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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of various exercises on several different apparatus, mainly uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and vault for women. While men compete in floor exercises, vault, pommel horse, string rings, parallel bars and high bar.
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quadriceps or quads
Sports; Gymnastics
the major four-part large muscles of the front thighs primarily engaged in extending the leg at the knee. The quadriceps femoris flexes the leg at the hip and extends the knee.
rail
Sports; Gymnastics
A horizontal rod that serves as a part of a gymnastics apparatus for gymnasts as they perform exercises. They are found on uneven bars, high bars and parallel bars. A rail can also be called a Bar.
rep
Sports; Gymnastics
Rep is shortened version of repetition. When doing an weightlifting or gymnastics exercise, a rep is one cycle of the action or motion.
reverse turn
Sports; Gymnastics
In ballet and gymnastics, a turn in the direction of the supporting leg; also known as an "inward turn".
