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How far will you go to achieve a dream? That's the question a celebrated coach poses to Katie and Eric Knox after he sees their daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful, compete. For the Knoxes there are no limits -- until a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community and everything they have worked so hard for is suddenly at risk. As rumors swirl among the other parents, Katie tries frantically to hold her family together...
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Gymnastics are a great way for kids to get active at an early age. The rolling, tumbling, and flipping in a safe environment can one day lead to big moves and exciting Olympic performances. Starting small, though, is a great way to build both reading and gymnastic skills and establish the foundation for future greatness. Early readers get an inside look at the gymnastics studio, building strength and learning new moves while also learning about mat...
11) The bronze
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A decade ago, Hope Ann Greggory was America's sweetheart. Her inspired performance on a ruptured Achilles at the world's most prestigious gymnastics tournament clinched an unlikely bronze medal for the U.S. team. But in the years since that epic third place victory, Hope hasn't done a whole lot with her life. Now she must coach Amherst's newest gymnastics prodigy Maggie in order to receive a sizeable financial inheritance.
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"Fifth-grader Claire can do a perfect triple handspring. She can do a giant pirouette on the uneven bars. What she can't do is reading. With a lot of effort, she hides her secret until an alert vice principle suggests she get evaluated for a learning disability. Now Claire has to convince her mother--who's afraid her daughter will be labeled 'stupid'--to let her get tested. And that turns out to be even harder than reading"--
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"Recipient of Sports Illustrated's Inspiration of the Year Award and one of Time's 100 Most Influential People (2018) "Who is going to tell these little girls that what was done to them matters? That they are seen and valued, that they are not alone and they are not unprotected?" Rachael Denhollander's voice was heard around the world when she spoke out to end the most shocking scandal in US gymnastics history. The first victim to publicly accuse...
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Many kids dream of being professional gymnasts, even from an early age. But they simply do not know what it really takes to get to that level. The elite gymnasts that they see participating in competitions may seem glamorous and may make the sport look easy. But success comes from a lot of hard work and intense training. This introduction to gymnastics explains many of the aspects of training and exercise that are needed to become good at the sport....
15) Aquagym
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Unir los beneficios del agua, que modela el cuerpo, y los de la gimnasia, que lo tonifica: ese es el objetivo del aquagym, o gimnasia acuática. Nuestro cuerpo, como toda buena máquina, necesita un mantenimiento, y resulta necesario trabajar la flexibilidad y la fuerza, músculo a músculo. En el agua, la ausencia de peso permite trabajar con suavidad; el medio acuático hace posible un desarrollo de las capacidades musculares gracias a una gradación...
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Es muy importante conocer qué tipo de ejercicios permiten un desarrollo muscular más completo para obtener el deseado vigor y el equilibrio general del cuerpo. Este manual de gimnasia y musculación le presenta todos los movimientos que sirven para desarrollar los muslos, las pantorrillas, el cuello, los hombros, los brazos, el pecho, la espalda y los músculos abdominales, lumbares y oblicuos. Además, el texto va acompañado con más de 800 ilustraciones...
17) La gimnasia zen
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Practicar la gimnasia zen es desarrollar la energía, la elasticidad, la fuerza y el equilibrio. Su trabajo sobre la posición y los ejes naturales del cuerpo la convierte en una «gimnasia de larga vida». Su práctica va más allá de las simples fronteras de la física, ya que su objetivo es adquirir el control del cuerpo reforzando el espíritu. El autor, que ha perfeccionado esta técnica en Occidente y en Oriente, propone ejercicios basados...
18) Gimnasia dulce
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El ritmo frenético de la vida cotidiana nos repercute de forma negativa tanto a nivel psíquico como físico. La gimnasia dulce es un valioso método para garantizar un estado de bienestar general. Es una disciplina que no requiere excesivos esfuerzos musculares; por ello, se puede practicar a cualquier edad, de manera individual o en grupo, respetando las exigencias y los ritmos de cada uno. En este manual encontrará todos los consejos necesarios...
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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