234: Chris Brooks
THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW
If you need inspiration, are a coach of a gymnast who doesn\u2019t quite get it, or need New\xa0Year\u2019s resolution help,\xa0this is the episode for you. Chris Brooks has been through all\xa0the things and his message is very powerful. From the great Texas gymnastics tradition, he overcame personal tragedy and a horrific injury to make the Rio Olympic team at age 29. He had\xa0grip lock as a junior, but recovered and\xa0won an NCAA Championship at Oklahoma. While in college, his father, who got him into gymnastics and was a gymnast himself, was killed in a car accident. Chris\xa0was\xa0named Olympic team alternate in 2012. Then he made the all-around final at the Rio Olympic Games just a few months before his 30th\xa0birthday. We discuss:
- The full Cheeseburgers on Horse story
- The famous hug between John Orozco and Chris Brooks after being named to the 2016 Olympic Team.
- How he peaked and gave up excuses to finally make the Olympic team.\xa0
- Is the U.S. men's team really not doing well or is it actually improving?\xa0
- Was\xa0the judging fair in Rio?
- What does he think of the new changes to the Code of Points?
- His grip lock accident. (Article on preventing grip lock)
- Cheering hard: Did he ever get in trouble for being too loud?
- What was it like being coached by Olympic Champion, Rustom Sharipov?
- What to do about Winter Cup?
- Does he dislike being objectified (by the screaming gym mom's at Winter Cup)?
- The\xa02015 floor faceplant.
- Performing in the\xa0Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show.
- His future plans.\xa0
- Indianapolis Star Out of Balance Investigation series\xa0
- 115: Kenzo Shirai
- Episode 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics
- Episode 21: Kyle Shewfelt
- Episode 24: Sho Nakamori & Match-Play Meet Debrief with Justin Spring
- Episode 32: Sam Mikulak & 2013 Men\u2019s NCAA Championships
- Episode 35: Jake Dalton
- Episode 40: Michigan\u2019s Stacey Ervin
- Tim Daggett: A GymCastic Classic Episode
- 72: John Orozco
- 98: Eddie Penev the Bulgarian-American Bullet
- 116: Louis Smith, Amelle Berrabah of Team Sexy & Tumble Episode 5 Recap
- 139: Steve Butcher, President of the FIG Men\u2019s Technical Committee
- 63: Doctor Larry Nassar
- 164: Marian Dragulescu
- 195: Feedback & Rio Test Event with Coach Rick
- 233: Danell Leyva 2016
- 151: Danell Leyva
- 201: Men\u2019s Olympic Trials and P&G Champs Preview
- 202: The 2016 Men\u2019s Olympic Trials, Women\u2019s P&G Championships
- 218: Rio Olympic Event Finals Day 2
- 217: Rio Olympic Event Finals Day One
- 215: Rio Men\u2019s Olympic All-Around Final
- 213: Rio Men\u2019s Olympic Team Finals
- 211: Rio Men\u2019s Olympic Prelims & Houry Gebeshian Interview
- 209: Men\u2019s Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
- 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor
- US Olympian Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against US Team Trainer/Physician
- 227: Jane Doe2 Sues Karolyis
- 232: Conflict of Interest