The process of making an Olympic Gymnastics floor routine

[@miahua9111]

psa for confused viewers!!! this was filmed in march of 2021 (a few months ago) jonas just had a lot of footage to edit so it’s up now. plus it’s super cool behind the scenes footage leading up to the olympics!! 💕💕

[@oliviamarie7645]

I was sooo confused lol I was like this is def the same music she already has 😂😂

[@victoriabrake2103]

@@oliviamarie7645 I was confused to. I have only seen her floor routine once but was like sounds simular to current music and how and why is she changing her routine so close to competition LOL.

[@Hpee2k]

Love this so much ❤️

[@joyfuljaj]

I had assumed it was at least January if not earlier. I didn't realize routines were put together so late in the season (even though I know this season has been an odd one). I was also wondering if she ever had a routine constructed for last season.

[@courtneyfrost5859]

i was soooo confused thx so much

[@soimsha.]

*talking about music* “That one with the sound in the beginning” Perfect description😂

[@kaylakeirstead5965]

Ikr very specific

[@janiemoses4248]

@@kaylakeirstead5965 right..lol

[@danarenee2931]

I love how the choreographer makes the moves look good for your body, it’s so awesome to have a support system that’s willing to work with you and build you up!!!!

[@rolltide9250]

Yesss! He goes to the gym I go to and choreographs for many girls based on them. It’s amazing

[@lorasolis2015]

💯 the best choreo comes from doing what looks good for the individual or team. I coach and that’s the way I attack choreo! Great job…you 3! Awesome seeing such team work through the process! Great routine…made even better by Myk and her skill set & amazing attack and love for the sport! Go get’em girl ♥️🤍💙

[@sporteverywhere]

You pick up the choreo sooo fast. I could never 😂 Love the music! Good luck in Tokyo 😍💪

[@gigidodson]

If you had been doing this as long as Mykayla, you could. Its a skill like every other aspect ofvher sport. I occationally do choreography for cheer. They pick it up so quick. Not comparing what Myk is doing to cheer, but picking up choreography is a well developed skill at her level.

[@kaylalorentz3020]

@@gigidodson it’s true! By the time I got to high school I was the person who could fill in for anyone. Choreo gets easier the more you learn.

[@joyfuljaj]

@@gigidodson definitely a practiced skill. When I returned to dance in middle age, remembering things was harder than doing them! Fortunately I was dancing with other people my age, so we went at the pace we needed! Mostly it was tap class I was in and we learned a routine a week until we learned out recital routine (yes, 30 and 40 year olds in the recital!) I now do ballroom and the fun part is that I don't really have to remember anything. My lead is the one who has to do the thinking!

[@heathermiller76]

LOVE YOUR CHANNEL SOOOO MUCH! THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!

[@melissacockerill1108]

I sure its her music from her old floor routine just a little different.

[@gymnast5020]

i cannot wait to see you at the Olympics! every minute of every day feels like an hour! i’ve never wanted someone to make it to the Olympics more!

[@KarlaCulbertson]

Same here!! I am rooting for her all of the way!!!

[@kbs8597]

YAessssssss!

[@laurengraham5534]

Ditto! I’m so excited for her to go out there and make a mark this year she deserves it!

[@FreebieKitty]

I love how he went straight to Target to get a new computer. The dedication definitely shows. -)

[@nancynewman1356]

Praying for you Myk. You got this girl! Have fun and enjoy the competition. God bless you, Jonas and Melo

[@nicolebrown5987]

I want her to medal so bad!!! The fact she showed us the work that goes into it when you're getting to be the best, especially in comparison to other gymnasts difficulty levels.

[@HazeyHarmony]

To have such a humble woman open up her whole life to people who would never have a chance to go to the Olympics makes her a champion already. She is beautiful on the inside and out! I'm so excited for her and my whole USA Olympic fever is for her solely!!!!!!! Go get it girl!!!!

