The Uneven Bars Developments (50s-2010s)

A montage made by me about the gymnastics uneven bars, developements/evolution from the 50s to 2010. The apparatus that witnessed the most radical changes.
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Agnes keleti, sofia muratova, larissa latynina, Natalia Kuchinskaya, vera caslavska, doris fuchs brause, ludmilla tourischeva, nelli kim, olga korbut, nadia Comaneci, Judith Anderson, Karin janz, maria filatova, Elena mukhina, emelia eberle, Marcia Frederic, Natalia shaposhnikova, ma yanhong, Natalia yurchenko, ecaretina szabo, julianne mcnamara, mary lou retton, Aurelia dobre, oksana omelianchik, Elena shushunova, Daniela silivas, olga strazheva , Svetlana baitova ,kim gwang suk, lu li, domenique dawes, li li, mo huilan, liu xuan, Svetlana khorkina, amy chow, Victoria karpenko, Elvire teza ,olga roshupkina ,yang yun , Courtney McCool, irina yarotska, mohini bhardwaj, Courtney kupets, emelie lepennec, nastia liukin, shawn Johnson, li ya, he kexin, ksenia semenova, beth tweddle, Tatiana nabieva, huang Qiushuang, aliya mustafina.

[@hughby]

the 70s were really impressive.

[@jennawhitey3157]

Monkey D .Luffy I would say 90s were better

[@yellowlynx]

But not with a high human price. The 70's were dominated by USSR and Eastern Bloc, and they trained their gymnists with extremely inhuman means - behind each gold medals were a lot of broken people. I supported the banning of all those flips because a girl from my own alma mater was paralysed when practicing - she was only 14.

[@penultimania4295]

Well, as opposed to gymnastics being dominated by the US today and somehow you dont seem too bothered by that. As if there arent broken gymnasts nowadays in the US ie the sexual abuse scandal.

[@laurad324]

And 80s

[@DarMel15]

@@yellowlynx What school was this?

[@trolldevildean4522]

The 70s bars routines are unreal...death defying stunts. Loved them

[@gyuisthebeom]

Same

[@svasianfilipiname6603]

Did you see the 50's ones?! They also look dangerous! Like they could hit their head or neck on them!

[@juniper617]

Literally-some of those moves have been banned.

[@YourMum33345]

thats because the coaches just found out they could get away with abusing gymnatss

[@ilovebeinagirl]

Yea, but sometimes those stunts DIDN'T defy death..... :-(

[@AmericanRoads]

My gosh.. I never knew this event used to be so much more artistic!

[@lizzaangelis3308]

I miss the more artistic side of it myself. I also miss the experimentation with moves as well. I mean sometimes I wished they would have a freestyle gymnastics as to just allow the impossible to become possible.

[@ALegitimateYoutuber]

a freestyle gymnastic event would be great, sure they'll allow dangerous moves for it. But allowing the athletics to push themselves to the human limit and present what truly is excellence within the sport as well as the human form.

[@rei281]

John J i dont think risking your hips and kidneys for the sake of art is a good thing

[@bigpimpinstoleyobitch]

oneD love you obviously don't do gymnastics or any kind of dance

[@rosschandler6439]

American Roads I

[@jondavwal13]

You can see how while the sport progressed something was really lost when they couldn't touch both bars at the same time. The most exciting routines are still the ones from the 70s and early 80s. Mukhina was absolutely spectacular. Korbut changed everything and Comaneci solidified the change. The later routines show such a struggle to get from one bar to the other and the flow is lost.

