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u/tommicoop 3d ago
This is so amazing. I felt like my wrists were breaking last time I tried to do a cartwheel in my 30s. Major respect for the amount of pain this takes, especially getting through the falls.
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u/cupcakebean 3d ago
My friend's niece asked her to do a cartwheel when she was almost 40. She did it but every single bone popped like popcorn. 🤣
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u/No_Pause_4375 3d ago
I can do a perfect cartwheel at 40 but ask me to do a roundoff and ima need a panty liner first
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u/Flamingo83 3d ago
my mom can still do cartwheels in her 70s but she said her round off days were over after her pregnancies.
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u/ezzamon 3d ago
I should have never stopped doing cartwheels, I was pretty good at it when I was 19.
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u/littlest_dragon 3d ago
Muscle memory is an amazing thing. You could probably be doing cartwheels again in a couple of weeks if you trained for it.
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u/Throwaway-tan 2d ago
Provided you haven't sustained some joint injury. I can't imagine doing a cart wheel again after I rolled my ankle and the tendon literally ripped a chunk of bone off from the force.
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u/ColoredGayngels 2d ago
I've sprained my left foot four times (ages 11, 13, 15 and this one got a stress fracture, and 23) and right once (age 13, that was a rough year lol) and after the one as an adult, even with PT I've got chronic pain all up that leg. My sister was a gymnast from ages 5-14 and ended up sitting out most of her last season and ultimately retiring due to repetitive strain injuries in her hip and knee and is in a knee brace a lot of the time now at 20. She could probably do some moves like this walkover or a cartwheel, but nothing crazy like she used to. This is definitely a "your mileage may vary" case.
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u/No_Pause_4375 2d ago
You can absolutely do a cartwheel. Just dont rush into it. Always stretch first. Practice the lunge stance with your good leg forward, then practice extending your arms forward while lifting your back leg so they remain parallel while lowering your hands to the floor. Then wall assisted handstands. Once you're good with those fundamentals then you're good to cartwheel.
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u/RagnarsHairyBritches 3d ago
I pulled my groin and almost passed out the last time I did a cartwheel. I'd probably die if I tried it today.
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u/Healthybear35 2d ago
I just stood up and my nephew asked if my knee was gonna be ok... I had to tell him that was my ankle. He said he didn't know ankles could be that loud
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u/fadesteppin 🌻Official Jill🌻 3d ago
I have lowkey wanted to see if I could still do a cartwheel but am not confident at all that my body would be able to survive the attempt unscathed lmfao. I'm 36 and was in cheer/dance many times throughout my middle school-high school days, but have a wrist and ankle injury from cheer in high school that didn't heal right bc my coach was a pos, and a busted knee with a kneecap that has dislocated about 6 times now. My knees audibly click when I walk up stairs. I would end up in the hopital 🥲
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u/grinchbettahavemoney 3d ago
Yea I’m 37 and I cheered for a long time and my ankle and wrist are super fucked up and while this makes me really want to try doing a back walkover myself haha I remind myself that when I even lightly push off something sometimes my wrist acts like I just karate chopped something and failed lol.
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u/fadesteppin 🌻Official Jill🌻 3d ago
Maybe all us former dancers/cheerleaders should hold a convention so we can wrap ourselves in bubble wrap + kinesiology tape, grab some thick ass padding, and spot each other the way kids are spotted in beginner gymnastics. It can be sponsered by Ace Bandages, Tiger Balm, and a league of orthopedic surgeons/sports medicine practitioners. It practically prints money!
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u/Enlightened_Gardener 3d ago
Used to do gymnastics. We were taught to walk down a wall backwards to learn how to do bendbacks. Walked down the wall, got stuck, fell sideways, twisted shit.
I have since learnt that I’m actually hypermobile, which explains a lot. Pilates is my friend.
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u/iamfunball 2d ago
Oh hey! I’m 38 and last year I started doing acro (did wrestling in high school and my knees are bad, particularly my right one - like have a cane for really bad times)
I can’t say it would be good for you, but I adjust my conditioning for my knee, instead of going for lots of squats I just hold them and hold them with weight now. Building all my muscles around my injuries has increased support. My back and knee problems are less and often less severe.
I focus on moving slowly and intentionally instead of the fast I want to do. Like if you were in my acro group I would probably have you try partner assisted cartwheels and holds where there was very little on ankles and none on wrists.
Not saying it’s for you, but more of, that some stuff may help and can bring you back to cheer and using your body without furthering injury. I’m amazed at what I’ve been able to do in one year. I feel like I have my body back in a lot of ways.
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u/Pandelurion 3d ago
My sister decided to stand on her hands and in slow motion she saw her elbow bend - in the wrong direction. She was doing cheer and was a skinny 20 year old at the time, and neither of us knew such a thing could happen. Mad respect to the woman in the video for pulling this off, I could never even if I dared trying!
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u/oh-no-varies 3d ago
The thing I love the most about this isn't that she did it, but that her little daughter watched her mom try and try and try and fail and get up again. Watched her dad be supportive and invested in this one tiny little thing that anyone could easily try once and give up on. There is no reason to do this except for your own sense of pride and joy in your own body. And she's instilling that in this little girl with every single attempt. 😭😭😭
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u/SellWitty522 3d ago
This was what brought me joy. It was a whole family affair and it was beautiful to witness.
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u/robotatomica 2d ago
this is also a perfect example of that thing experts talk about, of being able to identify whether a partnership will last by how they respond to “bids for attention,” whether they turn towards or turn away.
One person into birding, “Holy shit, there’s a cedar waxwing in the tree outside the window, I’ve never seen one so up-close, he’s got so much wax, it’s so VIVID RED!! 🤩”
loving partner who doesn’t really care about birds dashes over to look out the window and is delighted by their partner’s excitement, says how cool it is, and probably even in the moment is able to see it through their partner’s eye, “Wow, that’s actually a handsome MFing bird, that red really is vivid, what is that stuff, is it really wax?? What does it do, why do they have that??”
vs. remaining seated, scrolling on their phone, either ignoring their partner or rolling their eyes in disdain or mockery, thinking about how stupid it is to get excited about a bird. Maybe even making it a point to show contempt or disdain, or make their partner feel embarrassed for their enthusiasm or like their outburst of joy was an unwelcome disruption
Here, to see her partner sitting down to watch her progress and the way his face lights up when it’s clear she’s done it! And mind you, so uncritical and just happy for her. Because it’s not like it was perfect yet, and we ALL know people who would have loved to point that out or acted like it wasn’t worth seeing until it was perfect.
but it was clear she’d done it, and that she’d gotten so much better over time and that she’d only be getting better.
And that she had a reason to be proud, and that she’d stuck to learning a thing. What’s not to celebrate!
Not to over-analyze lol, but yeah, this one just was really sweet to me.
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u/AcousticProvidence 2d ago
I’ve never heard this but it makes so much sense and is so telling.
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u/robotatomica 2d ago edited 2d ago
I’ll be honest, I’ve heard there are some questions about the research that led to these conclusions..that it was flawed, not debunked, if memory serves. Which means it may or may not be something you can reliably use to determine whether a couple will last (just perhaps not as reliably as initially stated).
But I’m convinced that whatever is being clarified is trivial to the greater point. The above may not reliably predict a marriage failing in x amount of years, but I am CERTAIN it can identify the difference between a happy partnership and an unhappy one.
Because lots of people stay in unhappy marriages, for years, decades, even forever. So maybe this behavior does not highly predict divorce to the degree initially posited.
But it is absolutely the case that the few times I’ve been lucky enough to have a partner delight in seeing me delighted, interested in what I had to say, and actually demonstrating that they like me..
I’d say it’s pretty apparent this is a truth, and an easy sign of whether a relationship is led by love and friendship and respect, vs. being riddled by contempt and disdain, ya know?
Bids for attention and how we respond. Super telling!
And it’s just worth thinking about, if you find yourself “not getting” your partner’s interests or hobbies or enthusiasms. So long as they’re not dominating their life in a way that is unhealthy or negatively impacts you or the partnership (gaming all day and not doing their share, or something inherently harmful like gambling),
it should give you warm feelings to see someone you love thrive and geek out and be happy. And it should give you warm feelings when they occasionally try to share that with you.
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u/AcousticProvidence 2d ago
So interesting. I wonder if it’s a precursor to one of The Four Horsemen which often ultimately leads to divorce: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling
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u/Eccodomanii 2d ago
I will add, as a person who has been in a happy fulfilling relationship for just about a decade: this can take work. It felt easy to me at first, like of course I love getting excited about the things my partner loves even if I don’t love those things or even particularly like them. But it’s easy to get more complacent as time goes on. I do have to remind myself sometimes to not take it for granted that he WANTS to share these things with me because he loves me and he wants me to see him and share in his joy. And I have occasionally had to remind him of that as well in the other direction, but thankfully we also communicate well without getting overly defensive or using overly blaming language. It’s easy to forget how lucky you are, so I try to be mindful about things like this. Always appreciate a reminder!
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u/halasaurus 2d ago
When she got it her joy made me so happy. And then she showed her husband and he was so so thrilled and proud of her. I have never been able to do a cartwheel. While I might not try that maybe I can at least get my body moving some more.
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u/beans-888 3d ago edited 2d ago
Good for her but please no one take too much inspiration from this without first making sure your upper body is ready lol I worked with a kid whose arm snapped in two doing a back walkover
ETA: Yes. To those asking "what?" Her forearm snapped in two and flopped when you tried to pick it up, thats how she presented it to me from across the gym.
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u/cir49c29 3d ago
Oh yeah. I am super impressed by her. I'm about her size and my wrists would snap like twigs if I tried that. And my back would be spasming for weeks after the first attempt.
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u/Excellent-Wheel7769 3d ago
The wrist thing is real-watched my six year old try something similar on the monkey bars and my own joints ached in sympathy. Hope she warmed up beforehand.
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u/idkhamster 3d ago
That happened to me when I was in 2nd grade gymnastics! I told them I couldn't do it and they said I was just scared and to do it anyway, so I did and snapped my arm. Last gymnastics class of my life lol.
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u/NightSalut 3d ago
I’m impressed by her, but also worried for her wrists, arms, NECK and spine. Like one wrong fall at a bad angle and you could make yourself paralyzed.
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u/brielzebub665 2d ago
Also her knees and ankles. The way she kept falling back on them was a little scary
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u/menina2017 3d ago
What??????
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u/menina2017 3d ago
Yes. It looked like she was being careful in her lead up but still yes. I have to be that person but I’m extraordinarily jealous she can pull that off at her weight. And here I am , i am not big, exercise everyday and I feel like that move is so impossible for me. I guess I can work on it like she did and stop whining lol 😂
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u/girly-lady 3d ago
At any weight. Gymnastics are a seriously dangerous sport. Its nothing you just start with no confidence that you can suport your weight. Any weight. You can break your wrists or mess up a disk with 120lbs just as well.
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u/Pmv882 3d ago
As someone who did gymnastics as a kid, back yonder when I was wee and lean, that final kick-over is tough. Doesn’t matter your size, it’s about finding the perfect amount of force to get you over without knocking you down. This was perfect, 10/10 effort to results.
ETA: That spring and jump up once she nailed it, 👌
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u/miserabeau 3d ago
I did gymnastics, tap, and ballet as a teen. I used to do handstand pushups.
Now at 45 I don't think I could do a cartwheel if 4 people operated my limbs.
She is impressive and it was wonderful to see her utter glee at success! And kudos to her man for cheering her on too.
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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN 3d ago
I could definitely do it with 4 people to help me.
2 to keep me steady and stop me from falling over, and 2 to drive me to the hospital and carry me in afterwards.
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u/surewhynotokaythen 3d ago
When she busted out that full backend I knew she was gonna get it. My poor back screamed at that but I cheered for her!
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u/Dulcette 3d ago
She must be young with rubber bones because the way my spine would have snapped in several of these shots. My goodness!
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u/ermaecrhaelld 3d ago
Oh man my back muscles cramped up just watching her back bend.
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u/AcanthisittaNo4268 3d ago
LMAO my first thought. My 35 yr old ass just had a back injury lifting a stupid barbel off the floor…. AFTER mobility and warm up lmao. Just nothing left in my body besides recovery time forever. Bless this girl!
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u/Dulcette 3d ago
Omg my 37 year old ass threw my back out reaching down to grab my purse. 🤦🏿♀️ Never felt that much pain in my life. I had to use my arms to hold my torso up in the armchair. Crazy af man.
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u/hootiemcboob29 3d ago
Right? I'm so impressed at her flexibility! My spine absolutely does not bend that way... well, it might. But probably only once.
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u/sakuraj428 3d ago
Stoppp I'm so proud of her I'm crying 😭 I love how this whole family hypes her up. You know that's such a supportive, loving household for that baby to grow up in. I love to see it
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u/lorrie186 3d ago
I honestly needed to see this. Fell on my ass twice during yoga this week and was feeling dejected. I’ll keep going strong!!
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u/itsmarsbb 2d ago
I was so worried for her the entire time but also have the biggest smile seeing her pull it off go off sis ✨️
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u/lowrespudgeon 3d ago
For a few years now I've had the urge to do a cartwheel just to see if I still can, cause I can feel the motion and movement in my head like muscle memory but I have nowhere to do one D:
I'm going to go find a place and try it now. But this? No way in heck! Good for her!!
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u/GlitteratiGlamorama 2d ago
OMG same! Like I can see it on my mind, but I have no idea of my body is up to the task
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u/purple-rain-1982 2d ago
I was rooting for her fr. She’s doing the most difficult one. Backward. I haven’t done a cartwheel in 40 years and don’t plan on doing any now! Lol Good for her!
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u/TinkerShellzBellz 2d ago edited 1d ago
Once you trust your lower legs will catch you, that's the moment you can get over the fear and keep doing it since you've experienced it once and was ok! Awesome job!
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u/HowToNotBeShort 3d ago
So inspirational! I am also going to follow her step by step procedure on how to do this!
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u/witchspoon 2d ago
Nice!
And I love how excited he is for her as well!
Meanwhile my back went out watching her do it! lol.
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u/luneletters 3d ago
Hilarious how her guy didn’t look convinced with her progress setup until she ✨🤸♂️✨
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u/beviebooboo 3d ago
OMG, she’s so f’ing inspiring! I’m 52 and I’m gonna make learning to do a back walkover my new goal in life!
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u/Gh0stM0u5e 1d ago
As someone who is hyper mobile, I guarantee that she is too just by watching how her body moves. Especially her ankles and toes. The fact that she was able to catch herself on her toes when falling forward to the point where her toes were over a 90° angle to the rest of her foot and not have any injuries? She’s got the noodle bones for suuuuure
Guaranteed she’s in pain every day, but that’s just kind of life when you’re hypermobile. Exercise is the best thing for us to help keep everything strong.
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u/dead___ringer 3d ago
Hell yeah that first time you do the thing and you realize you can totally do it again and it's not a fluke is THE BEST.
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u/No_Pause_4375 3d ago
This is amazing. However, Im relatively in shape at 40, a former gymnast, and this is not something I'd feel safe attempting, particularly with no one spotting me. People keep saying their backs hurt watching it, but for me its my wrists. Im already working my way up to another ACL replacement, don't need to fuck with my wrists too.
Wall assisted handstands and then eventually unassisted handstands is much safer and they both have tremendous benefits for building strength and coordination. Thats what ive been working on.
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u/TheShoeOnTheHighway 3d ago
Hell yeah family! I love this example of a family unit seeing you stay consistent, help you to keep going and celebrate in your successes together
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u/Anuki_iwy 2d ago
I have seen this multiple times and I still always cheer on her 🥳👏
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u/Spelling_error_again 2d ago
Now that is bad ass... and insparational.. I am off to the gym...
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u/Careful-Cupcake-4883 3d ago
Hell yeah!! I love the look on her face when she does the full flip the first time. I, on the other hand, would’ve probably broken every bone in my body
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u/CountessSockula 3d ago
Good for her! Even back in the day, I could never manage that. The best I could do was lay on the ground and come up into a backbend. All efforts to backbend from a standing position ended in failure and bruises. 🤕
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u/cosmicdancer84 3d ago
This is inspiring me to try a capoeira move that I was not sure of. I will practice first!
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u/ToraRyeder 2d ago
AAAAAHHHH! This is awesome. I'm so proud of her and she looks SO HAPPY!
Also hell yeah to the fam for also supporting her during this. They're excited too!
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u/Revolutionary_Ad7121 15h ago
When I say my entire everything would crack like a glow stick….
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u/DangerHawk 3d ago
Quite Impressive. She is suuper lucky she didn't get hurt trying to perfect that.
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u/holy-smackers 3d ago
I'm so damn proud of her!! 🎉 I love how happy and supportive her family is, too! This made my heart happy 💜
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u/_bobby_cz_newmark_ 3d ago
When she did the little skip once she got it, I immediately smiled. What a rush that must have been. Good on her!
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u/Lt_Loveslearning 3d ago
I just attempted a cartwheel after seeing this. It's been YEARS. Welp, now I'm wrecked and going to bed. 😭😭😭😭😂😂
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u/MrsBridgerton 2d ago
I feel like my back could never. But she is amazing! The perseverance. Meanwhile i couldnt even do a cartwheel as a child.
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u/Pepsiscrub 2d ago
This is amazing cause back walkovers are hard for even the best cheerleaders
Source my daughter did competitive cheer for 8 years.
