I was always under the impression it wasn’t safe for this level of training for small kids, I remember when I was younger there was a young boy who done body building and it stunted his growth dramatically and he ended up with a heap of health issues. I hope that this is being done safely and she is able to still have a normal healthy child hood and teen years to follow. It’s great that she’s exercising but i hope it’s not being over done

It’s amazing to see a child that age so devoted to train. I’m trying to encourage my now 11 year old to activelty partcipate at her exercise physiology to work on her lower muscle tone, balance and endurance (she has Down syndrome) and it’s quite hard to motivate her.
I think Kynlee’s goal to become an Olympic gymnast is amazing as long it comes totally comes from herself. To be become an olympic gymnast you sure have to start at a young age

Good on her for training so hard and chasing her goals.

Must admit that the abs do look strange on one so young, but considering the training she is doing it is not surprising. Do hope that her doctors are in agreement and her doing all this physical training now will not cause problems down the track. She obviously enjoys what she is doing, or she wouldn’t be doing it. Cheers

It does look strange on someone so young, I wish mine looked like this

Good to see a fit child, wish her all the best for her goals of being in the Olympics one day.

As long as she is doing this because she loves to then that’s okay. I hope she’s not being pressured into exercising so much.

I just hope this is something this little girl does want to do and enjoy. Hopefully it’s not her parents pushing this on her.

Wow. My first thought is that it looks a little weird. But if she’s happy with what she’s doing exercise wise, that can’t be a bad thing.

I have no words for how gross and unnatural that looks. Let her have fun and be a kid

If this is what she wants to do then I think it’s fantastic. So long as she’s happy I think its great she has goals and aspirations.

I hope she has other choices about how to spend her day.

Professional gymnasts work incredibly hard.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 15 Jun 2024 , 6:23 am

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  They do indeed and often start at an early age to be able to reach that goal

That’s an amazing goal to become an olympic gymnast !

As long as its safe and healthy – kudos to her for having the persistence and determination at such a young age!

As long as she is healthy and happy…. and enjoying getting to be a child.

As long as she has balance in her life and isn’t overtraining, it’s better than other things she could be doing.

Better to see her go the sporting route than child pageantry. That’s such a toxic environment.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 15 Jun 2024 , 5:40 am

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  I agree; pageants for children or adults can be disturbing.

I hope that this little girl actually wants to do this and isn’t being pushed into it. She is a kid and training that much per day is excessive and over the top. I have a lot of feelings about this article but will stop there.

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  • • Mumof4 replied
    • 16 Jun 2024 , 6:55 pm

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  I 100% agree with this. I have a feeling this has more to do with the parents than what the child wants.