• Episode 38: Svetlana Boginskaya
• 148: Shannon Miller
• Episode 15: Joan Ryan Author of Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
• Episode 17: Growing Up In The Soviet Gymnastics System And Training At Round Lake
• 187: McKayla Maroney
• 186: Amanda Borden
• 177: Stella Umeh
• 77: Aly Raisman
• Episode 48: Kyla Ross
• Episode 41: Laurie Hernandez & Coach Maggie Haney
• Episode 41: Laurie Hernandez & Coach Maggie Haney
• Episode 31: Elise Ray
• Episode 28: Kristen Maloney
• Episode 19: Andreea Raducan
• 223: Tasha Schwikert

While we are preparing for next week's epic commissioned episode, please enjoy, not one, but two blog-casts from The Balance Beam Situation. If you'd like to hear a sample of our commissioned episodes, check out our recap of the 2008 Olympic all-around final here.

• The Balance Beam Situation full blog posts with gifs and screen caps galore:
  • American Horror Story: The Ranch here.
  • Vampires and Nadia Comaneci: The Karolyi Story here.

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• 185: 2008 Olympic All-Around Finals (Commissioned)
• 223: Tasha Schwikert
• 222: New King
• 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor
• US Olympian Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against US Team Trainer/Physician
• 220: Get Your Random Trash Aerial Off My Lawn

• 219: Rio Olympic Event Finals Day 3, Gala, Houry Behind the Scenes Deets!
• Greatest Gymnast Ever by Medal Count: Svetlana Khorkina vs. Simone Biles
• Height, Ages and Repeat U.S. Olympic Gymnasts
• 210: Women's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
• 209: Men's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
• 208: Rio Olympics Preview
• 207: A History of Political Protests in Gymnastics
• 206: The Russian Situation
• 10 Most Popular GymCastic Episodes
• 200: Alicia Sacramone

While we are preparing for next week's epic commissioned episode, please enjoy, not one, but two blog-casts from The Balance Beam Situation. If you'd like to hear a sample of our commissioned episodes, check out our recap of the 2008 Olympic all-around final here.

• The Balance Beam Situation full blog posts with gifs and screen caps galore:
  • American Horror Story: The Ranch here.
  • Vampire and Nadia Comaneci: The Karolyi Story here.

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• Commission your own episode or join the group commissions here.

• 185: 2008 Olympic All-Around Finals (Commissioned)
• 223: Tasha Schwikert
• 222: New King
• 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor
• US Olympian Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against US Team Trainer/Physician
• 220: Get Your Random Trash Aerial Off My Lawn

• 219: Rio Olympic Event Finals Day 3, Gala, Houry Behind the Scenes Deets!
• Greatest Gymnast Ever by Medal Count: Svetlana Khorkina vs. Simone Biles
• Height, Ages and Repeat U.S. Olympic Gymnasts
• 210: Women's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
• 209: Men's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
• 208: Rio Olympics Preview
• 207: A History of Political Protests in Gymnastics
• 206: The Russian Situation
• 10 Most Popular GymCastic Episodes
• 200: Alicia Sacramone

IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

• Retirements, Valerie's first official camp as team coordinator, US Team to the White House, Ponor dragged into election scam, Lauren Mitchell retires, and Ellis O'Reilly's fractured vertebrae.
• The answer to the question: where's Gabby Douglas?
• Why the UK men are all learning Pegan's on high bar.
• What leotard designs do we want to see now that GK has a deal with Disney.
• A British promoter is marketing the British Gymnastics all-around World Cup. We give him our advice on how to host the best meet ever.
• Gymnastics scoring displays: what ice skating and baseball already have that we need.
• An update on the allegations against USA Gymnastics team doctor, Larry Nassar, and USA Gymnastics sex abuse cover-up investigation.
• Dancing shows update on Laurie Hernandez and Claudio Fragapane.
• The NCAA has pulled all championships out of North Carolina because state laws makes it legal to discriminate against LGBT citizens. Should USA Gymnastics do the same?
• Your Feedback on our Sacramone interview, WADA hack and the ethical conundrum of buying tickets to the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions during the USAG Sex Abuse Cover Up scandal.

Watch the continuous graphic which shows difficulty score adds up, in real time, as the ice skating routine is performed. https://youtu.be/f44iy1dU2-M?t=1m24s A blind eye to sex abuse: How USA Gymnastics failed to report cases. Read the report here.

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• 223: Tasha Schwikert
• 222: New King
• 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor
• US Olympian Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against US Team Trainer/Physician
• 220: Get Your Random Trash Aerial Off My Lawn

• 219: Rio Olympic Event Finals Day 3, Gala, Houry Behind the Scenes Deets!
• Greatest Gymnast Ever by Medal Count: Svetlana Khorkina vs. Simone Biles
• Height, Ages and Repeat U.S. Olympic Gymnasts
• 210: Women's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
• 209: Men's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
• 208: Rio Olympics Preview
• 207: A History of Political Protests in Gymnastics
• 206: The Russian Situation
• 10 Most Popular GymCastic Episodes
• 200: Alicia Sacramone

Olympic medalist, NCAA Champion, law school graduate (currently waiting for her bar results) and legend of the dance floor, Tasha Schwikert, joins us this week. Tasha (and her baby daughter) joined us to discuss:

• Gym Mythbusters: did she really learn a back handspring on the side of the bathtub, did she give her NCAA AA trophy to Maloney, and more...
• Her famous perceived snub of USA Gymnastics president, Steve Penny.
• Being designated a Vegas Gymnast and a rebel by the New York Times.
• Her lifelong relationship with GymCats coach Cassie Rice.
• The difference between Bela Karolyi and Martha (Marta) Karolyi as national team coordinators.
• How she managed not to tear her achillies despite lifelong achillies problems.
• The 2000 Olympics:
  • Making the team as the second alternate
  • What she thought of fans perception that it was her fault Jamie Dantzscher and Alyssa Beckerman were snubbed in Sydney.
• The current abuse investigation and cases against USA Gymnastics:
  • Her experience and opinion of the abuse review system she served under.
  • Serving on the USAG Ethics, Grievance and Safe Sport Committee where she voted to ban coaches like Don Peters.

Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

• The allegation update of Dr. Larry Nassar
  • 20 more women have come forward
  • Contradictions between the USAG and Nassar quotes
  • Nassar fired from MSU
  • Update on the Georgia case that seeks to release all of the abuse allegation files USAG has
  • USOC announced a Safe Sport agency
• Dipa Karmakar's coach Bishweshwar Nandi seems like a jerk
• Ferrari surgery and future
• Jessica's review of the Kellogg's Tour

The McCabe Timeline: A Trail of Warnings.

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• 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor
• US Olympian Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against US Team Trainer/Physician
• 220: Get Your Random Trash Aerial Off My Lawn
• Episode 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics
• 163: ENOUGH
• 63: Doctor Larry Nassar
• Episode 28: Kristen Maloney
• Episode 31: Elise Ray
• 210: Women's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games