Recent content by KristyJ

I read the book through (a re-read) at the same time Quiet Colors was doing these summaries. I will be honest that my take on the way she spoke about other gymnasts was much worse than it was 20 years ago. I think I was still too close to the culture when I read the book the first time to be...

Strongly agree with this

I know I am a couple days late in replying-- family visited from out of town and took all my time-- but did anyone else get the sense that she gave up on herself and may've subconciously thrown her career away because she didn't think she could do it? I get that she was going through an...

I honestly wonder if the idea that laxatives were so helpful hurt her, too. Bodies learn how to retain the calories they get more efficiently with bulimia.... Laxatives help water weight but don't really do much for long term body composition, and her body would've been hanging on to every last...

I don't find a similar postflight with a different entry to be so similar that I consider it the same-ish vault, so I find the bonus to be extra and a little busy-body.

I had no problem following the routine while glancing at the checklist, but I also don't need a checklist to tell me what I am seeing, and I don't read Russian well so I wasn't deciphering full words, so probably not the average viewer experience. The ding was distracting. If I remember...

There was no world championships in 1986, only the Goodwill Games and world cup. It looks like Angie was on the Goodwill Games team, a detail that Jennifer leaves out. Angie finished 7th in the vault finals.

I think it can be corrected with a lot of intentional lengthening and a focus on strengthening antagonist muscle groups to those that are shortened, but the lengthening itself may cause a bit of loss of strength during the process. I developed some bad posture habits when I gained curves, from...

Thank you for being nicer to the "fat" or "big" athletes than Jen was. Good heavens, if I'd read this when I was competing, it sure would've worsened my eating disorder.... She is so mean in her words about weight and work ethic. I still can't tell if she's simply trying to repeat what others...

You could alternate, if you want a truly polar experience

It's a bit more than this. She gives some background, though much less than her later book.

The fact that she's trying to find out who this person was sure backs up that individuals concerns, though. Yikes.

I have both on my bookshelf, so I will join you in this extreme contrast

Back when 17 was considered old in the sport

I would switch Roberson and Wong in the floor order, but other than that, yes