What You Should Know About Gymnastics In Delaware

By Iva Cannon


Exercising for leisure can also be converted into a competitive sport. Gymnastics have their roots in Greece, moreover the name came from Greek terms, which if translated into English stands for excising naked. As a matter of fact early participants exercised while naked. Aerobics means performing systematized maneuvers using apparatuses or not. Gymnastics in Delaware is done to boost strength, coordination, physical conditioning, agility or for sport.

Bodily development in ancient Greeks was achieved through a sequence of exercises comprising of wrestling, weight lifting, swimming, jumping, throwing, and running. Physical fitness was valued for various reasons including preparation of armies for warfare. It was important that soldiers should be able to defend themselves. With time people started practicing for entertainment.

Aerobics is amongst Olympic events and draws athletes from both genders. Distinct games such as boxing, wrestling, field and track events grew from calisthenics. Vault and tumble are the only events in the current sports, which were constituent of early Greece gymnastic. Tumbling grew in varying forms in varied cultures with no external influence.

Egypt and China had distinct types of acrobatics, which were not related to those performed in Greek, although they have certain similarities. Tumbling was done by traveling groups of thespians, jugglers, and dancers. Different types of tumble and acrobatics were in the end merged into circus. Prior to acrobatics being done on international stage they were performed by several circus organizations and people.

A system of aerobics known as floor exercise was invented and taught for medical benefits of the athlete. Free calisthenics, which entails exercising without hand apparatus like dumbbells, clubs, and wands. This form of gymnastics was originally not meant for competition but has evolved into what is currently referred to as floor exercise. Floor exercise these days is part and parcel of Olympic Games since 1932.

Vaulting, pommel horse, parallel rings horizontal bar, and rings were the games included in the first international competition in the 18s. Male calisthenics were first included on the Olympics schedule in the 18s. Female aerobics began a bit late in the 19s. Men and women took part in similar games with the exclusion of balance beam, which was entirely women event.

Calisthenics competition is held at different levels ranging from national, school, college, university, club to international stage. Current aerobics comprises of 6 different categories for male competitors and 4 categories for female contestants. Men categories emphasize on flexibility and strength of the upper part of the body of the athlete together with aerobics. Women categories comprise of uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and vaulting horse.

International events have different age brackets. An athlete can be categorized as a junior or senior according to their age. Junior category includes athletes below the age of sixteen years while senior group comprises of people above sixteen years. Most gymnasts begin training at young ages and reach the peak in early twenties or late teens. Late teens refer to the age bracket between fifteen years to nineteen.




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