a peek at the training space

Here is my training space. The trapeze wasn't up yet when I took this pic, but it hangs on the left right over those two white lines. And no, that's not the ladder I used to hang it. The other ladder is WAY bigger.

As you can see, I also have access to a rope, a pullup bar, plenty of floor space, and some large mats. So my goal for the long weekend is to write myself a few really comprehensive, ambitious exercise routines that make full use of my space while I have it.

Thanks, Marymount. You guys totally rock.

fun day

ohhhh, I had such an awesome workout today. Just me and my trapeze. It felt like old times.

I trained the way Natalie Agee at Ruby Streak taught me - I did her sequence of abs and arms warmups, then beats on the bar, pike pullups, ankle hangs, straddle ups, one-knee hangs. And then I just ran through a few moves, started improvising, and moved on to choreography.

"POISON"

standing back bridge

pullover

front balance

dive to catcher's

pull to aeroplane

grip bar and drop into back beat

straddle up to ankle hang

one-knee hang

pull to seated; modified mermaid

sit-and-spin (I HATE this move. It never works and the trapeze gets tangled up! But it is a way to change facing, which is necessary for...)

back balance

roll forward to crucifix

beat back to both knees on rope

spin around rope

infinity turn

shoulder stand (with spider-on-web legs)

falling star

bird's nest

quickly tuck and pop back to bird's nest; repeat a few times

aaaand that's all I have so far. I'm not training with music yet, although the song is certainly stuck in my head most of the day.

I feel so happy and relaxed now, after training. I'm starting to remember why I fell so hard for trapeze in the first place.

I DID IT!!!

one. perfect. handstand.