Tumbling Along With Betsy

Gina Paulus is a trainer, and owner of Home Bodies In-Home Fitness Training. She is a coach who works with adult gymnasts and regular people all over the world. She is also a two time author of books Mind Over Fatter and Change Your Weights. Her world renown adult gymnastics camps and her “Just like Fine Wine” Facebook group are the main reason I wanted this amazing lady to come on the show. We focus our talk on adult gymnastics, its evolution, importance and why we should be open to having a...

Cindy Bickman has been the owner of Chattoogta School of Gymnastics and Dance since 1976.She is the coordinator of the HUGS program, the Hope Unites Gymnastics with Special Athletes as well as the Special Olympics International Ambassador.Cindy has been working with the special needs community in our sport for decades and is the “go to” for learning and understanding how our special needs community is THRIVING through our sport. For me, the podcast hit home, as I am the pare...

As teachers and coaches how can we be great role models and leaders for our very young and impressionable girls?According the Cheryl Tomlinson, Self-Esteem is a daily practice. We practice fitness, gymnastics, our arts or career paths, why don’t we practice self-esteem?On episode 25 of Tumbling Along With Betsy, I speak with my dear friend Cheryl Tomlinson, a leader in the educational community, about ways we can help our young people achieve self esteem as well as how women can help one anot...

In this episode I interview world renown physical therapist Gina Pongetti, who has traveled the world aiding and training Olympic, World Champion and competitive gymnasts at every age and ability. We discuss everything from her recent stint at the Olympics and the “twisties," to more topics such as athlete awareness, wellness, and more controversial topics such as the history of abuse in our sport, nutrition, eating disorders, injuries, advocating for athlet...

World Champion and Olympic Elite Gymnast, Chellsie Memmel, aged 33 is on top of the world. This past gymnastics season, Chellsie rocked the gymnastics community as she made an amazing comeback to the Elite Gymnastics World. In this podcast we discus how Chellsie has found joy again in her sport, by training on her own terms, balancing family time, recovery time, mom time and work time all in the name of JOY for the sport. We also discuss what drove her to com...

Are you a gym owner, coach or entrepreneur who is seeking a better way to run your business,,, or you know there there is a better way, but you don’t know how to get there? As Jason always says: ‘You Can’t Steer the ship while you’re busy serving drinks in the lounge”Jason Silverman is a serial business coach and entrepreneur who is 100 percent passionate about making the world a better place one business at a time. He helps gym owners and business owners get out o...

“It’s All About Change” In this episode of Tumbling Along with Betsy, Author Melisa Torres and I discuss many important topics facing the world of gymnastics, including her newest book: “Season Of Change” which deals with topics ranging from a new gym, new coaches and relearning skills, all challenging parts of a gymnast’s journey. We also discuss a major them in her next book series: PUBERTY and BODY CHANGES and how this will be a central them in the next segment of her Per...

Gymnastics is a scary sport and as a former Elite gymnast, Ariana LeBlanc has first hand knowledge of the mental challenges surrounding the sport. She uses her past experiences as a fearful, anxious athlete suffering from low self esteem, as fuel to help her top level athletes gain mindfulness, emotional, mental and physical control of their actions in the gym. In Episode 20 of Tumbling Along with Betsy we cover: -Why gymnastics is such a scary sport-Offer hope to...

Where Engineering meets gymnastics! If you are a coach of gymnastics, young or old, take some time to listen to this refreshing up and coming coach! Coach Taylor and I are just two coaches hanging out talking about his journey in gymnastics, his passion and recent career change. We discuss the structure of the sport and how it molded him. The love and WHY people need to do gymnastics!!! How gymnastics is quite simply PHYSICS and how it carries over to EVERYTHING in life! We also discuss ...

John Min is a PASSIONATE gymnastics coach and gym owner of MAGMA Gymnastics in Bridgewater and Phillipsburg, NJ. He has successfully opened two gyms within the time frame of the pandemic. Our conversations range from discussing the challenges of gymnastics in the current climate, toxic gym culture, inclusivity and diversity, body image and nutrition, sharing knowledge amongst and between coaches, strategies on helping kids when they want to quit and supporting the athlete th...