Tuesday, June 05, 2007

More stupid strong.

New School


Old School


Watching a Japanese Olympic gymnast perform on the rings in the 1972 Olympic Games is what inspired me to get into gymnastics and so begin this incredible physical odessey that has been the last 36 years of my life.You can also see how it could destroy one's shoulders. Its all a give and take.

3 comments:

Geoff Neupert said...

WOW! What amazing control! They make it look so easy. Skinny legs though. ;-)

Mark Reifkind said...

Hey, I resemble that remark! LOL. Gymnasts HAVE to have skinny legs or else they couldnt do gymnastics. anatomy is destiny.

Mark Reifkind said...

man I can't beleive how much I would have loved having access to these videos back when I was doing gymnastics. all we had was 8 mm sequence photos of the routine of themonth as the centerfold for Modern Gymnast magazine. I dissected every frame of each routine each month. having slo mo digital video access would have been insane!

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