Thanks folks. :-)
Yeah, competition season at this level lasts from October through February. Their training is all year round. No time off like other sports. Truth is, if they take time off they start tightening up and it takes longer to regain flexibility than to lose it. It really is a way of life.
7 yrs old, 15.5 hours a week practicing and conditioning- and it only goes up (along with bills) from there. Pretty crazy way of life, but as long as she loves what she's doing- then I'll help any way I can.
She really wants a bar at home to practice on. She's getting too big now for the chin up bar in the doorway (that blocks us from entering or exiting there. heh) I have no idea where we would put it, but she works so hard that if she wants it, I'll figure out how to pay for one later this year. She still works on the beam that everyone helped buy last year! :-)