[@jamm1227]

Loveeee seeing all the behind the scenes to how the routines are constructed . Good luck Myk!!

[@carlienhuiting62]

I really like to see how this all works and how a floor routine is created. Thanks for sharing!!

[@molly7476]

I WAS SO EXITED WHEN I FOUND OUT YOU MADE THE TEAM! Good luck in Tokyo Myk! YOU GOT THIS!💗

[@chiquanvu]

That’s a perfect clapping song! Crowd’s gonna love it! Best of luck to you

[@raymondmeyers8983]

Yeah, too bad there’ll be no spectators to clap along tho.

[@moavdi756]

It’s just a true pleasure to watch an Olympic 🤸🏼‍♀️ at the top of her craft. You are just amazing! 👏🏼

[@vissennav]

Music on floor is polish song "Brać" by Cleo. Greetings from Poland! 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🔝Good luck on Olimpics!

[@barborajavorska9697]

Thanks for sharing the name. It gave me Russian folklore vibes, so I wasn't that far from it. Your neighbor from Slovakia 🇸🇰

[@madziaro]

that's why it sounded familiar! (even though I don't listen to Cleo, and live on the other side of the ocean, I had to hear it at some Polish party/radio)

[@dittodelphox9939]

The “Bend & Snap”… works every time! You’re going to ROCK IT in Tokyo!!! 💛

[@leslied125]

This choreographer is a genius. I went back and watched some of the other floor routines he worked on, especially from Rio. Brilliant.

[@kjamison05]

You have the best choreography for sure this year… I love love love your floor routine! Can’t wait to see it in Tokyo!!!!

[@kiradolan6668]

So glad you chose the music you did, you definitely seem connected to it. Prayers for Tokyo!

[@shepherd941]

Definitely

[@alexsebastian7853]

Goosebumps, Myk is so sweet. The best Choreography for Myk 😍😍. God Bless you always 😇🙏🏻

[@luciarehermann7921]

I love how she shows her elation right away when she nails a routine in competition 😁

[@osunale]

I love this routine! And I really enjoy getting to see behind the scenes here. There are just so many elements that go into developing a floor routine!

[@danaricketts8970]

I would go crazy listening to the same song all day. You have a great deal of patience as well as talent . I hope you have a great experience in Tokyo!!!!

[@anovemberstar]

i LOVE the music you went with best - by a long shot, its just so distinctive and really really awesome!

[@jennifersmith4295]

The “Yea!” at the end was everything! Thank you so much for sharing the whole journey from workshop to competition. I really appreciate you showing all aspects of your training. You got this!!

[@swipeswifejess3234]

Be safe, stay hydrated(Japan has crazy humidity), and just enjoy it! You've already done us so proud!

[@jennas84100]

I just love how she gets so pumped and cheers after she finishes.it makes me smile

[@jlachowiec]

Love how much discussion is around being able to catch your breathe to GO GO GO !!!

[@mht4908]

I initially wasn't a fan of the routine, but it grew on me and I loved it by the time the Olympics came up. Your choreographer also worked with you very well, didn't give you things that doesn't look good for you

[@ChaseTheSun18]

the ending and reaction of your floor routine at championships never fails to give me chills😍😍 loved this video & cant wait to watch you kill it in Tokyo!!!

[@elizabethw.9042]

"It's slower so I can breathe." That's what I thought :) Good luck Mykayla!!!

[@jennfarace8530]

Totally impressed with how quickly you picked up that routine! Thx for sharing this experience with us…it looks like a lot of hard work and dedication but your nailing it!❤️

[@SuperLallypop]

I love when you celebrate after finishing your routine, it part of why I love so much your intro at the start of every video. Not only are you a super woman but the celebration is so you. I love seeing the entire process from start to what it is today. It's honestly crazy how much work goes into it and how difficult it is while at the same time showing its possible. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, do your thing at the Olympics! #TeamMykayla

[@misssvets7728]

Mykayla I’d really like to see a tutorial of how you get your hair and makeup done for a competition :)

[@bethharlow4681]

In one of the Olympic trials videos, there's some great footage of her hair & makeup being done.

