#duo trapeze

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aaand we’re back to cirque du soleil! (no idea what the last four minutes of that are)

so here’s my favorite duo aerial act that FINALLY got posted just recently (there’s no official pro shot of the show available)

well now i gotta include this romantic gem!! from this movie

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𝐝𝐮𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝 | 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 | [𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞]

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Another fun combo 🩰🎪

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Performed by: Christine Lee and David Nguyen

Number: “That Other Girl”

Style: Duo Trapeze

From: “Dream Circus Bday #2: Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood” (2019)

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Training week of 8-21-2017: Finding balance edition

So, I have a glorious month off before starting my new job. I want to take advantage of that time, but also not overdo things. This week featured a number of double days, and I want to be thoughtful about those. I've come up with a few rules: my bonus workouts can only happen three days a week, they need to stay below or at 30min, they can't be more intense than my other planned workout, and at least one needs to be yoga/stretching/pilates/recovery focused.

8-21: Static trapeze. Fun class to get back into things. We started with card trick and had a few decent runs, then did the roll down, beat up, shin-to-shin, fruit roll-up, toe hang on my hips sequence from quite high, and it was great. The momentum really does help. Wrapped with the newish hand sequence and did okay with one; I still need to work on my hips in the transition, but that's really the only trouble spot.

8-22: BOD The 20s: Femme Shredder - Beginner and cyr wheel. This is another from that Beachbody competition series; they're all 20min, and each trainer got to do two workouts. This one is focused on resistance training for women, and you do two circuits. The first is somewhat lower focused and consists of stance jacks, squat with a weight to a front kick, high plank with a leg lift, and sumo squats first pulses and then full-range. The second is upper focused and oddly one move longer, consisting of burpees, push-ups, shoulder presses, bent-over rows, and something where you start in that bear/beast pose and jump your legs out and in. All in all quite solid for how quick it is. Cyr was quite good; just three of us in class, which is great, since we get more Kelly Jo time then. Additionally, I was just so much more on. I got a couple of decent supermans, and managed two arrows were I got back to the wheel, including one where I was able to turn it into a great three-point waltz. I also worked on a sequence of four-point waltz to center spin in front of the wheel to waltz to double elbow tuck to walking waltz to waltz to arabesque to arrow. I mostly need to work on tuck to walking waltz and waltz to arabesque, but I made good progress (particularly on that second one).

8-23: Flying trapeze; very good class. Mostly worked on the swing and made progress, and then randomly caught hocks off at the end (without warming up, which made me nervous, but which worked out and led to good work in hands).

8-24: BOD Exclusive Warrior Arms and Shaun T Week Pure Cardio Two. This first one is 16min with Tony Horton, focused primarily on biceps and triceps, but not solely. You do things like curls, skull crushers, kickbacks, curl to shoulder press, and a brutal move where you do a double front raise, squat down and jump back into chaturanga (low part of a push-up) before pushing up to high plank and then doing a full push-up and jumping back in (that all counts as one rep). The focus is on lifting heavy for few reps. I added a 2.5min warm-up since this starts cold, and did about 5min of ab stuff at the end as well. Pure Cardio Two seemed harder than I remembered, but then, we haven't done cardio in a bit, so that's to be expected. I hate how quickly one loses cardio endurance.

8-25: BOD Yoga Studio Yoga for Cyclists and Open Hang. Why did I pick this program as a non cyclist? Three reasons: First, I'm kind of obsessed with Ted. He appears in a few Tony Horton programs, always with an aura of mystery. He never seems to speak; can he speak? He somehow seems a little goofy, too, but apparently is seriously a yoga person. Second, it was 30min and as someone who is not exactly a yoga enthusiast, that is my ideal length. Third, it has a hip focus which I need. You start with some sun salutations, then a standing figure four balance pose, before doing some planks. Then you take it to the floor for backbends, twists, and hip openers. That was by far my favorite part. We did one pose similarish to a lying down figure four but your legs are more folded over each other (hook the knee rather than the ankle) and then you grab your feet and it is heavenly. I could live in that stretch. Ted, man, you do not disappoint. Open hang was pretty good; Drew was a bit late due to traffic and parking (thanks, Nats) so we had about 45min. We started with the twisty in-hands sequence, primarily drilling the the tofu hook transition. We spent most of the time on the sequence that I posted a video of earlier, and it was definitely very useful to do. I still need to work on straight legs, cleaner hands transitions, and not straddling too earlier, but it's getting there.

8-26: Rest. Drew was sick, and I also wasn't feeling great.

8-27: We had planned to do an aqua spin class, but Drew was still sick and I didn't feel like going alone. I figured it made since to do something fun and not too intense given how I felt on Saturday, and Popsugar Fitness had just posted this Hip-Hop/Barre fusion 30min workout, which seemed like a sign. I think the instructor might be the same person who does the Beachbody barre ones from that 20s competition? Anyway, this was better than the Beachbody one I did. It's broken into five segments: standing barre section focused on legs, arms section with light weights mostly focused on shoulders with some back and triceps, cardio section where you learn and sequence four basic moves, floor glute sequence, and floor abs sequence. I liked the first part the most, it was definitely the most creative and challenging.

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Got to learn this fun little flip today

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Feels so good to get stronger 🎪

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