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>> Cynthia: YEAH, THIS PLACE IS
AMAZING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BEFORE, IT
IS HUGE.
THE BIGGEST JUNGLE GYM EVER.
WE WILL TELL YOU MORE.
PEOPLE PROBABLY ARE SURPRISED AS
I AM TO COME IN AND SEE HOW
IMPRESSIVE IT IS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS GYM IS 30,000 SQUARE FEET.
WE HAVE THREE COMPETITIVE
PROGRAMS WITH ARTISTIC
GYMNASTICS, OUR MEN'S AND
WOMEN'S PROGRAMS, OUR TRAMPOLINE
AND TUMBLING AND GYMNASTICS FOR
ALL.
WE HAVE FACILITY RENTALS AND
BIRTHDAY PARTIES.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON HERE.
WE'RE BUSY ALL THE TIME.
WE HAVE 3,000 ATHLETES THAT COME
THROUGH OUR DOORS EACH WEEK.
>> Cynthia: THESE KIDS ARE MORE
LIKE A RECREATIONAL KIDS PLAY
PROGRAM, BUT THE IDEA IS TO GIVE
THEM THE IDEA THEY CAN DO THIS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OUR PROGRAMMING IS ABOUT
ACHIEVING YOUR PERSONAL BEST AND
WORKS TOWARDS HIGH LEVEL
GYMNASTICS, WHETHER THAT'S IN A
RECREATIONAL PROGRAM OR IN THE
COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE AN ATHLETE RIGHT NOW
THAT IS AT OLYMPIC TRIALS AND
SHE IS WITH OUR WOMEN'S PROGRAM
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO
SUPPORT HER, AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF OUR
RECREATIONAL ATHLETES KNOW SHE'S
THERE AND WORKING TOWARDS THAT
GOAL.
>> Cynthia: FANTASTIC.
IT IS FUNNY TO THINK OF
RECREATIONAL ATHLETES.
YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD GO TO
THE GYM AND RUN ON THE TREADMILL
BUT THEY COME HERE AND THEY DO
ALL THIS STUFF.
>> THEY DO.
IT IS FUN FOR THEM.
THAT'S OUR BIGGEST THING IS
MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING FIT
AND THEY'RE WORKING AND THEY'RE,
YOU KNOW, WORKING HARD, BUT
THEY'RE HAVING FUN AT THE SAME
TIME.
SO WE HAVE INCORPORATED A LOT OF
GAMES, WE INCORPORATE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT FUN THINGS.
IT IS LIKE A JUNGLE GYM IN HERE.
IT IS FUN FOR THE KIDS WHEN THEY
COME IN.
>> Cynthia: ARE THERE ADULTS
PROGRAMS FOR FUDDY DUDDIES LIKE
ME?
>> THERE ARE TONS OF ADULT
PROGRAMS.
WE WILL TEACH YOU TO DO A HAND
STAND, CARTWHEEL, GO ON THE
BEAM.
WE WILL TEACH YOU ALL KINDS OF
THINGS.
THE ADULT PROGRAM RUNS WEEKLY.
>> Cynthia: IT SOUNDS LIKE SO
MUCH FUN.
I WILL HAVE TO SWING FROM THE
ROOF LIKE A MONKEY.
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THE HANDLES.
YOU WERE NOT A GYMNASTICS GUY.
>> Todd: OF COURSE I WAS.
>> Aisling: YOU LOOK REALLY
NIMBLE AND AGILE.
>> Cynthia: WE ARE JOINED BY
LINDSEY HOUSTON TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT THESE KIDS ARE DOING HERE
BEHIND ME.
WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM?
>> THIS IS THE TUMBLE STARTS
PROGRAM.
IT IS OUR DEVELOPMENTAL
TRAMPOLINE PROGRAM THAT RUNS
DURING THE DAY.
WE WILL LOOK AT KIDS IN KINDER
GYM, PRESCHOOL DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT, MAYBE KIDS WHO LOVE
TO BOUNCE AROUND ON THE
TRAMPOLINE AND TUMBLE AND THEN
GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK AND
STILL PURSUE THOSE SKILLS, BUILD
STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY AND THAT
STUFF.
>> Cynthia: WHAT SKID DOESN'T
LIKE BOUNCING AROUND?
IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE THEM
FOCUS AND TO IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE ONES
WHERE YOU SAY HOW HIGH ON THE
ROPE CAN YOU GO AND THEY GET
EXCITED WHEN THEY DO IT WELL.
>> Cynthia: SOME OF THESE KIDS
HAVE SIX PACKS.
>> THERE'S SOME PRETTY STRONG
KIDS IN HERE.
>> Cynthia: AMAZING.
PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE PUT OFF.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE
OLYMPICS.
THIS IS NOT STRICTLY AN OLYMPICS
TRAINING CENTRE, IT IS FOR
EVERYBODY.
>> THERE'S KIDS RANGING FROM
YOUNG AS A YEAR OLD ALL THE WAY
UP TO ADULTS WHO ARE STILL DOING
STUFF.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPORT YOU
EVENTUALLY WANT TO DO,
GYMNASTICS IS GOING TO HELP YOU
IN THE LONG RUN WITH EVERYTHING.
>> Cynthia: FOR SURE.
ALL WITH DIFFERENT BALANCE AND
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT APPLY TO
DIFFERENT SPORTS.
SO WHEN ADULTS COME AND THEY'RE
KIND OF INTERESTED, I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WAY TOO
LATE IN LIFE FOR ME TO GET
INVOLVED IN THAT KIND OF STUFF.
>> I THINK NO MATTER WHAT TYPE
YOU DECIDE TO START DOING
GYMNASTICS, IT WILL BENEFIT YOU
STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY,
COORDINATION AND BEING ABLE TO
DO THINGS LIKE PLAYING IN THE
PIT OR WALKING ACROSS THE
BALANCE BEAM AND STUFF, IT'S
GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT NO
MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE.