[@katiesmith3540]

omg yes!!

[@ponyef1430]

@@earthlingT she had her friend do her hair for Olympic Trials! (:

[@Appaddict01]

Ponyef Her sister.

[@ponyef1430]

@@Appaddict01 her sister did her makeup

[@zombieloveproductions]

I’ve just started watching but OMG!!! FORTY MINUTES!!! I’m so excited!!!!

[@crazybeatlesgirl]

Thank you so much for sharing these!! I’ve always wanted to see the behind the scenes into Olympic training

[@internaloptometrist2702]

This reminds me as a retired non elite gymnast of the process. Behind the scenes! It’s so fun and one of the best days is working with a choreo. Getting a new routine is a big thing! I remember cassette tapes. ❤️ back in the 90’s. #teammykayla

[@taskeenvally3094]

Love you Myk! Can’t wait to cheer you on in Tokyo! Wishing you all the best! Tumbles from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤️

[@hannahneves205]

I love how pumped up you get after your routines! You’re so fun to watch ❤️

[@janepink978]

Good Luck Mykayla! Hope all your dreams come true and you walk home with a few medals 🏅

[@kelliknight126]

As a tnt coach, I have always been riveted by the actual gymnastics. This was still interesting to me, but just not quite the same level. This made me realize what a trooper Jonas is to video so much of Mykayla's training! Also, getting to hear Jonas in his interviews in golden really highlighted what an emotionally supportive and practically supportive husband he is to Mykayla. This makes me so happy to see ❤️

[@erinharty1677]

I used to have Dominic as a choreographer too! He’s the best in the game.

[@themomgames]

I was JUST watching "Golden" and thinking how excited I was for your next video, YAY!

[@taylormaltby2129]

Same!

[@amandala00]

Thanks for showing us how you put your floor routine together! Dominic is AMAZING!!! I love the music and dance together and have seen you compete it through ALL the competitions and you are great!! Best of luck in Tokyo, Mykayla!!! 💖🤗🤸‍♀️🇺🇸

[@erikabong4779]

Awwww yay love the longer video! & behind the scenes! Thank you Jonas! Goooo Myk!!!!

[@jessicanuveenleflar7061]

This is my favorite routine of yours! Music is awesome and the choreography is super fun.

[@doradora-ev9cm]

You are so inspiring! It’s been so cool to watch your journey to the Olympics from when I first started watching you about a year ago. Great job MyKayla and keep following your dreams!

[@olgaszoke9241]

What a beautiful work from the choreographer!! I am impressed by him!

[@juliannenance6919]

I was so confused😂 I was thinking “she got a new routine for the olympics?” And then “wait..that’s the same music” Should’ve read the description first!!

[@traciprovins3221]

I did the same thing

[@kristiann8122]

This is awesome!!! I’m a dance studio owner/choreographer but a huge fan of gymnastics so watching the two worlds collide here is VERY COOL!!!! And I heard you say that you wish you were good at dancing but I actually think you’re on of the best dancers I’ve seen in gymnastics. Can’t wait to see you at the Olympics!!!

[@SchlichteToven]

I love this routine, including the music. It's always the most fun routine to watch! Cool to see how it was put together.

[@tpocain]

15:45 Whoa, that "pop-drop" was pretty cool!

[@corystajduhar]

I agree.

[@laurabroussard1625]

I replayed the back roll way too many times!! 😂 Love her so much!

[@Appaddict01]

That should be a gif.💀😂

[@madelinejennings670]

This process is so cool!!! Love the music and choreography!!

[@sweetandsoursummer13]

Your editing is so good! You always know exactly what the viewers would like to see.

[@marycatherineandrews5032]

I love behind the scenes, so this is really cool!

