Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams

Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams

Amazing book about gymnastics and olympic dreams Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams

Contents

: Chapter 1

I LEARNED TO TURN A CARTWHEEL WHEN I
was three… 7

 : Chapter 2

IN THE FALL OF 1976, AFTER A SUMMER of
bicentennial… 17

: Chapter 3(Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams)

AND THEN IT HAPPENED: I WAS INVITED to join the… 21

: Chapter 4

I LOVED PERFORMING. AND ONE OF the perks of being…30

: Chapter 5

I WAS MATURING AS A COMPETITOR. The developing
ability to… 39

: Chapter 6

MY SUCCESS AT 1979 CLASS ONE REGIONALS
couldn’t be solely… 50

 : Chapter 7

QUALIFYING FOR SECTIONALS WAS A turning point.
I alternately daydreamed… 58
Part II 67
Part I 1
Foreword viii
1980–1984 71

: Chapter 8 (Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams)

I WAS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN I BEGAN to inflict… 73

: Chapter 9

THERE WAS AN OLYMPIC BUZZ IN the air. The U.S.… 83

: Chapter 10

IT WAS TIME. THE SUMMER OF 1981, and I was… 93

: Chapter 11

ON A GOOD DAY, WHEN INJURIES didn’t rankle,
being in… 99

(Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams)

: Chapter 12

I WAS OFFICIALLY A MEMBER OF THE 1981 U.S.
National… 107

: Chapter 13

IN 1982 MY GOAL WAS TO BREAK into the top… 118

: Chapter 14

DESPITE MY DISAPPOINTMENT after 1982
championships, I was honored with… 124

 :  (Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams)Chapter 15

IN 1984, I MISSED THE ENTIRE competition season.
My first… 134

: Chapter 16

“LET’S TRY PARKETTES,” I OFFERED one day on
the way… 142
Photographic Insert
1985–1989 163

: Chapter 17

I LOST WEIGHT RIGHT AWAY AT Parkettes. The
training sessions… 165

: Chapter 18 (Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams)

I WAS NEARLY SIXTEEN YEARS OLD and an
unknown on… 175

: Chapter 19

THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OF TRAINING were merciless.
Gymnastics is… 192

: Chapter 20

I WAS RANKED SEVENTH IN THE United States. It was… 199

: Chapter 21

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TRAINING camp was
held at Parkettes in October… 211

: Chapter 22(Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams)

I ARRIVED HOME FROM MONTREAL in November
after staying to… 225

: Chapter 23

MY GOAL AT 1986 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS: make the
top eight… 235

: Chapter 24

I SIGNED HUNDREDS OF AUTOGRAPHS while
sitting with my foot… 244

: (Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams)Chapter 25

A FEW THINGS BRIGHTENED MY mood, albeit
briefly, during the… 250
Part III 157

: Chapter 26

I’D EARNED A SPOT ON BOTH THE Pan American and… 266

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