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What is a typical workout at
over the metropoli-
the gym like for Warheit?
tan Detroit area
"First off, we run around the
take gymnastics
floor mat. We also have other
classes on a regular basis. This
cardiovascular warm ups, so
month, I had the opportunity
we are ready to begin training.
to speak to an 11-year-old gym-
After that we stretch out our
nast who spends more time at
arms, legs, wrists, ankles and
the gym than she does at
our heels so we do not injure
home!
ourselves or pull any
"During the fall Igo
muscles. Next, we go
to gym four days a
to our events."
week. On Mondays, I
Female gymnasts
will go from 4:30-
compete in four events.
8:30, on Tuesday and
Balance beam chal-
Thursday I go from 5-
lenges the gymnast as
8:30, and on Satur-
she must do rhythmic
days from 8-11:30 in
SCOTT WARHEIT
moves as well as leaps
STAFF WRITER
the morning," Farm-
and jumps on the 4-
ington Hills Level 6
inch wide beam. Un-
gymnast Dayna Warheit said.
even parallel bars tests the arm
Does spending all the time at
strength of the competitor as
the gym make school work
she must move gracefully be-
harder for Warheit?
tween the low and high bar
"School work is hard when I
while holding on to the bar for
have gym during the week.
dear life. Vault has the gymnast
Sometimes, I get lucky and I
stand about 70 feet from the
can do my homework before I
equipment and run until she
go," she said. Dayna will enter
reaches a springboard where
O.E. Dunckel Middle School
she jumps and does a gymnas-
next year as a sixth-grader. This
tic and rhythmic skill over the
past year at Woodcreek Elemen-
vault. Floor is the most smooth
tary, she didn't get out of school
and elegant of the events.
until 3:45 p.m., and most days
Gymnasts must combine fluent
she went straight to the gym.
dancing with several gymnastic
Dunckel lets students out at
passes and skills, all while stay-
2:15, which should make things
ing in beat with music playing
easier. "Studying was terrible
in the background. .
last year!" Warheit exclaimed.
When she's not at the gym,
"On days when I went straight
Dayna can be found at Temple
to the gym, I didn't get back un-
Beth El, where she attends He-
til like 8:30, and I would be
brew school. She is studying
tired and most of the time I
Hebrew and is looking forward
would have to eat dinner, so
to her bat mitzvah ceremony in
studying was really hard."
1999. El
SCOTT WARHEIT, 13, will enter North Farmington High School in the fall An ad-
mitted fanatic who is addicted to watching, listening to and playing sports, he
also has a unique collection of sports memorabilia.