[@kennedyprater6657]

This is one of my favorite videos, love to see the process!

[@katekurek1859]

I LOVE watching your face during the routine when you nail a pass! You get so psyched and then it seems like you're having so much fun. It's a great reminder that gymnastics should be FUN and to love what you're doing! Thanks for sharing the behind-the-scenes. Good luck in Tokyo, I'll be cheering you on from WI!

[@vidalgomezcotzajay4866]

I'm rooting for you! Best of wishes Myk! Love you more than ever!🇺🇸

[@arosebski]

This was super interesting! As a former dancer I always wondered how floor routines were choreographed once you got to the higher levels! Very similar to how my dances were choreographed but at the same time very different! Thank you for sharing so much of the behind the scenes!

[@joyfuljaj]

as a dancer, I was also thinking, "similar but different". I can't remember whether we finished solos in one session (i didn't have that many). I do remember changing some things my teacher eventually realized were not suited for my body. Choreo looked different on her long arms and legs than my shorter (and less skilled) ones.

[@Marvelerence]

This is why I love women's gymnastics much more than men's gymnastics. I hear a lot of people saying it's "sexist" to include dance elements into the women's floor routines because then mens' routines are all about the tumbling. But I think the idea of making the floor routine a true performance and engaging with the audience, all while still doing very difficult tumbling is so much more satisfying to watch. We need to appreciate the importance of femininity and grace instead of trashing it as unimportant.

[@1ooitsdevonnn]

I’m glad you went with the music that you choose. It just fits you and the choreo is very you. I love watching your floor 😍

[@mexqable]

This is already one of my favourites of your videos. The process is fascinating, and the (inadvertent?) commentary is excellent. I loved Lisa and Zee's interjections, and I tip my hat to Jonas for awesome video editing. I loved that it ended with the floor routine from Day 2 of US Championships, which is my favourite of Mykayla's floor routines this year, because you can hear Jonas and Bob in the background doing what they've done for years - urging her on - and also because of her life-affirming joy at the end. Good luck in Tokyo - I'll be cheering you on from London!

[@SquirtlePower809]

Good luck Myk! We are all SO STOKED to see you compete! No matter what happens or what is going on during this high-pressure time, just know you have SO MANY people cheering you on and supporting you!

[@melissahousman5088]

this is one of my favorite videos! cool to rewind and see the progression of the routine! thanks for sharing!!

[@mihkyg]

I’ve been waiting my whole life for a gymnast to make this video! You’re the best!! ❣️❣️

[@barborajavorska9697]

Yes!!! Love this kind of videos, more of an insight into gymnastics ❤️❤️❤️ good luck, you’re gonna kill it in Tokyo 😘😘😘 I love the sound you chose, it’s giving me Russian folklore vibes

[@mermaidchihuahua10]

I think this is my favorite routine from mykayla ever and I love the music too

[@Teenie19XX]

Amazing❤️‍🔥👱🏼‍♀️🇺🇸 Choreography is so important & so hard to pick up in 2 days! You did great! It’s crazy to see it from the very beginning to now! Trusting the Process! So Proud of you!! So excited to see you perform in Tokyo!! Sending prayers and positive vibes! I know you are going to kill it!! Love u MyK!!!

[@tiffanielynn07]

So excited for you & im cheering you on from Arizona. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching your journey to Olympic videos- congratulations & good luck! Don't forget to have SO MUCH FUN

[@massholemama4life84]

Such an amazing woman and athlete representing the USA! Have fun, you got this💙💓

[@TinaReutin]

The minute I heard your music, I loved it. An awesome floor routine.

[@callabeth258]

I've always loved that flip onto your back so I liked seeing the thought process of how you included it

[@eiraremejeene]

Bend and snap! 😂 Elle Woods, is that you? 😂 You go, gurl!

