Haven't updated in a long time. Still going to 2 aerial rope and tissue classes + 1 hand balancing class a week. My camera has been out of commission. I will have to take some new pictures and videos next time.







And I got an extra good stretch today:

Lazy days.

Last class we were all pretty lazy. No good. Hopefully we'll come back strong this Friday. I'm still nursing my pulled hamstring from a week ago.

Some random pictures of playing on the rope and such.













That last hold is hard on the arms, probably good practice though.

and in the midst of doing a drop at a fast speed:

Determination.

Hurrah! New tricks. So exciting. On Tuesday I stayed a few extra hours after class to land a new trick. I didn't want to leave before I got it! Ended up being ridiculously sore the next day. So worth it though.







Then today we learned a new drop. It's crazy! It's a super fast one. I love the speed, we don't get that so much on the other drops. I feel like it's the "bumper car" of drops. You are pushed and pulled all over. Really fun.





And in motion. . .

Bad.

Lack of updates. Woops. Have been good about going to class. We played with expression a couple classes ago. It was really fun. We know a combination of stuff and enough to play around now. It was more of a dance and paying attention to all the extra movements. It made me a bit nervous with people watching, but I forgot as soon as I was up there and had a lot of fun. It felt so good! Very relaxing.

Pictures of random stuff, not necessarily of still tricks--but getting into them or doing them.

Had aerial rope class this morning. A lot of people came. Didn't really take any pictures of rope work. Worked on some balancing afterward.


woops, wrong way to do it.


There we go, that's right.


and then there's always this one.

My shoulders are in pain today, but it's so much fun how could I resist. With rope class today I needed to do more climbs, I'll have to be better about it next time. All in all a fun class though, and I know I'll be (even more) sore tomorrow.

Long Time.

It's been a long time. Unfortunately haven't taken class in a while because I was sick and then I got LASIK. Time to get back into it though.

Went to hand balancing today. Back and shoulders are feeling sore already. Made it my goal to do a 2 minute handstand today when we timed (someone spots you) and managed! Oh hello pain, there you are.







Aaaand I'm up. Ta da! Crazy how it's so much harder than it looks. We also did some of the same things from my last blog post (up and down with blocks, balancing on the red bench). My camera died after taking only 4 pictures, so no more. And it looks like I have to clean the lens.

Aerial rope class on Friday morning--will have an update soon.

Class: December 1st

I went to a hand balancing class today. It helps strengthen your core, arms, and shoulders. Really good for aerial rope.

Thanksgiving was good. I feel stuffed like a little piglet. Missed a couple classes because of a little holiday break.

I have videos and pictures from the last class. Unfortunately I have been having problems with rotating videos. So that means I have a bunch of videos I can't post right now. Once I get them rotated I will post where they belong--I have a great one from this class. We learned a new climb called "the creature climb" and it's pretty ridiculous.




While we were there a little girl (nicknamed "super baby") was strapped in a harness and pulled up high. She loved it.





She's up almost 30 feet high!!

Did a new trick on Friday. There were a few classes I spent practicing the first part of this move--holding yourself up on the rope in a certain way. At that point I only got as far as holding myself up for a second and finishing the trick if Jaron took hold and flipped me into the trick.

I randomly tried again on Friday though and did it! Exciting. It definitely needs work though. My legs could go into a wider straddle and it needs to be way more graceful.

It is definitely a lot harder than it looks. I have a couple videos from this class, but I couldn't get all of them rotated right side up. I'll have to deal with it and post more later.



Note to self: straighten back so this looks more pretty. Luiza kept saying "straighten out!!" but I didn't really understand what she was talking about at the moment. Now looking at the picture I see what she meant.

Headstands.

Working on balance. Working on strength. Mind body connection is so important for aerial and everything that you do.

Upside down.

Being upside down is still just as confusing as it was when I started aerial. It's harder to know which way your hips are facing and what looks pretty. I thought of something earlier I wanted to write in here, but now I can't remember.


What are my arms doing?! And it looks like I'm making a peace sign.


My arms are still weird. . .

Wow.

Woah. What happened to October. It flew by. I haven't updated in a bit. I can't lie-I've been lagging with my classes. Life has been a bit crazy. The center added chinese poll so we took some time to play. Also, tried out stilts-hard.















In that 2nd to last pic we were learning how to hang upside down by just one ankle. Super painful. Looks semi-cool though. . .when you're not doing it while laying on the mat and getting totally stuck.

Oh and I'm still on my quest to be able to do splits within one year. I should start blogging my progress every 3 mo. on here.