Charlie Larson Interview

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

How a tumbler went from T&T World Championships to artistic national champion in just a few tumultuous years.

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INTERVIEW

Four-time Trampoline and Tumbling National Team Member, 2025 NCAA National Champion, and master of a cheeky mid-floor routine side-eye, Charlie Larson joins us on the show. Larson began his career in trampoline and tumbling, earning a spot on the U.S. National Team four-times and competing as part of the United States' 2021 World Championship team, which placed fourth. He started his collegiate career a well known university and then switched to University of Minnesota then transferred to Michigan for the 2024-2025 season, where his floor routine helped Michigan clinch its first National title in over a decade. He talks about his famous triple double, being at The infamous Karolyi Ranch for T&T training camp and his belovedPower Puff Girls videos.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'll like fully like have a day as a practice where like I just do beam series like the whole time
0:04.8	and nobody bats an eye. I'll do like Ariel Layla and they'll be like, oh, nice one. And it's like,
0:10.2	it's so fun. I've always wanted to have like a like a stick it way way moment at like a US champs
0:16.3	where I'm like I like walk under the floor and they're all like, oh, what is he doing? And then it's like, the music starts.
0:22.0	And they're like, wait, what?
0:23.6	Remember, the show is PG-13.
0:25.8	So you might hear a naughty word or two.
0:27.7	Today, we're talking to Charlie Larson.
0:30.2	And he's going to talk about how to go from a world team member in TNT to national champion by switching
0:36.1	disciplines to artistic gymnastics.
0:39.2	It's July 1st, 2025, and welcome to the number one gymnastics podcast in the galaxy.
0:43.8	I'm Jessica.
0:44.4	Spencer is resting this week.
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