you know you're a gymnast when: -sidewalk curbs turn into balance beams (and you don't think it's babyish to play on them!) -you can beat the guys at arm wrestling and on pull-ups -door frames are like pull-up bars -when you're at the beach you have to do a cartwheel or handstand or handsprings or walk on your hands or some gymnastics skill! -you still wear scrunchies and colorful hair clips!! and love them! add yours too!

-when you hear froggy or pancake you don't think of the green amphibian or the breakfast food, but of stretches -hollow isn't 'empty', it's the position you hold in handstand -giants isn't really tall people or the baseball team, but is going around the bar over + over again -when you hear I'm going to bars you don't think of the 21 and over place but the chalky section of they gym where you can play like a monkey! -you're not embarrassed to play on the monkey bars or swing and jump from the swings even when you're in your teens or older -you're not that surprised by the gym smell! (why don't they design gyms with lots + lpts of windows - that open!! - that will be a popular gym!) -you think the splits are easy -you don't gasp when someone does the splits - like in "Dancing with the Stars" !

-you do pirouettes on the kitchen tile -when waiting in line you do toe rises without thining about it -school PE conditioning is like warm-up -your clothes are like a chalkboard -the boys don't want to arm wrestle you -when you're excited you do a back flip -kip isn't just a boy's name -you scrape off extra skin from your hands -water spray bottles aren't just for your hair -a lot of your school essays are about gymnastics -hair scrunchies are in style -wearing colorful clips is cool not babyish (Produnova's colorful and neon-like leotards and clips were awesome!!)

-you go out in public in pajama bottoms and think it's cool and stylish -you fold over shorts / sweat pants -fiber glass is a normal word in your vocab. -wearing more than 5 clips is normal -you think more gymnastics should be on tv!

-you say did I get all the chalk out of my hair?!!

funny topic! :D you know you're a gymnast when: -you know where you can get tan tape from -6 pack abs? 8-pack!! -your hands are more calloused than your feet -you have to buy socks every month because they disappear in the gym! -you laugh at the slogan "got chalk?" -you wear ankle weights on your waist -you use the term 'rip' for your hands -you watched the movie "Stick It" because you wanted to and you liked it -the 2008 Olympics aren't here yet and you already know that the new elite scoring system isn't out of 10.0 anymore! -it's the 21st century and you still put ribbons in your hair -pak salto reminds you of pac man and you know what it is! And...you know you're a gymnast when... You Know!!

Your pullovers aren't fleece or cableknit It isn't rude to yell "Stick It" An aerial isn't a mermaid. You don't put syrup on your pancakes. Even little kids go to bars. You understand gravity long before physics 101 Your deductions aren't part of your family's tax returns. You don't warm up in an oven and you don't cool down in a refrigerator Giants aren't jolly and green. The bed you jump on is a trampoline Splits have nothing to do with bananas You have bigger muscles than your boyfreind. A flipflop is more than a sandal A wedgie is not a little piece of cheese. You have trouble buying cowboy boots small enough for your feet and big enough for your calves. You are emotionally attached to your grips. Chalk is th efifth food group You don't need glue to stick it.