What to Keep In Your Gym Bag

Hey guys It's finals week for me so I haven't really been able to think of a good blog topic. But today I was organizing my gymnastics stuff and thought a good topic would be what to keep in your gym bag. These are the things I kept in my gym bag. Some of the things you might not need. I will provide a link to where you can get the stuff :) This list is for competitive gymnasts :)


1. An extra leotard and shorts, I would always keep an extra leotard and short in my bag. In case your leo rips. Most of my friends on my team would come from school to gymnastics and sometimes forget their leo. Some gyms do not allow shorts, so if that is your gym then forget about that.

 
My favorite leotard brands
GK Elite
K-Bee Leotards
Melody Leotards
Alpha Factor







2. Pants and a jacket, especially when it gets cold outside I would like to keep a jacket and pants in my bag. Or when its summer time, I would put a tshirt (and shorts if I didn't already have shorts on over my leotard. Sometimes if people don't understand that you are a gymnast, it might be a little weird to them if you are just walking around in a leotard! I suggest to NOT put your team warm ups in your bag in case something happens to it!

3. Water and a snack, I would get about a five minute break every workout. Don't put your water and your snack in your gym bag, it might spill and mess up things in your bag!

4. Money, There was a grocery store next to my gym so if I forgot a snack I could go next door and get something before workout.

5.** My grips, wristbands, and my grip bag. This only applies to you if you have grips [obviously] I had a grip bag that I put my wristbands and grips in. I liked a separate grip bag so I wouldn't get a bunch of chalk on my other stuff in my bag :)
*The pictures of the grips, wristbands, and the grip bag is the exact type I had. They were awesome and worked well!

Grips (the ones in the photo)
Grip bag (the one in the photo)
Wristbands (the ones in the photo)
Grips
**I suggest for you to ask your coach first if you are allowed to get grips, also make sure your hand gets measured properly

 6. Tape and pre-wrap, This is for if you twist an ankle or strain something and you need a little bit of support. Also, tape can also be used as "tape grips" that you can use if you have a rip. Tape and pre-wrap comes in many colors, I had a colored tape, a tan tape, and a white tape in my bag, I also had a colored pre-wrap and a white pre-wrap in my bag. I used the tan tape or white tape with the white pre-wrap for meets so it wouldn't show :)


 You can buy pre-wrap and tape either at your local drugstore or sporting goods store








7. Ballet slippers OR socks, at my gym we would take ballet twice a week to improve our artistry. I usually wore socks or ballet slippers. Unless instructed by your coach when you go out and buy slippers DO NOT buy pointe shoes, I highly doubt a gymnastics coach would want their gymnast on pointe.

I am now a dancer, and my favorite brand of ballet shoes is Bloch you can also get a HUGE variety of ballet slippers at Discount Dancewear








8. Tiger Paw Wrist Supports, I have broken both of my wrists and sprained them so many times, so I have wrist problems. I would wear the tiger paws at workout but then go bare handed at meets because I liked to feel the equipment with my bare hands. If you chose to compete with the wrist supports, I would suggest getting the tan/sand color. Because I didn't compete with them I had zebra tiger paws:)

Tiger Paw Wrist Supports

So this is what I would generally keep in my gym bag, hope this helped! :)