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blue_lotus13) wrote2009-04-09 04:26 pm
blue_lotus13) wrote2009-04-09 04:26 pm
My first trapeze lesson
I definitely don't like trapeze as much as I thought I would, because I have very little upper body strength. It's really quite hard. My classes are in the back of a gymnasium and kids were training all around me, which was pretty neat. There are six people in my class. This includes a girl in her teens, another one in her early 20s, two girls who may be in their late 20s and another girl about my age. One of them is originally from Quebec and is studying at the university. She moved to Edmonton with her Chilean boyfriend, who needed to be able to work in English.
We did a lot of warm ups, and then tried out the trapeze. The first thing we did was swing from the trapeze, and then we learned how to do "beats" which involves swinging back and forth. This was followed by a hanging from our knees from a much lower trapeze. I could do this, but instead of unravelling myself, I just dropped down onto my arms, freaking out my instructor. I was fine, but she warned me not to do that on the much higher trapeze. I also managed to sit on the trapeze and balance in three different ways. By this time, my arms decided that they had had enough and I was pretty much grounded for the rest of the class. The other people in the class are much better than I am. My flexibility is a definite asset, but my upper body strength needs a lot of work. Unfortunately, there were no nets for us to fall into and we just placed big mats under us. I was slightly disappointed by this because falling into the nets looks like a lot of fun.
Still, I'm glad I tried this. However, I don't feel an instant love for the aerial arts, and I probably won't take more than my six classes. Dance and yoga seem to be more my thing :)
We did a lot of warm ups, and then tried out the trapeze. The first thing we did was swing from the trapeze, and then we learned how to do "beats" which involves swinging back and forth. This was followed by a hanging from our knees from a much lower trapeze. I could do this, but instead of unravelling myself, I just dropped down onto my arms, freaking out my instructor. I was fine, but she warned me not to do that on the much higher trapeze. I also managed to sit on the trapeze and balance in three different ways. By this time, my arms decided that they had had enough and I was pretty much grounded for the rest of the class. The other people in the class are much better than I am. My flexibility is a definite asset, but my upper body strength needs a lot of work. Unfortunately, there were no nets for us to fall into and we just placed big mats under us. I was slightly disappointed by this because falling into the nets looks like a lot of fun.
Still, I'm glad I tried this. However, I don't feel an instant love for the aerial arts, and I probably won't take more than my six classes. Dance and yoga seem to be more my thing :)