since i was 10 years old my dream was to become a gymnast but i've never had the chance
until today i will be coached by top gymnasts to learn trampoline
bars floor and beam but we only have one hour to complete all four of these
challenging events make sure to stay until the end to see if they think i have a future
in gymnastics my name is gracie i'm a three-time all-american and national champion
i was on the ucla gymnastics team and now i get to teach anna how to do gymnastics
how's it going i'm nathan tsuji i used to be with cirque du soleil but today i teach anna gymnastics
wait why did he get a cooler intro for like a warm up i'm thinking trampoline tramp's a
good start let's do it i think i got this i did cheer so the trampoline should be pretty easy
what i didn't realize going into this is i have never used this type of trampoline
so weird this is way different than a home trampoline this is twice as big
no you're a gymnast today no fists none of this none of this it was pretty difficult
to stop doing some of my cheerleading habits but eventually i got used to it
i think she's got that i think she's got trampoline we should go on i think you could touch
that wire up there's up for a challenge all right try okay my flip is gonna be way higher than hurts
didn't even get phased what you were jumping really high and the backflip was like really low
all right next challenge for anna is gonna be bars i think i got this already
really cool but not it's not like gymnastics that's not a skill is it that's not really
how we swing bars it's really cool i mean so that's not it no it's it's more of a swinging
event okay maybe maybe we can get that skillman back to you though all right so
first we're gonna try a pull-up pull-over which is a level four skill and it looks like this
hold and you're gonna bring your toes up but you're gonna put your head to the bar
i want you to so you can understand where the things are do it in reverse
what happened on that one is as you started to bring your feet over you straighten your arms up
this is so different than cheer yes that's the point this is hard i think she just said that
gymnastics is harder than cheer i thought bars was hard but wait until you see me try floor
and beam the challenges keep getting harder as the hour goes on she's about to make it i've
never tried anything on bars so i have no idea how this is going to go but let's give it a try yes
that was so cool i want to try that you can totally learn it let's try it let's do it
i'm excited since today was my first time ever attempting bars this is a pretty advanced skill
so we decided to do it with a spot that was not bad at all good job
we've only done two challenges and i've already got my first gymnastics rip
next up we're going to move on to the floor well now we're moving on to my favorite event
i actually got a perfect ten on this event so i'm really excited to see her try it out
for the next challenge i'm going to teach you a little part of my floor routine it's a little bit
different but i think you'll catch on quick i'm nervous but excited we're going to start with
one like a shield two and you're gonna push and then you're gonna grab your hand behind
yeah basically the theme is i'm supposed to be like uh villain kind of helped you
get into character a lot better and like kind of have a more unique flair
during floor one thing that felt really different for me was tumbling without shoes on now that i've
learned a few of the moves from gracie's routine here is my first attempt at gymnastics floor
i think that might have been my favorite so far i told you it was fun before we move on to beam
i really want to teach you my signature move okay it's called the shusha nova
hey that was in my routine too i've never heard of that but i'm excited to see it
that looked really hard does that not hurt
kind of like a toe touch if i'm speaking in cheer terms try to think about being flat as
you can like possibly be a flat as a board since it's your first day on the skill and it can be
kind of aggressive on the ground i think we should do it on a mat i'll try that anna you
should not be afraid of the mat like the mat is perfectly safe i promise as long as you land flat
you'll be fine almost closer that was so much better our final gymnastic challenge how do you
guys balance on this thing my final challenge before we find out if i can become a gymnast
is beam i never competed beam but this is one of my favorite mounts because
we both have that split flexibility jump your feet up to here and you drop into your middle split
not all gymnasts are built the same obviously i'm a power athlete
so are you saying i'm not a power athlete i gotta stretch maybe i'll do anna's lessons or something
there is only 10 seconds left of the hour so the final skill i'm going to try is a handstand on beam
so how do you think i did honestly i had a lot of fun with you you're super coachable you work
really hard you had such a fun time you had great energy and she's got those nice flexibility
leaps i think your first day of gymnastics was a complete success you killed it make
sure to like this video if you want a part two of me trying gymnastics do it