Side Mount

I've been texting a lyra friend of mine. She's ah-mazing. And she just complimented my side mount. I feel all warm and gushy inside now. Granted, it's the only mount I can do. Which is probably why it's so fluid. She can do other inversions, so the side mount probably gets ignored.

Here we are, the pink ladies of Hungry Hungry Humans.

Lyra Crush

This woman is fabulous. Here's an interview.

I love this routine and her spunk. And her booty.

I also found a bit of her practice time. She could apparently already do a straddle. I wish I knew more of her physical background, how long it took her to invert.
(obsess much, Q? why yes, I do, thankyouverymuch)

This one is lovely, too...

And I found her blog. Some good stuff. Good reads. Added to my hoop blogs.

Talk about your joys

I saw this today...really made me think

Quit

It might be time to end my aerial career. I just can't cope anymore with group classes. I'm so tired of seeing new students sail past me. I'm tired of making myself go 3x/week and seeing very little progress. I'm tired of not being able to do one.single.inversion. Perhaps some bodies were not meant for aerials. Bodies like mine. Fat, weak, terribly inflexible.

I've cancelled the upcoming workshop I signed up for. No more group classes...well, I have one more in my account bank. It's too late to cancel private for July. So I'll cancel for August.

I gave it a solid try. I just don't want this turning toxic for me like derby.

Hungry Hungry Humans

Hungry Hungry Humans at the aerial studio last night. I was a bit dreading it. We had a practice scrimmage last week. HURT so much. Superman pose on a silks knot? Unpleasant. So we're a team of four who have never competed in this before, and we're up in the first round. We had never seen it so we had no strategy. The latter rounds had an advantage because they could watch and figure out what worked best. We didn't have such an advantage. A bit unfair, but what can you do? We came in second in our round. But only the first place moved on in the tournament. No love for second place.

Here's a bit of my round. There are penalties for touching the floor. But after watching, I discovered it could be a successful strategy to touch the floor for a push and get many more balls. Again, we didn't know this strategy because we've never played and got put in the first round. Do I sound whiney about that? DGAF.

Team Ball Busters!