229: Lessons & Anti-Lessons from Gymnastics
After 16 years in competitive gymnastics including a national championship at Stanford, Jason Shen shares the positive lessons and maladaptive mindsets the sport instilled in him.
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Gymnastics Lessons: Performing Under Pressure
Gymnastics is a sport about delivering under pressure. Even though you can make
it a team sport by aggregating scores
What Gymnastics Taught Me About Facing Fear
Most competitive gymnasts would consider pain and fear our twin companions. I
certainly did. Gymnastics requires that athletes constantly challenge
What Gymnastics Taught Me About Acquiring and Mastering Skills
In 1996, Men’s Health published an article
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How I Blew Out My Knee and Came Back to Win a National Championship
On January 19th, 2007, while competing for Stanford Men’s Gymnastics at the UC Berkeley, I suffered a total knee