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Back to school and Gymfinity
This is the time of year when kids are ready to go back to school. They have played all summer long and are ready to get back to the orderly day of school and after school activities. I remember as a child when the end of August rolled up that I was usually anxious to…
Read MoreGetting “serious” in the gym
Question I got the other day: When should my kid start serious gymnastics training? My Answer: The first thing I said was “never.” In my opinion, a child should always be having fun, and shouldn’t have to consider starting “serious” training. Once a child stops enjoying the sport, it’s only a matter of time before s/he quits altogether.…
Read MoreTnT Results
Gymfinity’s TnT team travelled to Des Moines Iowa last week to compete in the USTA National Championship. The kids packed up and carpooled together for the meet along with coach Scott Nilles, and found the trip was well worth it. Gymfinity’s kids made an impressive showing at the meet. Though the entire team did not compete,…
Read MoreUphill…both ways.
When I was a kid my Mom was notorious for telling me how rough it was for her growing up. Apparently she walked to school uphill both ways in 5 feet of snow all year long. Hearing this, my comment was “you went to school in the summer?” Missing the point completely but honing my…
Read MoreReasons why Gymfinity staff is the BEST in Dane County
What a great weekend! This last weekend Gymfinity was the host to a gymnastics summit. 6 Wisconsin gyms grouped together to bring a professional staff trainer from St. Louis Missouri in to assist with a group staff training. Coach/Business owner and lecturer Tom Burgdorf travelled to Madison to present to the staff from Gymfinity, Altius…
Read MoreTnT Trio heads to Nationals
Gymfinity’s TnT team heads to Nationals today, we wish them the best of luck. Theyt have worked hard all season and we are sure they will rock this competition. Good Luck Stevan, Kirsten and Whiskers
Read MoreGrabbing the “health bull” by the horns
Unstrap your feedbag (you’ll get that later) and lets take straight about the state of fiutness with ourselves and our children. Lets put away all of the polite and nice beating around the bush for one minute. We have become a sluggish culture of over-fat people who don’t exercise, eat too much and use our…
Read MoreSay what you mean, sure. But how do you say it?
I wanted to write about coaches and athletes but after my first re-read of this post, I see that the same article applies to parents and their children as well. When you read this substitute the words “Home” and “Kids” for “Gym” and “Gymnast”, you’ll see what I mean. The point is still very valid…
Read MoreWhy “not” Cheer?
We often have people ask us why we got rid of our cheer program and the answer is very complex. First and foremost, our program actually left us. Complaining that a program of 39 kids should have precedent over 2 programs with much higher enrollment (Gymnastics at 600+ and Tumble and Tramp at near 100),…
Read MoreGymfinity’s goal is to W.I.N. every meet and workout.
I recently found this written in a gymnastics blog and I wanted to reference it here because it parallels Gymfinity’s philosophy: I have paraphrased it in this post. Gymfinity’s goal and what we expect from our gymnasts in each meet is to W.I.N. By that we mean; W.I.N. as an acronym that stands for “What’s Important…
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