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Competitive Aerobics | Gymnastics
Competitive Aerobics is a championship scored exercise routine. Competitive aerobics is a gymnastics event and a discipline of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Competitive aerobics was founded by Kenneth Cooper, who designed exercise routines that focus on cardiovascular fitness rather than muscle building. Sports like bodybuilding and the javelin are other routines where athletes must use their strength to succeed. In gymnastics events like the vault or the men's rings, athletes must also rely on power and strength. Like rhythmic gymnastics, components of competitive gymnastics, athletes will go through a series of rules while demonstrating incredible balance and flexibility. Aerobics athletes, like in artistic gymnastics, will use jumps and other leaps to demonstrate their vertical prowess.
Competitive aerobics is an exercise regimen that is designed to oxygenate the tissues and tone the body. Kenneth Cooper came up with many of the exercises that would later become the competitive aerobics sport. Kenneth Cooper was an army physician and wanted to design a series of exercises where soldiers could stay in top condition using a minimum amount of space and machines. Competitive Aerobics became a popular event in the lat 1980's. The event is popular in Brazil and Europe, with individual, pair and three person disciplines. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) with 35 nations competing. FIG events since 1995 take place monthly and annually.
The Competition. In this event, athletes perform a fast, high tempo routine to aerobic steps, jumps, and lunges to choreographed music. The choreography is done to a One minute, 45 second segment where a gymnast performs his or her moves to the music. The moves that the gymnast will perform will require power, endurance, flexibility, and coordination. Gymnasts perform their entire routine on a podium that is 7 meters long and 7 meters high, with a flat glossy wooden surface. When performing their routines, the gymnast must use the entire podium, and the choreography and music must start and end at the same time. Throughout the 1 minute, 45 second routine, the athlete must perform at least 12 individual elements, including one from each family. Unlike gymnastics routines like the trampoline, athletes do not use any man-made objects in competitive aerobics, other than the floor. Athletes must go through their routines fluidly, and one move must flow to the other. Like in the artistic gymnastics floor exercises, an athlete designs their own routine, and their performances are judged on originality and how well their moves are executed. Some popular moves in this event are the static strength segments, where the athlete holds up their entire body using only one hand.
Individual Events, Requirements. Competitors in this event must be 18 years old. This event includes men and women, with individual, pair, and groups of three competitions. Future FIG events may be added to the World Championships later. Competitive aerobics and paintball are both sports where athletes must be strong and flexible and have a great aerobic endurance.
Competitive Aerobics-Elements and Families. The five families from this event include flexibility, jumps, balance, static strength, and dynamic strength.
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