74: Melanie Sinclair & Amaluna Review
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2014
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
An update on Melanie Sinclair (front) the NCAA star, who's kicking ass as an Amazon in Cirque du Soliel's Amaluna.
First! We present our scientific review of Amaluna. Then our guest, is the vivacious and effervescent, Melanie Sinclair. Before becoming an acrobat in Cirque du Soliel's goddess powered Amaluna, she was a US National Team member during the Nastia, Sacramone, Memmel years.
Always a fan favorite for her sideline antics (see gif and videos below) and emotional filled routines, she finally gained the attention she deserved at University of Florida. She was a leader on the team, putting Florida on the map. She was fun to watch no matter what she was doing - competing or dancing with herself during warmups. She exemplifies all of the reasons gymnastics fans adore NCAA gymnastics. We discuss:
- The old school uneven bars act she performs in Amaluna
- Growing up at Orlando Metro under the tutelage of Jeff Wood and Christi Barineau
- The true friendship of her teammate, Amanda Castillo.
- How she became so consistent in college when it was so illusive in elite.
- The power of fun and being oneself in gymnastics.
- How she recovered when she gymnastics career was cut short and what advice she'd give to gymnasts in similar situations.
- How Cirque helps her treat her body like a temple and stay healthy even after a lifetime of gymnastics.
- The rhythms and cycles of a predominantly female cast.
Above - Her career wasn't complete without Amanda Castillo.
Everything about Cirque's AMALUNA. This show features college gymnastics' uneven-bar favorites: Amara (Amy) Defilippo (Arkansas), Melissa Fernandez (Illinois), Summar Hubbard (LSU), Linday Bruck-Ayotte (Michigan), Brittany Urbain (Iowa) and Laura-Ann Chong (Oregon).
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| 0:00.0 | So I was very young and I only remember a little bit about training with him. |
| 0:05.0 | I just have one experience that stand out and we were doing a warm-up and I think we were running |
| 0:11.1 | around the floor for like 20 minutes and doing like |
| 0:14.8 | candlestick jumps and truck jumps and pushups and like running from thing to |
| 0:19.6 | thing the thing and girls were dropping like flies like throwing up here and there and that was |
| 0:25.3 | one experience and I was like oh my gosh Bell a cruelly so hard. I think it was my very first training |
| 0:31.7 | camp and I was like oh man what did I get myself into and then I |
| 0:36.7 | think after that experience I think my next camp it was Marta and it was completely different so I'm glad they're kind of |
| 0:45.3 | evolved. |
| 0:49.3 | Today our review of Cirque du Soleil's Amaluna and Special Guest, Cirque Artist, NCA, |
| 1:01.0 | NCA A Great, and former elite gymnast, Melanie Sinclair. |
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| 1:20.7 | This is episode 74 for January 31st, 2014. I'm Jessica from |
| 1:26.0 | Masters Gym. I'm Uncle Tim from Uncle Tim Talks Men's Gym. And this is the |
| 1:31.4 | best gymnastics podcast in the world bringing you all the most |
| 1:36.7 | fascinating people and events from around the Jimternet. Today we're going to |
| 1:41.3 | talk specifically about our review of the show Amaluna. |
| 1:45.0 | Then we're going to talk to Melanie Sinclair who's in the show and she was at Florida, |
| 1:50.0 | University of Florida, she was at Orlando Metro before that and she is one of those that you never |
| 1:55.7 | forget because of her incredible pizzazz and style and she's one of the gymnast who put |
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