[@MsSonnencreme]

Yes but the sport got a lot safer as a result. And that is a good trade in my opinion

[@RealChristopherRobin]

@@MsSonnencreme agree. Not related to bars buy Mukhina had a very severe accident in a now banned technique

[@WAS-xg2eu]

Mukhinas accident was during the rehearsal on floor excercise during trainning the thomas salto. Not at the uneven bars

[@RealChristopherRobin]

@@WAS-xg2eu she got injured by a now banned technique, so

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

@@MsSonnencreme it really seems that flying between the bars and above the bars as they do nowadays is more dangerous

[@22dmbt]

Loved it!! Not that today's gymnasts aren't impressive, but I really do miss the good ol' days before the bars competition just became a series of giant swings in every direction. It was more creative and interesting to watch.

[@17Jahseh17]

D Thom it was more dangerous

[@theresa42213]

D Thom ~ SO RIGHT! l was 7 when l started watching in 72, and by the late 70's it was perfected ...a more feminine sport! Some release moves were really amazing to watch! They were trickier to do because there was less room. l still like it ....but you're right about it ..turning into a 'guys' apparatus. l agree with you!!

[@theresa42213]

@@17Jahseh17 ~ Gymnastics _is_ dangerous. Danger isn't the reason they kept changing it. They wanted the girls to be able to do those 'giants', and huge release moves! lt depends on the body type too! People like Nastia Liukin, and Peng Lee look beautiful on the recent bars! Girls with shorter lines look better on the older apparatus. l miss the late 70's routines! They were real eye pleasers!

[@irrelevance3859]

@@17Jahseh17 it's more dangerous now with the releases. It wasn't changed for safety reasons. People just didn't like adjusting the bar height and wanted to do more dangerous skills from mens high bar. Lost the artistry

[@ashleygarcia3034]

EXACTLYYY

[@Cyclamenz]

The change is fascinating. You can hardly compare these athletes, because their sports are different beasts entirely.

[@purpurina5663]

Wow!! The creativity and gymnastic ability in the 50s and 60s is incredible, I had no idea! I LOVE some of the moves like mounting by skipping w split legs over the low bar, tucks on one bar, etc. I also love the slower speed, because it seems like control is much more important than sheer power. I vote let’s go back!

[@THATSmE4EVA2u]

This looked like what kids love to do. Much more fun.

[@juancabezascaceres]

Comaneci, Korbut & Mukhina

[@em_mkay]

They make a great team

[@Popculturenostalgia01]

The three greatest on bars

[@DraPaulaFlor]

Mukhina 😭

[@SailorBarsoom]

One of the most obvious things is that the bars keep getting further and further apart. I wonder how much further that can go? Some of that '70s era stuff, where the gymnast swings around and transitions to the other bar by basically hitting the other bar with her hips, her center of gravity, that is quick and dramatic and cool, and I'll admit that I miss it. Of course, if it were brought back the bars would be too close together to allow giant swings, and I'd miss those. I don't think that having two events, the Close Uneven Bars and the Far Uneven Bars, is realistic, though it would be interesting. I have tried to imagine adding a third bar, but I don't think that's going to happen either, though perhaps as an exhibition thing it could.

[@mettlerox]

Although I think you're right that it won't happen any time soon, I really like your idea of having Close, Far, and Third Rail uneven bar competitions!

[@RaccoonJinchuriki]

The closest thing I've seen to a third bar is the gymwheel.

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

adding a third bar would be interesting but who knows how that would change the dynamic. I think have a Closer Bars and Far Bars event as 2 (or even 3?) separate events is more realistic. After all, the men have 6 events and the women have only 4, so i think theere's room for expansion that way.

[@laurad324]

Giants are so boring.

