"I love gymnastics because I can do things that ordinary boys can't!" Recently, a lad who had just mastered swing to handstand on the parallel bars said that to me. I think that sums up gymnastics: build not only self confidence and pride, but muscle, strength, flexibility and endurance more successfully than in most other sports - training the body with a  purpose .  So, another salute to the 'men's artistic' branch of gymnastics today, with both performance and training on show. And the younger they start, the better!  

Thee guys have obviously been putting the work in to get closer to where they want to be...  Where you want to be isn't, of course. the same for everyone. Bodybuilder = huge muscles. Sporstman = strength, flexibility, power, endurance. Beach body = well, all-round better looking. Each to his own.  All to be commended as inspiration to us all. It's not too late to lock in for 2026...