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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Heated Rivalry, But Make It Gymnastics

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Sports

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this listener-commissioned bonus episode, we break down the internet's favorite hockey romance through a gymnastics lens — rivalry, pressure, secrecy, slow burns, and why elite athletes are like this. It's an adult conversation with minor spoilers, wheeze giggles, and Oscar's for butt.

Commissioned by Karla. This is her fault. Thank you, Alyssa for proving our point with her Ilya speech.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 – Kentucky Gymnastics Recreates the Heated Rivalry Pump-Up Speech
00:00:17 – Welcome to GymCastic (Bonus Episode)
00:00:45 – You Don't Need to Know This Show (We'll Explain Everything)
00:01:04 – Adult Conversation Warning (Minor Spoilers)
00:01:38 – What Is Heated Rivalry?
00:03:05 – Hockey the Way Jade Carey's Floor Is Choreography
00:04:40 – Why Are We Doing a Podcast About This?
00:06:10 – The Books: Game Changers Series by Rachel Reid
00:07:05 – Why People Are Obsessed With This Show
00:10:00 – Secret Romance, Gay Panic, and Years of Tension
00:13:25 – The Stairs Scene, Chirping, and Competitive Flirting
00:17:05 – Gay and Bi Representation That Feels Real
00:20:20 – From Coco Gauff to SNL to Massive Fan Edits
00:25:40 – Casting Heated Rivalry for Gymnastics
00:29:30 – Greatest of All Time Criteria (Hot, Dominant, Iconic)
00:33:40 – If Not Russian, then who? 
00:37:10 – Why a Lesbian Version Wouldn't Work (Sue Bird Was Right)
00:40:20 – Khorkina for Maximum Chaos Casting
00:43:30 – Why Sports Movies Are Never Realistic (And That's Fine)
00:46:40 – The Gym Mom vs Kip's Dad: Loyalty and Support
00:49:50 – Secret Relationships vs The Closet
00:53:10 – Panic, Fear, and Being Recognized
00:56:10 – Complications of Secret Hookups (Spring Break Story)
00:59:50 – Sub Dom Dynamics in Elite Sports
01:06:40 – Is This a Turning Point for Sports Fan Fic Smut?

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

This show is something that's so popular that it has prompted a gymnast from the University of Kentucky to learn a monologue from the gayest show of all time, which is, you know, when we talk about social progress, that's really what we're looking for.

0:17.8

Welcome to Jtacacac, the number one of NASA podcast in the Galaxy.

0:22.5

I'm just going to hear with Spencer from The Balance Pne beams. I don't have a website anymore. We're just, I only have heated rivalry. It's my fault time job.

0:28.9

Spencer from the balance mean situation. And we're having a little swerve today.

0:33.9

You're swerving onto the ice? Yes, that's right. To become interested in hockey for the very first time. So we are going to talk about heated rivalry. And if you don't know what this is, that's okay. You don't have to know anything about it. And we are still going to make this. I mean, I barely do. And I watch the whole thing. This is going to be the most entertaining podcast you listen to all week until it's our.

0:56.7

That's a lot of pressure.

0:58.1

You can't say that first.

1:00.2

Okay.

1:00.7

We're going to have minor spoilers, but don't worry.

1:03.7

There's not really a lot of spoil in the show.

1:06.2

And just remember, this is an adult conversation because this is a spicy hockey smut show. But we're going to talk about who we would cast if it was gymnastics and other things about it.

1:16.1

But first, I want to explain how relevant this is, I would like to play this TikTok from the Kentucky gymnastics locker room.

1:25.6

I need to win here at home tonight.

1:31.3

I want to hear our crowd saying our name.

1:33.3

I want to f-

1:35.3

Fland San Francisco!

1:37.3

So, if you were like, what is this about?

1:41.3

Yeah, that is a speech given in a hockey locker room by one of the stars of heated rivalry, Ilya, who we're going to talk about.

1:50.6

So, Spencer, what is this show?

1:52.9

This show is something that's so popular that it has prompted a gymnast from the University of Kentucky to learn a monologue from the gayest show of all time,

2:01.9

which is, you know, when we talk about social progress, that's really what we're looking for.

2:07.2

Okay, so it's a big deal.

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