[@maryjanecurtis8378]

I like your idea about having separate events using the different bar separations and possibly even adding a third bar. Maybe they should introduce this in a competition somewhere? Of course, they'd have to go through all kinds of "hoops" dealing with the USA Gymnastics, the FIG, and probably the IOC if it were to become an event at the Olympic Games. Of course, I'm not the one who would actually be competing----so it's easy for me to say.😉 I'm not giving away my age or anything, but I was in high school when Nadia Comaneci was at the heighth of her gymnastics career, and I dreamt of becoming like her on the uneven parallel bars.😴😌Didn't happen-----go figure!🤔🤷🏻‍♀️ But I had fun with the rest of my school gymnastics team though, as we cheered 2 of our teammates on to the State finals that year! I can remember doing the element you spoke of: where the gymnast is standing on the lower bar with her hands around the high bar; she then jumps up and throws her legs out and swings her body towards the lower bar, and as her hips hit the lower bar her body springs back up over the lower bar into a "kip-up"---all while holding onto the high bar the whole time. It was a cool move, and if I recall correctly, it was called "The Bang"-----and for a reason.😬 Although I didn't learn how to do it until after the season ended, I practiced and practiced it fervently. I'll tell ya, when your hips hit in the wrong place, you get really bruised! Ouch!😣 Well, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it! Anyway, I hope your idea gets noticed!👍🏻🤩 God bless y'all!

[@defcon00000]

50s-60s seemed the most graceful, 70s-80s seemed the most crazy, 90s-00s seemed the most frantic. I'm sure it's become more difficult over time, but earlier on it actually seemed artistic, now it seems sort of mechanistic.

[@nathancoleman7235]

You are not lying Totem Kopf!

[@Weegeepiegirl]

Yeah probably but the routine back in the 1950 were beautiful

[@toscadonna]

No hand guards until the late 80s. Wow. Hands of steel.

[@sanaadior8552]

tosca donna they're called GRIPS

[@sanaadior8552]

tosca donna plus they didn't even do anything wich was hard so they didn't need them...

[@charlirivera7718]

Sanaa Reaves are you dumb?

[@caliexo7549]

tosca donna I’m guessing because (don’t know the technical term I’m not a gymnast) they didn’t really seem to do as much like continuous spinning on the bar as gymnasts do now

[@maurened5969]

Yes there were. I was a gymnast in the 70's and we had grips. Optional to use them or not. Still got tears.

[@martuu3185]

60's and 70's bars routines are on another level

[@marcelodecon4167]

Three words: THE KORBUT FLIP.

[@myrellagomes2906]

The Best

[@Cherry-bp8jk]

Marcelo Decon Other four words : Salto ELENA MUKHINA. Forever!

[@archiveofyass]

Marcelo Decon YES

[@freyaaldrnari6086]

@@Cherry-bp8jk Um, she was paralyzed.

[@augustinedaudu9203]

@@freyaaldrnari6086 share but she made an enormous contribution to gymnastics. Many of her skills are still performed today

[@michellebolen3892]

with the spreading of the bars it looks like we have lost the ability to do some beautiful skill sets 😕

[@aneliskaar1354]

Michelle Bolen yeah, now it is impossible to attempt the olga korbut flip+ it is banned because it was to dangerous🙁😔

[@DarMel15]

banned because it ruins the flow of the routine**

[@nathanieleli2469]

Michelle Bolen But some Gymnasts make the new bars looks artistic too. Nastia Liukin had such beautiful lines and some Gymnasts know how to make it beautiful. Some of the moves you're still able to do. Ekaterina Szabo and the 1st move they show you can still do.

[@yellowlynx]

olga korbut flip is dangerous and the ones who propose the bans are actually retired women gymnists. Many of those famous gymists couldn't bear children because the impact on the abdomen damaged their female reproductive organs.

[@FrancesBaconandEggs]

lynx yellow that’s actually a very very false rumor.

[@heyitsbea7149]

Besides the fact that the sport and discipline changed a lot can we acknowledge how much better the TV quality has gotten? Even from the 90s the quality is so much better now!

[@emslife6002]

Dude. 70s bars are insane!

[@MyChannel-ht2xu]

I cringe every time I read in a comment that the bars were moved further apart because women were breaking their pelvic bones, damaging their ovaries/intestines, etc. etc. I keep seeing it over and over on so many videos. It's completely NOT TRUE. Yes, those moves probably hurt and caused bruising like so many other gymnastics moves, but they never caused serious internal damage or injury. Please people, stop perpetuating this myth. The real reason the bars kept moving further and further apart is because as the sport evolved women started do more difficult release moves, giants, and other moves more associated with men's high bar that require more space between the bars to complete. Continually moving the bars apart allows the gymnasts to push the envelope more and more with each competition. Also, RIP Věra Čáslavská. Even after 48 years her routines are some of the most beautiful to watch.

[@trolldevildean4522]

Exactly this. Some of their coaches need basic biology lessons. the ovaries and the uterus (as long as you are not pregnant or have fibroids) are well protected in the pelvis. You can't feel them by pressing on your lower abdomen. The uterus can't even be felt until at least 10-12 weeks pregnant. Furthermore, there are many ligaments keeping them in place. Broad ligaments, round ligaments, suspensory ligaments, cardinal ligaments, ovarian ligaments, etc. You can have multiple pelvic bone fractures without even a small injury to your pelvic organs. Infertility problems are more to do with the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis going haywire due to the diet, weight and the amount of physical exertion than direct trauma.

[@3Axel1996]

ROFLMAO!

[@sydders_4949]

trolldevil dean geez you're smart😂

[@maurened5969]

Thank you!! I'm laughing reading all that thinking of all the flying hip circles I did and never hurt anything but my hands.

[@irrelevance3859]

THANK YOU. it's the biggest myth that just came from thin air. Routines now are more dangerous than back then. The change had nothing to do with safety

[@crose4889]

Their execution was way better, and I wish we could tone it down a little to bring back the perfection and artistic movement, rather than making it about how many turns you can do. They stumble and fall and break too much these days, and it's a shame we can't just realise it needs to be toned down to make it more impressive again!

[@angedejeudi]

Clea Strathmann I second this. Something similar happened to figure skating too, with skaters gambling on quad axel combos. Separating the technical from execution meant that it is more worth it now to cram in an extra revolution and stumble on the landing than to lower the difficulty and perform it flawlessly and consistently. It's especially evident in beam, with some gymnasts checking their balance after almost every skill, even with jumps. For me, what was impressive about beam was how they managed to look so graceful on an impossibly narrow apparatus, and how effortless they looked interacting with that apparatus. Now it's just a competition of who can do the most flips without falling off, with some out of place hand gesturing to fill the gaps. There's rarely a sense of flow or appreciation of the uniqueness of the apparatus now, making Sanne Wevers' routine in the last Olympics a refreshing sight amidst the tumblers.

[@MD-722]

@Mana G Those skills were called belly-beat skills, they weren't slamming their hips against the bars, they were using their lower-abdomens.

[@irrelevance3859]

@Mana G it didn't change for safety reasons at all. The skill was painless. Didn't go near your uterus. It touched _skin_

[@jbw53191]

The routines back in the sixties look so much more creative and artistic. Nowadays, it's basically become a high bar routine.

[@kurichka]

It was so much nicer and imaginative when bars where closer. At this pace the lower bar will disappear and it will be like men's high bar!

[@dr.arnoldibarretajayme812]

i love the mounts from the routines in the earlier years .. they have more difficult mounts than the mounts that the top gymnasts do now ... Elena Mukhina of the former Soviet Union did the Korbut flip and she added a half twist to it .. i saw her do this in her uneven bars routine during the world championships , i think it was 1977 or 78, the year she won the all around gold

[@lorelaim3294]

4:26 holy shit! she caught it with her feet or something. I do wish they had never separated the bars like that, they look so much cooler when they can do the moves where they can just lean from bar to bar.

[@TsubasaDreams]

I personally love the 90's! The only problem I have with today's bar routines is that the low bar is pretty much neglected. I would love to see more gymnasts use the low bar like Amy Chow. Also, I miss seeing those beats around the bars.

[@openroad8888]

i must say that bar work looks much much less interesting today than the 70s. The skill in the 70s were beautiful and fluid. I could care less about perfect handstands of today or the same release skills we see over and over and over and a double twisting double back dismount. Let's bring the beauty of this exercise back.

[@elizabethliu8781]

The older versions looked way cooler because the gymnast had to be ver nimble and flexible, now it's all about strength and release moves

[@PearlJamGirl627]

I'm an awe of the 70's! Those routines were amazing!!! Nadia was ridiculous. Great job on putting this together!!

[@huyked]

I don't know about you guys, but I liked it when the bars were closer together.

[@mettlerox]

To repeat my comment on the previous version of this video: I really enjoyed the older video clips. So many of the elements that made the uneven bars exciting to watch have since been banned. Surely there must be a way to make the sport safer while allowing the gymnasts more room for creativity in their routines that what is seen today.

[@thinkt7613]

I agree

[@LuvLilKitty]

I totally agree with you!I loved the way bars were in the 70's and 80's....so much more exchange between the bars...a lot more unique routines and nowadays....there is hardly anymore highbar-lowbar connection.Maybe, "they" will put them closer together again :)))

[@shushunovafan4301]

Slamming hips against the low bar cant really be made safe though. Like at all.

[@FrancesBaconandEggs]

The skills aren’t banned, they’re just not in the code so you wouldn’t get credit. The sport evolved to allow for more swinging and lines. The apparatus that changed for safety reasons is vault.

[@GarageStudio7]

*The Korbut Flip* - most groundbreaking moment in Gymnastics!

[@aliciamayevsky9279]

Olga Korbut at 1:47 - 1:54 is by far the most impressive omg ❤️❤️

[@wkhx]

shoutout to the gymnasts back then who did not have grips. it must’ve hurt so much

[@MsOHsvideos]

This is a fantastic montage. The bar routines seem to change every year. I just don't like gymnastics today as it used to be in 70's and 80's. It seems like all they care about is the highest degree of difficulty, while back then. It was speed, fluency, strength, and much more. What I am just saying is I miss the old days.

[@Marylovesfashion]

The bars routines from when they were closer together were much more exciting to watch. As the bars got farther away the routines got less interesting.

[@ForeverPandas101]

I so agree with you. The 70s and 80s were the best years of gymnastics. And it was a million times more interesting to watch, like when they went from high bar to low bar I always finding myself on the edge of my seat because it LOOKS like they wont cath it but they do. It's a shame that that all the grace and artistry from back then is completely gone.

[@yellowlynx]

The 70 and 80's were the "best" because they were dominated by USSR and Romania and Communist contries, where gymnists were just medal winning machines lie Elena, if one was broken just find another replacement - the countries derived those "beautiful" moves with a lot of human costs, not exactly the choice of the gymnists, and certain not their "creativity". Maybe the gymnastics now is less spectacular, but I do not want "spectacular" shows if it mean so much human costs.

[@penultimania4295]

Well then why watch it in the first place. Its boring now and the whole point of sports is entertainment. Just by doing elite level sports they risk injury anyway, and with gymnastics pretty much ALL of those moves could mean death if something goes wrong. Youre an idiot.

[@laurad324]

Bars was always my fave to watch and now I don’t even pay attention because every routine looks the same and it’s boring!

[@987654321mnbv]

@@yellowlynx yes, you would rather enjoy girls being "safely" raped than "exploited" by scary communists.

[@elizabethmcqueen321]

70s are fun to watch:)

[@MatchaCUB]

Ludmilla Tourischeva... such Grace.

[@raras889]

it really saddens me that nowadays gymnastics are heading toward a "power only, less artistry" path. Even back in the 90's, power was still combined with artistry. And gymnasts aren't so creative nowadays, doing the same releases and aerials with less variety. I mean, I don't mind powerful routines, but it IS artistic gymnastics, so why not work to make it fit its name?

[@smooshiebear80]

Raras Umaratih It end up being the same because everyone is trying to work out how to get the biggest points value. That is one downside to the new scoring system because it doesn’t really reward artistry, just difficulty level and execution.

[@irrelevance3859]

It's the scoring system that truly ruined it along with the movement of the bars. No more acknowledgement to artistry. Especially beam. Scoring system completely ruined beam

[@leahsincelejo7641]

Even USAG JO is ruined.

[@ellaarmstrong216]

I like it being harder and pushing the boundaries of what’s humanly possible.

[@jeremyschreiner4615]

They need to add the closer uneven bars to be its own event because when you compare the 50s to the 2000s its completely different and i might say it looks very graceful going back and forth between the bars like that.

[@MissMadeleine9]

GREAT choice of music for this clip!

[@Trietteable]

I feel that way about most of women's gymnastics and ice skating. It's all about speed, and rotation. Artistry and balance just isn't there anymore.

[@KateMich12]

Gymnastics has become so routine and boring. Loved when the bars were closer together. Beautiful!

[@kianakaslanalvr]

An eaisier too lol

[@gyuisthebeom]

Yeah

[@Music2Die4]

Am I the only person who does NOT like how this particular gymnastics event has evolved? It used to be exciting to watch the constant transitioning to the high and low bar, and associated spontaneity. The sport is now basically two high bars. Too far apart. The sport today lacks the innovative moves and imagination that made it electric back in the 1970s. Something tells me this evolution was due to judging criteria. Too bad.

[@indianahoosiersfan1970]

I don't either

[@nolanlee2543]

you are not the only person. literally every single person agrees with you. you are not special.

[@-reaganrubys--7789]

@@nolanlee2543 can you shut up they posted this comment 8 years ago before there were any comments agreeing “smartass”

[@elenopa]

I thought I'd remembered the bars being closer together when I was younger. From looking at this footage, we seem to have lost some of the more interesting moves and skill from the Asymetric Bars.

[@silviabrunopicciano]

The moves were more impressive back in the 60, 70, and 80s. Wish they would bring it back

[@gyuisthebeom]

Ikr

[@Hi-wj6wk]

Silvia Bruno Those types of moves hurt women’s bodies it’s not worth it

[@penultimania4295]

NO THEY WERE NOT

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

The routines were smoother and did not look as forced as today's routines do. I cringe at the wrist supports: back in the day they were not necessary.

[@judyparsons1333]

@@Hi-wj6wk should be a womens choice if she wants to do it I don't know other people always think they know best

[@DemonIced]

Woa... 70's were the best. Even if girls on uneven bars jump higher and are more powerful nowadays, the moves were much crazier back in the day.

[@hazelrivera6687]

My favorites are the 60s and the 70s.

[@saltress1126]

Excellent compilation and quite the Evolution. Olga Korbut is STILL MY FAVORITE 🤸‍♀️🥇🏅🏆 BEST Gymnast 🇷🇺 of ALL TIME

[@jugy4656]

Wow this was amazing to watch, thank you to whomever compiled this, lets you appreciate bars in a whole different way.

[@comaneci1]

well, in my opinion, one can't really compare olga to nadia, olga invented crazy yet beautiful moves, but her routines didn't have nadia's rhythm, nadia was more ehh let's say acrobatic and introduced such a fluidity of movement that never existed before, i mean the rhythm she works with... they both though shared such consistency and originality that makes you just unable to stop watching. Bottom line, both of them were artistic but of totally different styles.

[@cashmerenguyen]

The 70s-80s were the golden age of gymnastics I think

[@MD-722]

70s-90s! But for bars until 1984, then they got widened.

[@kadenmoss8904]

70s were awesome.

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

I'm just glad we're done with hip smashes.

[@jazzigymnast]

great video! as far as beauty and grace goes the 50s-60s wins. 70s was when they started to get more daring and got more and more difficult from there!

[@georgert]

That's great to see such a huge evolution in the sport. It's interesting to see how close the bars were set back in the day.

[@mindrolling24]

I remember my 40 something coach from the early 1980s telling me they used to do the splits on the bars!

[@FairbrookWingates]

70's...and I thought I loved the bar routines of today!

[@Boban1611]

Thank you. Beautifully done. A wonderful compilation of the development at this apparatus!

[@pepega8286]

The 60s were so beautiful!

[@Redh3adElizabeth]

Thanks so much for making this video! So cool to see the different styles. I honestly love them both.

[@honiebyte8560]

The music suits this perfectly!

[@chiarafattore8977]

I'm really glad they widened the bars... The routines on the close-together bars just make me nervous! Watching uneven bar routines today is really satisfying to me because of all the fluid motions they do

[@catherinewhitaker3425]

I was so scared they were gonna hit their head or something on the other bar!

[@SageRosemaryTime]

Excellent selection and editing . Very Well Done.

[@ArtFromNature]

This video is amazing! Thank you for making it! It's incredible to see how much things have changed over the years, and to consider the fact that routines that would once have won a gold medal, probably wouldn't even get recognition these days. It's sad to see some of the old styles go.

[@IAmSuzyQ]

Olga's Olympic bar routine is still one of the most beautiful performances I've ever seen, followed by her floor routine. She just looked like the happiest little girl flipping and dancing through a field of wildflowers. So graceful and smooth; I could watch it over and over again! 👍

[@taracanales9684]

Comaneci Korbut Mukhina Liukin Johnson so many of them are amazing but I really love the old bars too

[@RadioGwen10]

i am fascinated and amazed by gymnastics...i just spent over an hour watching different videos but this is by far the best one! i love seeing the evolution of the routines, and even how the uneven bars are set up...great video!!

[@PessimisticAutistic]

It seems to have progressed from what was a slower display of poise, balance and control to a discipline that is far faster, more choreographed and involves a great deal of flying. It would be interesting to find out if the injury rates have also changed over the years.

[@stellwyn]

I wish they'd go for the gracefulness and beauty option instead of just power, power, power. Also I think the lower bar feels neglected, people aren't using it for beautiful moves like the dismount Comaneci did (the one that looks like a bird taking flight) and things like that.

[@taylorwarren2000]

This stuff is mind-blowingly weird and incredible.

[@brendaannedufaur6244]

All eras so beautiful. I loved the 1950s and 1960s! The least interesting uneven parallel bars is today. Monotonous, no choreography, cookie cutter. All the routines look the same.

[@hawaiidispenser]

The tricky routines from the past seem more impressive because balance, skill and maybe even luck seem to be more a part of it! Today's moves still require balance and skill, but it's more about power instead of grace. The routines seem too similar now. I like the crazy wildness of the 70s.

[@Allhoney33]

I just can't stop watching this. I'm waiting on the Uneven Bars version of what Sanne Wevers did on the Balance Beam in Rio 2016. Somewhere, out there is a gymnastic with an old soul who appreciates gymnastics of yesteryear, just waiting to take it back to the old school. We await you!

[@blockvoting]

This video is amazing! The uneven bars are a totally different even now from what it was in the 70s and then from what it was in the 50s. You can't even say one is better than the other. Yo'ure the best for putting this together!! I'd love to watch a balance beam video because it also changed so much through the years (not as much as UB though).

[@karaamundson3964]

Amazing how close (and low) the bars were back in the day. It almost seems like gymnasts would be at greater risk of hitting & injuring a foot or leg. The slow, measured routines make sense in light of how cramped the equipment space was...maybe it was easier to get from bar to bar, and to land from the high bar over the low bar (I can certainly see why the modern bars switched the high bar to the landing side), but overall the old setup looks scarier to me. Props, Mid-Century-Modern Ladies!

[@kennikitty]

It seems like the routines from the 70s/80s were more... crazy than today's and the stunts/flips look a lot more dangerous, it's actually more impressive, although every time period has it's own charm. I wouldn't be surprised if a good number of stuff from the 70s/80s is banned now. Nevertheless, I'm surprised the bars were so close to each other, I actually really like that and would like to see this comming back.

[@thelordismyshepherd1366]

Wow, I loved this video. I loved the music, it really played into the excitement of the routines. These gymnasts are amazing athletes. My respect to all of them. 💐💐

[@itshitime]

so it got worse over time ok

[@eirin9726]

why?

[@MD-722]

@@eirin9726 They traded the risk, creativity, execution and finesse that the sport was created to show coupled with difficulty for just plain formulaic difficulty.

[@em_mkay]

EIRIN it lacks the innovative moves, innovative moves is what made it so fascinating back in the 70’s, 80’s, and even the 90’s

[@winkieblink7625]

Just beautiful. Thank you.

[@maibejosie]

Seriously some of the choreography and technique from the 50's is far more fluid and beautiful than all the powers moves we're used to seeing. As the video progresses to more modern times, gone is the artistry and immediately it's all power and intense dismounts.

[@williesnyder2899]

Mounting and dismounting have certainly become a major portion of the overall routines now.

[@louiseaslett1145]

wow so glad I watched this. really informative. I understand how we get from parallel bars for the men to the uneven bars for the women. I think I prefer how it used to be to some extent though

[@williesnyder2899]

Olga really changed things! I remember her and Nadia from my childhood. Ludmilla was the queen at one time, but the standard changed substantially, and has progressed to the present. Svetlana was thrilling on beam - I saw her on tour - but now we have a new level. Such is how it goes.

[@adrianbennett9875]

Can we just take the time to really appreciate the music, it's truly awesome.

[@lauracynthia7175]

what song is it?? i know it i just don’t know the name it’s driving me insane

[@tameramares5785]

The differences in the difficulties is amazing!

[@WhyNot-kq8gb]

I feel like the ‘90s routines were the best in terms of mixing the artistry from the past but still with the newer safety measures

[@MajahetBijtje]

Now, that were some awesome bar routine's in the early years. Also loving the music from the Rock, one of my alltime favorite movies!! Thank you so much for making this video!!

[@ognyena]

My most favorite type of gymnastics to watch !

[@marelicainavokado]

The music for the video is perfect!

[@Cuchifrito]

Great video! Thanks for putting it together.

[@dueroden]

Wow, that was fascinating! I so loved the 50s and 60s!

[@KarpfenKarpfen]

Wow! a really cool montage! Good job! :D I think every decade had some interesting and nice to watch bar work^^

[@ladylibrum7145]

The poses done in the 50s have a certain charm .. very interesting!

[@obi-wankenobi9202]

At my gym my coach put the bars close like the old bars and we all had so much more fun

[@sdavis5001]

This is just plain old NEAT. Super impressive skills, and the release skills were like, wow I had to set my payback speed in slo-mo to catch what they were doing. I know the bars are set different now, but would it not be CRAZY cool to see this today? I can just imagine the '96 gold team doing these routines then, especially tiny Moceanu & Strugg. WOW WOW WOW.

[@buzzaki]

Could not agree more. I understand that giant swings are difficult, but I regret that it's now ALL about doing giant swings. Any transition to the low bar seems to be perfunctory and brief.

[@yanlee2436]

From an uneven version of parallel bars to the horizontal bar with an extra bar.

[@catherineb8595]

Well the seriously hard part of it was that she was standing ON the high bar, then somersaultiung backwards to recatch it, instead of the usual swing..release from the same bar to recatch. It meant her margin for error was huge. Elena Mukhina bettered it, she did the same as Korbut but added a full twist. The hype was that it was unthinkable at the time, and so difficult. It is now banned.

[@declankells2079]

0:50 ok... that was badass

[@cocobeebe]

Nice compilation and great music choice!

[@lanpingpug]

Those Belly/Pelvic beats were brutal.