>> Cynthia: AWESOME.
THERE'S AN OPEN HOUSE TODAY.
>> THERE IS.
IT WILL BE RUNNING FROM 3:00 TO
SIXS P.M.
THERE'S GOING TO BE COACHING ALL
THROUGHOUT THE GYM LETTING THE
KIDS PLAY ON THE EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE A BARBECUE GOING ON,
FACE PAINTING FOR THE KIDS.
WILL YOU HAVE AN IDEA AND BE
ABLE TO WALK AROUND, SEE THE
FACILITIES, SEE THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE
AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS PEOPLE
HAVE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS.
>> WOW! FANTASTIC.
THE KID MUST BE TALKING ABOUT
THE OLYMPICS A LOT AND BE
EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> OH, DEFINITELY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE ATHLETES THAT
HAVE GONE TO THE OLYMPICS THAT
HAVE COME THROUGH OUR FACILITY.
WE HAVE ONE GIRL RIGHT NOW AT
TRIALS FOR THE OLYMPICS, AND WE
PROBABLY HAVE A COUPLE OF
YOUNGER KIDS WHO ARE HOPEFULLY
WILL SEE AT THE OLYMPICS IN A
FEW MORE YEARS.
>> Cynthia: IT IS AMAZING TO
THINK OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
OFFERED HERE AT C.O.P. BECAUSE
IT REALLY IS VERY MUCH STILL AN
OLYMPIC TRAINING FACILITY.
>> IT DEFINITELY IS.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF RENTAL
GROUPS ACTUALLY THAT COME IN WE
HAVE SKI TEAMS THAT COME IN TO
USE THE TRAMPOLINES AND FACILITY
AND STUFF TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON
MORE AERIAL STUFF SKILLS AND
STUFF LIKE THAT AS WELL.
>> Cynthia: MY GOSH.
[Please stand by]
GYMNASTIC: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Aisling: THERE IS AN OPEN
HOUSE AT THE CALGARYY
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>> Cynthia: YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT OF
THE OLYMPICS THIS MORNING, AND A
LOT OF KIDS HERE OF COURSE MIGHT
HAVE THOSE DREAMS.
SCOTT RAYMOND IS JOINING US
TALKING ABOUT THE SUPER KIDS
PROGRAM.
THIS IS SORT OF ONE STEP UP FROM
RECREATIONAL?
>> YEAH, IT'S MORE OF OUR
TRANSITION PROGRAM.
WE FELT THAT THE GAP BETWEEN
RECREATION AND GYMS COMPETITIVE
AVS BIG JUMP FOR PEOPLE.
OURS ESPECIALLY.
SINT CINCINNATI BIG JUMP FOR
LITTLE PEOPLE TOO.
>> KIDS ARE GOING FROM ONE HOUR
A WEEK TO NINE HOURS A WEEK.
IT FILLS IN THE GAP, ROUGHLY 3
TO 6 HOURS A WEEK WHICH HELPS A
LOT.
SINT CINCINNATI WOW, IT TAKES A
LOT OF DEDICATION.
>> YEAH, A LOT.
>> Cynthia: WE HAVE A LINE-UP
OF KIDS HERE.
THEY ARE DOING-- KIND OF-- WHAT
LOOKS LIKE A CUTE EXERCISE WITH
TINY BARS AND WHAT NOT.
THIS IS HARD WORK.
>> YEAH, THIS IS FIRST YEAR
SUPER KIDS.
THIS IS YOU KNOW, FOR US IT'S
BASIC STUFF BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE
IT'S PRETTY TOUGH.
>> Cynthia: SO THESE KIDS EVEN
AT THIS AGE, AND THIS SMALL THEY
HAVE ALREADY STEPPED UP INTO THE
NEXT PROGRAM.
>> YEAH, THEY WILL DO A LOT OF
BASIC STUFF.
A LOT OF CORE STRENGTH.
FLEXIBILITY STUFF.
A LOT OF HAND STAND WORK.
I THINK THEY ARE DOING "L" SITS
AND BODY POSITION WHICH IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> Cynthia: FANTASTIC.
WE HAVE SOME OF THESE KIDS, THE
ONES FURTHER BACK THAT ARE
POTENTIAL FUTURE COMPETITORS?
>> YEAH, BEHIND US ON THE BIG
BAR THERE, WE HAD ELIJAH
THOMPSON.
FIRST SUPER KID FIVE YEARS AGO.
HE IS NOW A NATIONAL TEAM
MEMBER.
THE REST OF THE BARS WE HAVE A
BUNCH OF BOYS THAT ARE 8 TO 9
YOORS OLD.
ALL STARTED THROUGH SUPER KIDS
PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE A REALLY BRIGHT FUTURE
AHEAD OF THEM.
>> Cynthia: WOW.
YOU KNOW, I ASKED THIS ALREADY
THIS MORNING, BUT WHAT THEY ARE
DOING LOOKS *** THEIR
BODIES.
BUT THEY GET THAT STRENGTH SO
THEY DON'T END UP WITH INJURIES.
>> RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY THE CONDITIONING AND
THE CORE STRENGTH IS SO
IMPORTANT SO THAT WE DON'T END
UP-- SO YOU KNOW, MEN IN
GYMNASTICS, THEY ARE GOING TO
PEAK AROUND THE AGE OF 20, 18 TO
20 RIGHT?
SO WE DON'T NEED TO KILL THEM
NOW.
>> Cynthia: KIND A SHORT
CAREER, ISN'T IT?
>> IT'S SHORT.
COMPARED TO WOMEN'S IT'S LONG.
>> Cynthia: FAIR ENOUGH.