Instead of walking as his rival had done, he began to step like a gymnast, and the crowd yelled their delight.
"Fantômas"
Pierre Souvestre Marcel Allain
The strength of his arms was enormous, for he was a deep-chested man, and had been a gymnast.
"Roden's Corner"
Henry Seton Merriman
The parson's armor of meek obstinacy was proof alike to reason and ridicule; he waxed not wroth, and was thankful for any suggestion; but, when asked to act accordingly, ever fell back on one plaintive formula-"I am no gymnast,"-after the fashion of that exasperating child who met all the Poet's questions and objections with the refrain of Master, we are seven.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence