Adult Gymnastics

Adult gymnastics leagues spring to popularity in Colorado

It’s Jay Wrathall’s first gymnastics practice, and his loose yellow tank top is dropping to his shoulders as he kicks his feet skyward. Across a variety of mats and springboards coated with a fine dusting of chalk a woman is swinging her body around a set of uneven bars, while a young woman in aContinue reading “Adult gymnastics leagues spring to popularity in Colorado”

I Found a Community in Adult Gymnastics—Then My Life Flipped Upside Down

It’s a warm day in May, and I’m at the last gymnastics class of the season at my local gym. I’m a middle-aged mom of three about to attempt a back handspring, by myself, for the first time in my life. I feel what I can only describe as electric shocks of bravery pulsing throughContinue reading “I Found a Community in Adult Gymnastics—Then My Life Flipped Upside Down”