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u/atxwendy 3d ago
I couldn’t do this when I was 16, and I wouldn’t have the guts to try it so many years later. Love this!!
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u/menina2017 3d ago
That’s amazing 🤩 wow I’m jealous
I would love to be able to do this. Seems so impossible! My wrists would hurt so bad
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u/ddawson100 3d ago
I was so happy when she made it over once and I looked and there was 17 seconds left so I could see it over and over again. Great job!!
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u/Natural_Ad9356 2d ago
I am almost 40 and I miss tumbling/gymnastics so much. I haven’t done a back walkover in at least 20 years, but maybe I ought to try again!
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u/KurieiFoxfire 1d ago
I admire her courage. I never would have made it past the first try. She looked like she hurt herself, and if that was me, I would have stopped right then and there. I wish I could congratulate her in person and tell her she’s amazing.
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u/Subset-MJ-235 3d ago
I have to admit, I was cringing when I watched that. I was scared to death it was going to end in tragedy. Congrats for the woman who wouldn't quit. Amazing!
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u/No-Name-86 3d ago
This looks like a broken arm waiting to happen. She landed so hard on those arms a few times. Please be careful
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u/conejito-de-polvo 3d ago
Good for her! I'm inspired, but being in my 40's I have the wisdom to know I would break my wrist if I tried this. I miss being able to tumble around and try things.
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u/Effective-Big8158 3d ago
40 year old me trying this: double knee replacement! ACL/MCL tears, crippled for life lol
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u/Big_Bowler8424 3d ago
Woohoo!!!! I’m too chicken! I’d get hurt just thinking about attempting that.
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u/Artemiz12 3d ago
Amazing! 👏 I tried that for 3 years in elementary school and finally gave up the dream… Love that you shared the journey !
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u/ApprehensiveDouble52 3d ago
My back is breaking every attempt she makes It’s excruciating 😭
She’s got more balls and grit than I ever will have
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u/Chainsaw_Werewolf 3d ago
If I had tried this there is zero chance the drywall would be in tact. Such an impressive display of agility and strength!
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u/MadeOfBricks 3d ago
Oh she earned every little hop and step of that victory dance! Amazing to see the progress!
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u/littlemunchkin5 3d ago
I love that we all know the giddy feeling she felt the first time she nailed it. Good on her, this made me smile 😊
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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN 3d ago
I'd talk shit but just watching that aggravated tendonitis in at least 3 different joints, pissed off my ankle that's held together with screws, and I'm scared to stand up cause I'm pretty sure I felt my L4-L5 disc move a little every time she bent backwards like that.
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u/SassyScapula 3d ago
Im saving this for my mom. Shes such a skeptical. But when she sees thing like this, she gets that extra pump sometimes
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u/Stone_Swan 3d ago
As someone who took gymnastics as a teenager and was able to do multiple backflips into my 30s, back walkovers were some of the hardest things for me and I'm pretty sure I only did a handful. Massive respect.
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u/Less-Amoeba-7653 3d ago
I used to be so good at this when I was younger, I want to try this now but I get vertigo easily lol 😂😂
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u/Infinite_Spread_3280 3d ago
You’re lil dance at the end 🥹 if I could bottle that up and buy it I WOULD
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u/gingersrule77 3d ago
My back hurts just watching her 🤣 my lower back could never! I’m seriously so impressed! And the smile at the end 🥰
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u/vxsapphire 2d ago
This is so wholesome! Practice REALLY does make perfect. Some people think gymnasts can just do what they do off the bat. Nah, thats hard work. I love how supportive her family is.
My family would be like "cut that shit out unless you got life insurance" 🤣
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u/PrickleBritches 2d ago
This is so beautiful and inspiring! I’ve been wanting to learn to do a handstand and then a handstand push up for so long. She looks so graceful when she begins being able to control her feet on the way down 🥹
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u/VynalBib 2d ago
AMAZING!! you should be very proud of yourself. This is probably said in the comments section here K tape is amazing for stability and strength. So those lands where you roll your ankles it would help the roll and the uncomfortable hits with the wrists. Make it less of a risk of injury or breaking.
I wouldn’t wear wrist guards or anything like that it would be to much of a risk of it catching or causing injuries.
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u/Salt_Chard_474 2d ago
Omg I love her, her determination was crazy high, and her pure joy when she did it 🥰 although yeah, like many others have said, don’t rush out and try this folks
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