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Because Real Men Do Beam

Who says guys can't do beam?

If you're Dom Palange, a coach at UCLA coach Chris Waller's gym, Gym Jam, you occasionally pass the time by learning to throw skills on the balance beam (mostly on the low beam).
Not just a cartwheel, but standing arabians, and back handspring layout step out combinations.

These GIFs show Dom's beam skills from several of his Instagram videos.

The Arabian


The layout-step-out connection

Standing Full to Back Tuck

Back handspring step out to tucked full

Front handspring to front tuck

GIFs via jordynslefteyebrow

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