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Two decades keeping gymnasts, dancers, and performers at full strength. PT to Olympians, medical editor of Inside Gymnastics.

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The Long Way Back

Liz Crandall-Howell made the 1991 World Championships team, missed the Olympic team for Barcelona a year later, and got to college certain she had failed. Then she took six weeks completely away from gymnastics, and what she came back believing is the reason she is still in this sport.

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Episode 01 · Atlanta 1996

Amanda Borden on the Magnificent Seven at 30: "We're More Magnificent Women Now"

The captain of the first U.S. women's team to win Olympic gold looked back on Atlanta: the vote she did not cast for herself, the body she had to learn on her own, and the thing that lasted longer than the medal.

For Parents & Coaches · Training

Positive Coaching in Gymnastics: What Amanda Borden's Gym Sounds Like on a Tuesday

Twenty-two years of running her own program taught the Olympic captain that hard work and joy were never the trade-off everyone assumed. Here is how she builds it, and what it looks like from the viewing window.

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Goal Setting for Young Athletes: What Amanda Borden Teaches in Empower Hour

The Olympic captain noticed her gymnasts could name a dream and not a next step. The fix she built turned out to have the same shape as a rehab protocol.

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