All Things Gymnastics Podcast

This week, we are so excited to be joined by Lacie Saltzmann, who is a rising sophomore at the University of Minnesota. Lacie had an incredible freshman season, where she was a mainstay in the Gophers’ bars and floor lineups, posting career highs of 9.9625 and 9.925, respectively. She, of course, helped her team advance out of the toughest regional to move on to the NCAA Championships and then helped the Gophers make history by advancing to the Final Four for the first time ever. Individually, Lacie ended the season with First Team All-America honors on bars and is hungry to do even more in her sophomore season. Lacie joins us to look back on last season and talk about how she ended up at Minnesota, her passion for baking, how she overcame her fear of twisting, and so much more.
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This week we are thrilled to be joined by seven-time All-American and rising senior on the Utah gymnastics team, Ella Zirbes. Ella is known not only for her beautiful gymnastics but also for being an advocate for mental health in the sport as someone who has very publicly struggled with performance anxiety. We dive deeper into the struggles she’s faced and how she’s learned to manage her anxiety while competing. We also talk about the pressure and expectations that come with representing a program with as rich a legacy as the Red Rocks, dealing with social media, and the roller coaster that was her junior season.
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In this month's episode of Mental Gymnastics, Dr. JD Barton sits down with Maggie Nichols, a 2015 World Team Champion and floor exercise bronze medalist, as well as an eight-time NCAA Champion during her career as an Oklahoma Sooner. She talks about the disappointment of not making the 2016 Olympic team, the pandemic abruptly ending her career, navigating body image issues in the sport, the attention that came with Athlete A, finding joy at Oklahoma, and more!
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This is the 8th and final episode of the Recruit Reflection series, brought to you by Full Out Collegiate Recruiting. This week, we have one of our most interesting recruit perspectives yet: Caroline Walker from Air Force. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to get into a military academy or what Air Force cadets experience, this episode is a must-listen. We also talk about the U.S. Classic and share our thoughts and highlights from the competition, from Katelyn Ohashi just missing out on qualifying for Championships to Reese Esponda proving to be a real contender. We also discuss what we think the future holds for USA Gymnastics, and more!
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This is Episode 7 of the Recruit Reflection series, brought to you by Full Out Collegiate Recruiting, and this week, for the first time in the history of this series, we are joined by a club coach! We are so grateful to be joined by Rachael Tracy Gardner, the head coach at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, where she coaches Levels 8 through Elite. She joins us to talk about all things recruiting from the perspective of a club coach, covering everything from athletes receiving recruiting mail to navigating the natural feelings of jealousy among teammates, how she handles college coaches coming into the gym to watch practice, whether she lets her personal opinions be known to her athletes, and how she got into coaching and grew up in the sport as the daughter of the very well-known coach Mary Lee Tracy. Enjoy!
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