[@keirahealy7082]

I’m rooting for you makayla!!! Good luck in Tokyo can’t wait to watch you on tv!!!! 😁🇯🇵👍🏼❤️😎

[@kathyk3792]

It’s great looking back. You came so far. Love the journey

[@melissamonroe9565]

I can’t wait to see you nail it and medal girl you so got this!!!! 🏅

[@rachelc4457]

Knowing what we know now, (myk heading to Toyko) it’s so crazy seeing this process. I feel like it’s already an iconic routine and the Olympics haven’t even started!

[@harlamite]

I absolutely love your floor music this season (and think it was best of the snippets we heard at the beginning), but the SHADE of remixing nellie kim's old music is lowkey genius. Lots of respect to Lisa for that idea hahaha

[@nightflyer3242]

If NBC does not show Nellie Kim's reaction to her floor music being "modernized", then there is no point watching gymnastics this Olympics.

[@Appaddict01]

Nora Lincoln If Myk wins a medal Nellie will probably snatch it off her neck.😂

[@melissabrown2837]

Such a cool behind the scenes journey! Thanks for showing us! ❤️ I LOVE this routine & can’t wait to see it in Tokyo!

[@hid4us]

Really like the new routine. Dominic is so professional and talented. If McKayla win a medal in Tokyo, I know who to thank for.

[@GinnyGasu]

You’re amazing!!! 🙌🏼💙

[@heathermiller76]

Loved watching this entire process! Cant wait to cheer you on! GO MYK!!

[@darceyvolle4938]

Love watching this and love the routine. Can't wait until olympics.

[@brittanyrobey9972]

Love that you shared this! You’re gonna kill it in Tokyo Mykayla!!

[@MissPinkGirlOfSLC]

Oh MY I loved every minute of this video!!!! It brings back so many memories from the gym and with dancing and learning new routines ! Thank you for bringing back fond memories! How I miss the gym. I should start coaching again too. I love to see my videos like this!

[@sarahperson4516]

I can’t wait for Tokyo! Good luck Myk! 💗

[@rebecca5081]

I've always wondered how this happens! So cool that you shared. Go get 'em in Tokyo!

[@dasaf.2382]

its so fun how at the beginning when yall were going through all the music choices the one that you ended up picking was the one i had singled out as my favorite as soon as i heard it!!

[@kiradolan6668]

Mykayla: *does backwards bellyflop* Jonas: I ThOuGHt tHaT wAs Cool Adorable.

[@ceciliakatherine8381]

i could watch her do this routine 100 times and i wouldn’t get sick of it

[@madelynn7442]

SO proud of you MYK!!!! you are gonna rock it in tokyo and cannot wait to watch you!!! you have seriously come so far and all your hard hard hard work is paying off love you and good luck🇺🇸🇺🇸💕💕

[@julesindigoblue4441]

Such a fab routine, love the music! I’d have to choose ‘Twinkle twinkle little star’ as that’s about the level of my gymnastics ability...😎)....you’re doing great! Can’t wait to see you at the Olympics!

[@kellykinchin7912]

I so LUV this part of the process the choreography Fabulous watching Thank you!

[@HeyItsMeeTee]

you have legit one of the most fun floor routines i love it

[@loosegoose5841]

Awesome video! I specifically had asked about the whole process of selecting floor music and an entire vlog on your Olympic floor routine is 1000x cooler. Good luck in Tokyo! You've got this!

[@KaylaDS14]

Love seeing how the routine came together and I love the music 🎶

[@smileypresent]

Your intro is so cool! And congratulations for making the olympics!

[@myahill909]

Thank you for taking us on this crazy journey to the worlds greatest stage!!! Enjoy every second. Can't wait to hear about it after!!! We are invested lol

[@musicbyjamie]

So excited for you Myk! Will be cheering you on.

[@dianalennon3705]

Watching you is so inspiring! Your such a hard worker and I love to see that. Good luck at Tokyo and God bless you, your family, and the other girls competing with you